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Birthday Cards - Greeting Cards - ”Sailor Bears”

This card has a feeling of a breezy summer’s day at the sea with its typical maritime symbols and the crisp colors of blue and white. It is an example of what you can craft using paper napkins and the decoupage technique or paper napkin technique. It is also very fun, quick and inexpensive to make. Use this example as a guide of what you could create.

 

 

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Summer Cards
Selected Summer Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards

Accordian Folded Birthday Card
American Patriotic Card
Blue Birthday Card
Blue Card
Blue Collage Card
Blue Fish
Blue Leaves Invitation
Country Cow Greeting Card
Duck
Fish Card
Green Birthday Card
Hen Greeting Card
Hi
Housewarming Card
Lonely Tree Card
Maritime Card
Maritime Seashells
Mauve Card
Olive Green Collage Card
Patchwork Flowers
Pink Collage Greeting Card
Pisa Card
Red Rose Birthday Card
Sailor Bears
Sunflower Card
Vintage Card

 

For this project you will need:

- White blank card
- paper napkin with maritime motifs
- corrugated cardboard in white
- navy and white colored cardstock
- silver sticker with greetings
- paper punch with dolphin motifs
- fusible web
- yellow corregated cardboard
- 3-D pads
- decorative edged scissors
- craft scissors
- glue

Summer Crafts and Ideas

More Summer Craft Themes:
Summer Crafts for Kids
Summer Fabric Crafts
Summer Wood Crafts
Summer General Crafts
All Occasion Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards
Summer Paper Crafts
Maritime Crafts
4th of July Crafts

Instructions:

1. Select your motifs from the paper napkins and follow the instructions below to prepare them for the card. This card uses 1 larger motif and 2 smaller motifs with anchors and small ship motifs.
2. Once your motifs are prepared cut them out into squares. Glue the larger square onto blue cardstock and cut out leaving a 5mm frame.
3. Using the picture as a guide, cut a wide strip of corrugated cardboard and glue it onto the card.
4. Glue your prepared larger square onto the card in the center.
5. On the right side of the motif, glue a couple of the smaller squares.
6. Punch dolphins out in white and navy blue.
7. Stick your greeting sticker in the center on the left side of the middle square.
8. Use 3-D pads to attach the dolphins to the card as shown in the picture.
9. Cut about 1 cm off of the bottom of the card using the decorative edged scissors.
10. Cut a strip of navy blue cardstock about 2 cm high and the same width of the card. Glue this strip behind the bottom front of the card so that about 5mm of it can be seen.

Paper napkin applique with fusible web tutorial

 

 

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