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DOCRAFTS CREATIVITY MAGAZINE ISSUE 33 MAY/JUN 2012
This issue we feature a delightful collection from Lucy Cromwell by Papermania, off ering all the cups of tea, cake and bunting you will need to set the scene. And just to prove how versatile this range is, you can also find it in our ‘Wedding Special’ feature and used to make a Father’s Day card in our ‘make a Father’s Day card’ challenge! Our ‘Wedding Special’ feature also includes jewellery for the bride and a charming idea to hold onto those precious memories of the big day!
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Step by Step
1
Cover the inside of the card with peachy coloured Core’dinations cardstock. Cover the front of the card with dotty patterned paper from the Hawthorn and Bramble paper pack. Round the corners of the card and ink around the edges in creamy brown chalk ink.
2
Cut an oval aperture in the front of the card using the Xcut oval shape template (smallest oval, inner edge) and the Xcut shape cutter. Ink around the edges of the aperture using creamy brown chalk ink.
3
Cut two narrow strips of dotty lilac paper from the Hawthorn and Bramble paper pack and position across the top and bottom of the card. Draw on dashed white lines in white gel pen along each side.
4
Assemble the ‘hedgehog on a swing’ decoupage and stick the rope sections at the top and bottom to the card, with the image overlapping the aperture. Stick the greeting ‘I Love Hanging Around With You’ to the bottom right corner.
5
Punch eight leaves using the Xcut Ivy punch and green Core’dinations card. Ink the edges of the leaves in light green ink. Leave to dry. Add highlights in white gel pen.
Position two leaves above the greeting and one with 3D foam dots to the left. Pop out the hedgehog head from the wooden wheelbarrow decoupage sheet and layer this with 3D foam dots between the two leaves above the greeting. Add a paper flower to the left of the single ivy leaf.
6
Arrange a grouping of assorted paper flowers and remaining punched ivy leaves towards the top left of the aperture, overlapping the ropes of the swing. Stick down with adhesive dots. Attach lilac adhesive stones to the centres of all the flowers, three in a row to the top right on the lilac border strip and one each end of the bottom lilac border strip.
7
Add Anita’s 3D clear gloss to the spines of the hedgehog for added shine.