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  • Valentine Glitter Heart Card

    Cards, Crafts, Gifts, Paper, Tutorial, Valentine's day   |  0 Comment valentine glitter heart card

    Valentine Sparkle Heart Card #1Materials Required:1. White card 145mm x 290mm. Scored and folded in half to make a square base card.2. Glitter heart approx 40mm wide. (For instructions on making the glitter hearts see my previous post Click here.3. Piece of pink card 100mm x 100mm. (or other colour of your choice).4. Punch Wheel.5. Ruler6. Piece of graph paper 145mm x 145mm, with 1mm graduations marked.7. Pencil8. Craft knife and paper trimmer9. Sewing pin10. Double Sided Sticky Tape

  • gifts valentines: Valentines Day Cards

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    Valentines Day CardsMaterials: (for all cards)•Card: Bazzill – French Vanilla, Blackberry•Paper: Dark blue web paper; Graph paper.•Embossing powder: Opals Franklin•Heat tool•Adhesives: Double sided sticky tape (DSST), Double sided sticky paper (DSSP), Foam mounting tape, Clear sticky dots (Bostik Sticki dots)•Cutting Tools: Paper trimmer, Craft knife, Friskars ShapeCutter system and shape template HEARTS – 1 #4855•Embellishments: Wooden craft hearts (4 of 30mm width, 25mm height, and 1 of 40mm width, 34mm height); 26 Gauge purple coloured wire; 32 Gauge silver coloured wire;

  • Presents gifts: Valentines card featuring a wire heart

    Cards, Gifts, Holiday crafts, Paper, Tutorial, Valentine's day   |  0 Comment presents gifts: valentines card featuring a wire heart

    For something different this valentines, try making a wire heart as the centre piece of your card.Materials required:1.Craft wire (soft and bendable) - thick silver and fine red.2.Craft pliers3. Card - silver and red4. Silver thread5. Needle6. Ruler7. Pencil8. Sticky tape9. Double sided sticky tape (DSST)Instructions:1.Shape a heart from the thick silver wire.2. Attach the thin red wire to the heart by wrapping it around the base several times.3. Wrap the wire around the rest of the heart, covering the

  • Paper Weaving – make a greetings card

    Cards, Holiday crafts, paper cut, Tutorial, Valentine's day, weaving   |  0 Comment paper weaving – make a greetings card

    Weaving with Paper/CardWeaving is very versatile as it can be made out of many things such as paper and card, wool, fabric, ribbon, as well as organic material such as willow reeds and long leaves, anything flexible, long and not too wide will probably work. Here I’m showing you how to weave with paper/card and how to use it in a greetings card. It’s a great way to have a go at weaving, once you’ve tried it I guarantee you’ll

  • Make a Chinese Lantern from paper or card

    Cards, Gifts, Holiday crafts, Paper, papercut, Toys, Tutorial   |  0 Comment make a chinese lantern from paper or card

    My children made these for Chinese New Year at school and they loved making them so much we had them hanging in the house for weeks afterwards. They also make great decorations for parties held in the house or the garden.Make a Chinese Lantern from paper or card.You will need:Coloured card ( A4 is a good size for this but you can make them any size you want)Ribbon/ string or a length of card aprox 2cm x 30cm (length of

  • Fun Kids Craft: "Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve" Valentine

    Cards, Gifts, Holiday crafts, kid craft, paper cut, Toys, Tutorial   |  0 Comment fun kids craft: "wear your heart on your sleeve" valentine

    This is a favorite craft of mine, and you'll find me giving out hearts for sleeves again this year. I have a few friends that continue to wear their hearts year round - which I highly recommend.For this craft, you will need:Scissorsa glue stickwhite paper (8.5 x 11)construction papersome safety pinssome scraps of feltpencil crayons or markersa small hole punch (smaller than the regular size!)Using your scissors, cut out some heart shapes from your felt. Hearts can be whatever size

  • Crafting with the Cricut Expression

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    With the Cricut expression I also received two of their new cartridges they just released, "Winter Woodland" and "From My Kitchen". I used the Winter Woodland Cartridge for all the crafts below. I was so busy playing with the Woodland cartridge I didn't even get around to using the "From My Kitchen" cartridge. But trust me, I already have ideas for that cartridge as well. Another day, another post.For those not familiar with the Cricut, it's a personal

  • craft christmas and gift ideas

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    Card-making Fool Last week I had a wonderful treat. An invitation to visit my aunt complete with bread-making, lunch for two and an introduction to the world of card making.Years ago I did a little bit of the craft--certainly nothing special--and when I saw the boxes of hanging files full of special papers, the drawers full of stamps and embossing materials and boxes and boxes of cute little embellishments I realized that all

  • Leaves picture

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  • Beautiful card

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  • Quilling bee and flowers paper

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  • Making cards with quilling paper

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