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Christmas Cards - Winter Cards - ”Believe”
Brrr, it is icy and wintry outdoors but the low temperatures will not even get noticed while making Christmas and winter cards in your warm home. This card is perfect for the winter season - whether as a Christmas card or as a birthday card for someone with a winter birthday. The structure details of the snowmen and trees is created with craft snow paste for example, the product “True Snow” from Duncan. But any other drying snow paste will also work.
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Supplies Needed:
- 1 blank long white card
- white and blue cardstock
- snowflake paper punch
- Fiskars 3-in-1 corner punch with
snowflakes
- foam stamps* from Plaid Enterprises
with the word “Believe”
- decorative edged scissors
- white pigment stamp pad
- white embossing powder
- long brass metal template with a
winter scene such as the one in the
picture
- air drying snow paste
- small spatula for applying snow
- double sided adhesive
- 3-D foam tape
- masking tape
- stick glue
* This particular foam stamp from Plaid Enterprises was bought as a set with other words such as “imagine” , “dream”, “wish”, etc... at A.C. Moore.
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Instructions: (Use picture as placement example)
1.Cut 2 long triangle shapes out of the dark blue cardstock and adhere them to the top left and the bottom right corners of the card.
2. Stamp “Believe” on dark blue cardstock. Apply embossing powder and heat the paper over a toaster until the powder melts. Cut a 75mm or 1/4 inch border around the cardstock and adhere it now on a piece of white cardstock. Cut it out with a smaller border using the decorative edged scissors.
3. Secure the brass template on a piece of dark blue cardstock. Apply the snow paste evenly over the motif. Remove the template immediately to wash and let the snow paste completly dry.
4. In the meantime, punch out snowflakes and apply 3-D foam pads to the backside of the larger flakes.
5. Once the snow paste is dry, adhere the blue cardstock now on white cardstock and cut out as written in step 2.
6. Adhere a strip of 3-D foam tape to the backside of the motif and stick it now to the card. Also attach the message now to the card.
7. Adhere the flakes to the card. Use stick glue to stick the smaller flakes on.
Next Craft >>> Quick 3-D Snowman Card
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