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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"
Winston Churchill






Friday, 30 January 2009

" You Made my day" Card in 10 easy steps

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Ingredients
All avaliable from The Dawn Bibby Design Studio:
Basic Grey Granola Patterned Paper 12 x 12
Basic Grey Figgy Pudding Paper 12 x 12
Dawn Bibby Designs Small Bronze Brads

Penny Black "Constalations" rubber Stamp
Hero Arts clear stamp designs "you made my day"

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut stain
Black Archival Ink - Stazon
Tim Holtz Cut and Dry foam
& Gypsies circle stamp

White cards stock
A4 Peice of acitate
Scrap Bazzil card stock in a co-ordinating colour
Scrap piece of co-ordination ribbon
A few pearl gems

Cuttlebug die cut and embossed butterfly


1) Make a C5 base from an A4 peice of acitate, and score firmly

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2) Trim down the Granola paper to 8.00 x 12.00cm and use a corner punch to round off edges
Trim down the Figgy Pudding paper to 9.00 x 14.00cm

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3) Using the cut and dry foam ink the edges of both pieces of paper to create a distressed look

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4) Ink up "Constalations Stamp" with Walnut Stain and stamp onto the front peice of paper

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5) Using a scalloped circle punch, punch out of the co-ordinating bazzil card stock, and lightly distress the edges

6) Using the duttlebug Butterfly die and embossing folder, cut out with white cardstock, lightly ink edges

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7) On a small white cardstock circle stamp the "7 Gypsies" circle and the "Hero Arts You Made My Day" ink edges

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8) Attach the larger peices of paper to the inside of your acitate card using micro dots
Then attach the smaller peice to the front of the acitate card using brads

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9) Wrap the ribbon roung the front peice and tie in a knott
Attach the Die cut butterfly (one wing only) with micro dots

10) Add some pearl gems to the body of the butterfly







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