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Birthday Card / Greeting Card for All Occasions - “Vacation” Whether you just want to just say hi or write someone about that wonderful California or Florida vacation you just made, this card feels like summer all over with its turquoise blue color and its palm tree background paper and tropical motifs.   Home Spring Crafts and Easter Crafts   >> Paper Crafts   >> Wood Crafts   >> Crafts for Kids   >> Christmas Cards   >> Textile Crafts   >> General Crafts   >> Craft Patterns   >> Valentine Crafts   >> Easter Bunny Crafts   >> Easter Chick Crafts Summer Crafts   >> Paper Crafts   >> Wood Crafts   >> Crafts for Kids   >> Birthday Cards   >> Textile Crafts   >> General Crafts   >> Craft Patterns   >> Maritime Crafts   >> Patriotic Crafts  Autumn Crafts   >> Paper Crafts   >> Wood Crafts   >> Crafts for Kids   >> Greeting Cards   >> Textile Crafts   >> General Crafts   >> Craft Patterns   >> Pumpkin Crafts   >> Halloween Crafts   >> Leaf Crafts   >> Thanksgiving Crafts Christmas and Winter Crafts   >> Paper Crafts   >> Wood Crafts   >> Crafts for Kids   >> Christmas Cards   >> Textile Crafts   >> General Crafts   >> Craft Patterns   >> Snowman Crafts   >> Santa Claus Crafts   >> Gingerbread Crafts   >> Christmas Projects Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards   >> Spring   >> Summer   >> Fall   >> Winter Paper Crafts    >> Spring    >> Summer    >> Fall    >> Winter    >> Paper Craft Tips    >> ATC    >> Tags    >> Kids Paper Crafts Wood Crafts    >> Spring    >> Summer    >> Fall    >> Winter  General Crafts    >> Spring    >> Summer    >> Fall    >> Winter    >> Jewelry Crafts    >> Recycling Crafts    >> Nature Crafts    >> Craft Recipes  Kids Crafts    >> Spring    >> Summer    >> Fall    >> Winter    >> Clay Pot Crafts    >> Fuse Beads Crafts Fabric and Sewing Crafts    >> Spring    >> Summer    >> Fall    >> Winter    >> Felt Crafts Craft Patterns Craft Tutorials 1 Craft Tutorials 2 Newsletter Picture Gallery Contact Links Sitemap All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. For this project you will need: - white cardstock measuring 15 x 30 cm   and folded into a 15 x 15 cm card - yellow textured cardstock - turquoise blue textured cardstock   matching background paper - Making Memories® Embellishment   Paper™ 6 x 6 “Tropical Travel Pad”   6 x 6 inch sheet of palm tree paper - Sizzix™ Sidekick® - Sizzix™ 13” Cutting Pad (extra long) - Sizzix™ Sizzlit® Decorative Strip -   “Wingo Zingo”™ Alphabet - paper punches with postage stamp,   fish and sea horse motifs - turquoise colored seed beads - one large square bubble (from JoAnn   Craft Essentials) - sheer turquiose blue ribbon - pricking needle and soft underground   for punching holes - double sided adhesive - stick glue - 3-D foam tape - transparent perlon thread - sewing needle - tape   Instructions: 1. Cut out 14 x 14 cm square of the palm tree paper and adhere it to the card. 2. Cut a rectangle out 10 x 12 1/2 rectangle out of the yellow cardstock and adhere it centered on the lower portion of the background paper. 3. Cut out a 4 1/2 x 7 rectangle out of the turquoise cardstock. Adhere it diagonally onto the yellow cardstock. Punch holes around the turquoise rectangle through all 3 layers about 1/2 cm away from the outside edge of the turquiose cardstock. 4. Adhere a square bubble to a piece of the background paper and trim around the square. Adhere this diagonally onto the turquiose rectangle. 5. Thread your needle with the perlon thread and insert it from the backside of the first hole to the front side. Tape the end of your thread to the backside. 6. With your thread at the front of the card, add a bead and insert your thread into the next hole, coming out at the backside again. Go into the next hole and bring it up to the front side, add a bead and continue in this manner until you have worked your way around the rectangle. Adhere the second end also to the backside (inside). 7. Cut 6 cm strips of a sheet of the background paper. You will need at least 3 strips. Place these along the long cutting pad, add your alphabet template and insert into the Sizzix™ Sidekick®. More about how to use the Sizzix™ Sidekick®. Arrange your letters onto the yellow cardstock and adhere. 8. Punch out a postage stamp and two sea horses out of the turquiose cardstock and a fish out of the yellow cardstock. Adhere the fish to the postage stamp and stick this to the card using a piece of 3-D foam pad. 9. Use stick glue to adhere the sea horses to the card. 10. Knot the ribbon in the center and adhere the ends to the inside of the card using tape. 11. Cut a 14.5 x 14.5 sheet of background paper to insert into card covering the inside front cover.     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   Selected Summer Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards Birds Greeting Card Birth of a Baby Boy Card Celebrate Card Cheerful Pink Birthday Card Cheery Birthday Card Cheery Turquoise Birthday Card Embossed Birthday Card with Butterfly Embossed Daisies Greeting Card Get Well Soon Card Good Luck Card Maritime Bears Card Pink Butterflies Card Pink Teen Birthday Card Sailboat Card for Men Retro Birthday Card Thank You Card 1 Thank You Card 2 Tropical Birthday Card USA Greeting Card Vacation Card ..........................................................................................................................................   Related Crafts and Projects: All Artist Trading Cards Artist Trading Cards or otherwise known as ATC’s are created in the size of 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches or 64 x 89 millimeters (6.4 x 8.9 centimeters). These are small and self-made miniature works of art. Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards There are so many occasions in the year when you need greeting cards. Whether it be a birthday, an anniversary, a holiday like Christmas or even for the birth of a baby, the reasons are many. Before you go out and buy another card, consider crafting your own personal cards. Summer and All Occasion Craft Patterns Here you will find craft patterns and templates for the craft projects on this website and summer coloring book pages for the kids. Card making tips and information These tutorials are especially made to help describe the techniques used to make the different card, tag and ATC crafts shown on this site. Paper Craft Information Information about paper and also explains some of the different techniques used for paper crafts such as paper mache or decoupage. All Tags Tags are not only perfect for presents but also can be used for decorating cards and scrapbook pages to give them an extra accent or decorating element.   Next Craft >>> Independence Day Card - “Celebrate”   Custom Search

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