Card Design Projects
Dad/Leaves - Happy Birthday

Skill level: Intermediate Approx. time: 30 mins You will need: Tall cream card Brown Mulberry Paper White paper Brown paper Gold paper Embossing equipment Gold and bronze embossing powder 'Happy Birthday' repeat stamp 'Leaf' stamp Craft knife and cutting mat Scissors - Straight edged and deckled edged Strong glue

Step 1: Stamp the 'Happy Birthday' repeating stamp onto white paper with black ink. Once dry, tear out roughly.

Step 2: Stamp and emboss the leaf onto white paper one with gold embossing powder and the other with copper embossing powder. Once dry cut out leaving a small boarder.

Step 3: Tear a piece of mulberry paper to mount the 'Happy Birthday' onto with a boarder of about 1cms.

Step 4: Stick the mulberry paper and Happy Birthday onto the card centrally at the top.

Step 5: Stick the leaves at the top right and bottom left of the Happy Birthday overlapping slightly.

Step 6: Draw out or stencil the 'DAD' on the gold paper and cut out with a craft knife or scissors whichever you feel more comfortable with.

Step 7: Cut out a rectangle from the brown paper with the deckled edged scissors and stick the 'DAD' onto it. Then stick this onto the bottom of the card.

Tip: You could use this for a father's day card if you had a 'Happy Father's Day' repeating stamp or you could print it from a computer. Also the leaf stamp could be changed to hobbies or pastimes, like golf clubs or Dogs. Alternatively you could change the colour scheme and use it for a 'Mum' card with flowers instead of leaves.