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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Easter Card with Texture from Craft Designer

This series of  Easter Card Ideas from Craft Designer includes money saving approach to making cards and design tips. The money saving comes from sharing some examples of how to create a variety of card designs from the materials you already have on hand. All the cards in the series use virtually the same materials. The key to creating the different designs come from color application to create the background--patchwork, random, diamond and free form frame . Today's posting shows how adding texture can have a big impact.
Materials
Cardstock—White and Yellow
Clearsnap Stylus Tips 3-Pack—Large Square Moldable Black Foam Tips
ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink—Ice Blue, Lime Pastel, Orchid Pastel and Pigment Ink—Canary Yellow,  Heliotrope
Stampendous® Chick Ears Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
Hero Arts® Celebrate Everyday
Sizzix™ BIGkick,  Accessory - Multipurpose Platform, and Cutting Pads
Spellbinders™ Nestabilities ® Labels One
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Diamonds & Snow Cap Set
Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue®

Instructions
  1. Cut card components. The folded dimensions of the card are 5 1/2" X 4 1/4"
  2. Create a stamp of just the center egg from the image shown on the patchwork card. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for using moldable black foam tip.
  3. Stamp egg image in a  diamond pattern on the white card panels using the different colors.
  4. Apply Diamond textured folder to one of the diamond panels.
  5. Stamp sentiment on yellow square.
  6. Assemble card.


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