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Craft Tutorial #16 Folded Santa Card

  • Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 7:23 pm

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Tutorial #16- Folded Santa Card

Another Great Christmas Card Idea

You Will Need: All items available at Ferngully Stamps

Note: These measurements are in inches100_51811

Black card   8½ ” x 5½”

Santa:   

 -Decorative Santa paper - 1¾” x 4  

- Red Mat 1¾” x 3⅞”

Greeting:

 -White  mat for stamped image 2⅝”x 3⅝” 

-Red mat 2¾”x 3¾”

Santa Face:

-Decorative Santa paper 1¼” x 1¼”

- Red card Fiskars square scallop punch

Double sided tape

Black ribbon

Greeting stamp

Ink for stamping

Follow the instructions below to make this simple yet effective card

Step 1-   100_5157Cut your black card to size 8½ ” x 5½” and Score card in half

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2-  100_5159Place card in cutter at 3½” and cut from 1¼” to 6¼” 100_5161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3-Score your card on the wider side of the slit at - 100_51631¼” , 2¼”   and 3¼”  then turn  card 180ᵒ  at score at 2¼”  as shown

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Step 4- Now fold from the 1¼”  Mountain fold100_5165

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 5- Then Valley fold

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 6- Mountain fold

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 7- Valley then Mountain and then press flat

 

 

 

 

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Step 8- Centre your  Decorative Santa paper - 1¾” x 4  onto the red 1¾” x 3⅞” mat using double sided tape

Tie a bow using 2 lengths of  black ribbon and using double sided tape to attach, bring the ends of the ribbon around the back of the red mat   

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 9- Put double sided tape on the back of the red mat

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 10-  Attach the red mat to the front left of the card

 

 

 

 

 

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Step 11-Attach your Santa face to the square scallop red card 

 

 

 

 

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Step 12-Place double sided tape on the bottom corner only

 

 

 

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Step 13- Attach the Santa face to the front right as shown 

 

 

 

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Step 14- Stamp your image onto your white mat and edge around the card with a dauber

 

 

 

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Step 15- Attach your stamped image to the red 2¾”x 3¾” mat using double sided tape. On the back put double sided tape on the bottom only as shown 

 

 

  

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Step 16-When you attach  your stamped image line it up with the half way fold of the card. Don’t attach it too far down in the crease. It should all line up when pressed flat and able to fit into a standard size envelope.  

 

 

 

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