A HANDMADE FLOWER VASE CARD FOR ANY OCCASION.
THIS CARD CAN BE USED FOR BIRTHDAYS, FOR A FRIEND, OR FOR MOTHER'S DAY.
ALL YOU WILL NEED ARE A FEW MATERIALS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CARD.
HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS. ENJOY!
MATERIALS:
1. PLAIN SCRAPBOOK PAPER ( 3 SCRAPBOOK PAGES)
2. ONE PRINT SCRAPBOOK PAPER IN STRIPES OR ANY OTHER PRINT
3. GREEN THREAD
4. SCRAPBOOK BRADS
5. LETTER STICKERS( YOU WILL CUT THE LETTER STICKERS IN HALF FOR ONE OF THE FLOWERS WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE)
6. GEL PEN IN ONE COLOR( I USED ONE RED GEL PEN TO MAKE THE MOSAIC TEXTURE SHAPE)
7. GLUE STICK
8. SCISSORS
9. SCRAPBOOK SCISSORS
10. FLOWER STAMP( USED FOR THE INSIDE OF THE CARD, I USED CLEAR SCRAPBOOK STAMPS)
11. ONE BLANK STATIONARY CARD SET( THESE CARDS ARE USUALLY FOUND AT ANY DOLLAR STORES SUCH AS DOLLAR TREE)
12. FLOWER VASE TEMPLATE
INSTRUCTIONS:
GLUE ONE COLOR PAPER ONTO ONE BLANK STATIONARY CARD. TRACE FLOWERS ONTO A DIFFERENT COLOR SCRAPBOOK PAPER. CUT THE FLOWERS. USE A SAFETY PIN TO MAKE A SMALL HOLE ONTO THE CENTER OF THE FLOWERS. PUT A SCRAPBOOK BRAD INSIDE EACH FLOWER.
ON ONE OF THE FLOWERS, YOU PUT LETTER STICKERS. HOWEVER, THE LETTERS ARE CUT IN HALF TO CREATE A DESIGN. CUT THE LETTERS AND PLACE ONTO THE FLOWER. YOU COULD DO THIS BEFORE YOU PUT THE FLOWER INTO THE CARD OR AFTER, JUST MAKE SURE THE LETTER STICKERS FIT THE FLOWER SHAPE. THE FLOWER IN THE CENTER, HAS ONE STRIPED FLOWER IN THE MIDDLE. TRACE A FLOWER ONTO A PRINTED SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND CUT THE FLOWER. INSERT BOTH FLOWERS TOGETHER WITH A BRAD.
THEN, YOU TRACE A FLOWER VASE ONTO A DIFFERENT COLOR SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND CUT THE VASE. NEXT, GLUE THE VASE ONTO THE BOTTOM PART OF THE CARD. THEN, YOU USE GREEN THREAD TO MAKE THE STEMS OF THE FLOWERS. BY USING A NEEDLE AND GREEN THREAD, YOU SEW LINES BACK AND FORTH TO CREATE THE STEMS ONTO THE CARD. THEN, YOU DO THE SAME THING TO CREATE THE GREEN LINES ONTO THE VASE TO CREATE A MOSAIC TEXTURE.
THEN, YOU MAKE DIFFERENT SHAPES WITH THE USE OF A GEL PEN AND COLOR IN THE SHAPES ONTO THE VASE.
ON THE BACK OF THE CARD, YOU USE THE SAME BACKGROUND PAPER THAT YOU USED FOR THE FRONT OF THE CARD. THEN, YOU MAKE A RECTANGLE SHAPE AND CUT THE EDGES WITH SCRAPBOOK SCISSORS. NEXT, YOU GLUE THE RECTANGLE SHAPE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CARD. LAST, YOU COULD WRITE INSIDE THE RECTANGLE SHAPE SUCH AS " HANDMADE BY", " MADE BY", OR " A SPECIAL HANDMADE CARD BY".
FRONT AND BACK OF CARD:
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CARD, YOU LAYER IT WITH TWO DIFFERENT COLOR SCRAPBOOK PAPER.
INSIDE CARD
I USED TWO DIFFERENT CONTRASTING BLUE PAPER. NEXT, I USED CLEAR SCRAPBOOK STAMPS AND STAMPED THE FLOWER STAMP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CARD.
FOR FLOWER AND VASE TEMPLATE, PLEASE VISIT MUGWAII BLOGSPOT.
RECYCLING TIP # 3: WITH THE LEFTOVER SCRAPBOOK PAPER FROM MAKING CARDS, YOU CAN MAKE FLOWERS OR OTHER SHAPES FOR SCRAPBOOK PAGES OR FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!