Vacation Greeting Card

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. Let paper with summer motifs inspire you.

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® in the link below. 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.

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