Tuesday, November 30, 2010

This is the next card in our Christmas card series it is a play on words as well as a way to use snowflake papers which are hard to use here in Western Australia.


Cool Christmas card







Items required:
A5 card – white
Doodlebug Design In 12 x 12 papers – Flurry – 14.5 x 10.5 cm & 6cm x 6cm
HOTP Paper Pizzazz 12 x 12 papers – Blue Snowflakes & Swirls10 x 14.5 cm & 10 x 9cm
Silver Kindy Glitz
Pre – printed Christmas saying
Window template
Deckle edge scissors, foam tape

CARD FRONT
1. Fold the A5 card in half. Using the window template as a guide place it on the front of the card and trace around the inside and cut it out.
2. Attach the Flurry paper to the front of the card and cut out the “window”
3. Place the window template on the blue snowflakes and swirls paper (10 x 9cm) and trace around both the inside and outside of the template. IMPORTANT: ensure that the position of your template lines up with the one already cut out on the card front.
4. Cut out the inside of the template first, then the outside and attach to the front of the card.
5. Use silver kindy glitz to highlight the window.

CARD INSIDE
6. Attach the larger piece of the Blue snowflakes and swirls to the inside of the card.
7. To make the snowflake, fold the smaller piece of flurry paper into a triangle, fold in half again and then in half again. Using sharp scissors snip out small triangular pieces
8. Attach this to the inside of the card ensuring that it shows through the window.
9. Cut around the edge of the pre-printed Christmas saying with deckle edge scissors and attach in the middle of the snowflake using foam tape.
10. Embellish the edges with silver kindy glitz.

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