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Craft Tutorials #11- Match-it Paper & Stickers
Craft Tutorial #11 Match it Printed Paper and Outline Stickers
What You Need:All Items available at Fern Gully Stamps
Printed Paper Planes with Gold Outline stickers -Doodey brand
Blue shimmer card 20cm x17cm folded
Mat 1- Red textured card 10cm x 9cm
Mat 2- Decorative paper with coloured words10cm x7.5cm
sheer Ribbon-40cm
Double sided tape
Double sided foam
Step 1- Carefully cut around the aeroplane printed paper
Step2- Peel the matching outline sticker off
Step 3- Position the outline sticker onto the cut out paper and put aside for now
Step 4-Using the ribbon bring it around the front of the folded card near the bottom and tie a bow on the inside of the card, so that from the front you just see a line of ribbon
Step 5- Place double sided tape on the back of Mat 1 -red card and position Mat 1 on to the front of the folded card 1cm in from the right edge
Step 6- Place double sided tape onto the back of mat 2-Decorative paper. Center Mat 2 on top of Mat 1. You should be able to see about 1cm of Mat 1 (the red card) on the left and right.
Step 7-Place a small piece of double sided foam onto the back of the cut out aeroplane.
Step 8-Position the aeroplane on an angle near the center of the card. It should cover part of the folded card as well as part of Mat 1 and Mat 2.
Anoth
er Card using chocolate brown and blue with a 
red aeroplane
Craft Tutorial#10- Card Making using Clear Acetate
Craft Tutorial #10- Clear Acetate -You can stamp any image onto acetate to create a 3 dimensional look. Follow the instuctions below to create this wonderful Wedding Card.
What you need- All items available from Fern Gully Stamps
Sheet of clear Acetate
staz on ink Black Cherry
Stamp-Champagne Glass
plain cream paper
Black Card folded in half -21cm x17cm
Mat one - Red textured Card 9×14.5cm
Mat two -Patterned paper -gold hearts on cream
Tube glitter glue gold
2 charms or beads -6mm cream
6 small 4mm jump rings
2 head pins
card to match mat one-9cmx1.5cm
Message in gold approx 4cmx1cm
double sided tape
double sided foam
Step 1- Using Staz On ink stamp 2 champagne glass images onto the clear acetate- careful it can slip
Step 2-
After the ink is dry, Cu
t around the outside of both stamped images
Step 3- Using Staz On ink stamp 2 more images -Champagne glass onto plain cream paper
Step 3- Cut out part of the image on the cream paper- half the glass see photo
Step 4- Apply a dab of glue to the front of the cut out image on the cream paper. Place it behind the acetate stamped image and line it up. carefully press it in place so it sticks. do this to both champagne glass images
Step 5- Using glitter glue, dot a few drops on the top of the glass image
Step 6- Attach a charm or bead (each bead needs a head pin and a loop on each side) to 3 small connected jump rings
Step 7-Open the last jump ring and place it around the bottom of the acetate champagne glass image, repeat for the other
Step 8-Place double sided tape on the back of Mat two (patterned paper) and center it on top of mat one (red card)
Step 9-Put a message in the center of the 9cm x 1.5cm red card
Step 10-Place the red card with the message across the bottom of the card- about 1.5cm up from the bottom edge of the mat one (red card) make sure you can see a bit of the patterned paper at the bottom as well
Step 11- Cut a small piece of double side foam and place it on the back of the acetate stamped image, where the cream cut out image is so that you can will not see the tape from the front
Step 12-Position your 2 champagne glasses on top of Mat two (patterned paper) put them on a slight angle
Step 13-Put double side tape on the back of the Mat two (red card) and center onto your folded black card
Craft Tutorial #9- 3-D Picture
Craft Tutorials #9- 3-D Picture Card
What you need-All items available at Fern Gully Stamps
3-D Pictures - In this tutorial we have used-little Angle guiding a Unicorn
Pale pink card folded in half- 17cm long x 15cm heigh
Mat 1- light purple card-12.5×12.5cm
Mat 2 - white card -11×11cm
scraps of card same size as gift cards
Scissors
Double sided tape
Thick double sided foam
hole Punch
eyelet
Ribbon or silk cord
hammer and eyelet tool
Use the Steps Below to create a beautiful 3 dimentional card or use it a picture to frame- Fern Gully has a large variety of images and styles to choose from
Step 1- Carefully cut around each of the pictures 
Step 2- Put double sided tape (thin) on the back of your main picture (largest picture)
Step 3- Remove backing from tape and centre your main picture onto Mat 1
Step 4- Put a piece of thick double sided foam/tape on the back of each picture in the centre
Step 5- Each picture is designed to sit on an angle however the image lines up. when I refer to the pictures- 1 is the main picture, 2 is the 2nd largest and so on
The main (largest) picture that is mounted onto mat 1 is set aside- we will build the remaining picture and attach it to picture 1 last
Place the 2nd picture on a surface and hold the 3rd picture up to it to see where it lines up- take note of the complete picture
when you are happy remove the backing tape on the 3rd picture and stick in place on top of the 2nd picture
Step 6- Align the 4th picture on top of the 3rd
Then Align the rest of the pictures from largest to smallest
Step 7- Align the stacked pictues to picture 1 (the main picture that is mounted to mat 1)
Step 8- Centre mat 1 on top of mat 2
Place Mat 2 (with the stacked pictures on it) at the top of the folded card leaving 1cm at the top and 4cm at the bottom with approximately 1.5cm at each side.
Step 9- Stick one of the messages at the bottom of the card
Step 10- Gift Cards- This example has 2 gift cards
Gift Card 1 - Attach the main gift card to a piece of card and trim around the edges
Step 11-Cut the 3 pictures out
Step 12- Place thick double sided tape on the back of each picture
Step 13-Using the same technique as the main card- mount the 3 pictures from largest to smallest on top of each other aligning the picture as you go.
Step 14- Punch a hole at the top of the gift card
Step 15- Select a small metal eyelet
Step 16- Place the eyelet into the hole from the front
Step 17- Turn the card face down with the eyelet in place and put an eyelet tool into the eyelet
Hammer it into place
Step 18- Gift card 2- Double sided - You could also have 2 single sided as an option
Cut out the 2 gift card pictures, attach one to a piece of card and trim the card leaving a 1mm border
attach the other picture to other side of the card
Punch a hole at the top and add an eyelet using the same technique as before
Insert silk cord or ribbon to both gift tags
Craft Tutorial #8-Tri Shutter Card
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Craft Tutorial#7 -Tri Shutter Card
This is one of the great projects from the Christmas in July Event. Although this example has a Christmas them it can be used for all sorts of Occasions
What you need- All items available at Fern Gully Stamps
white Card- 30cm (12″) x 15cm (6″)
2 different matching decorative papers-cut as follows-
Decorative Paper One-
2 at 14.5cm x 4.5cm or Inches- 5¾” x 1¾”
4 at 3.5cm x 4.5cm or Inches 1′x 1¾”
1 at 6.5cm x 9.5cm or Inches 3¼” x 3¾”
Decorative Paper Two-
2 at 6.5cm x 4.5cm or Inches 3¼”x 1¾”
2 at 3.5cm x 9.5cm or Inches 1″ x 3Adhesive
Double sided tape
2 or more Stamps
Stayz on Ink black
Colour pens or paint to decorate- optional
Rhinestones to decorate -optional
Embellishments - optional
Fiskars trimmer with scoring blade-see alternative below
Craft Knife or paper trimmer
Step 1-Score your 30cm x 15cm white card from top to bottom at 5cm from edge, 10cm, 20cm and 25cm. you can use a ruler and a scoring tool if you don’t have a fiskers Scorer 
Step 2
- Turn the card around and using a trimmer or craft knife, cut a slit between the 5cm and 25cm score lines, 4cm in. Do this on both sides
Step 3- Folding the card-
On the 5cm score line only fold the top and bottom as a mountain fold (not the middle, this does not fold)
On the 10cm score line fold the top and bottom as a valley fold and the middle as a mountain fold
On the 20cm score line fold the top and bottom as mountain folds and the middle as a valley
On the 25cm score line you fold the top and bottom as valley folds and do not fold the middle
Step 4-Now place your card down on the table and press firmly into place with the folds happening your card will fold into a normal A5 size card
Step 5- Decorate your decorative papers- 
Stamp your image using a dark coloured Stayz on ink onto white card
Step 6- Cut out the stamped image
Step 7- Using adhesive stick the cut out stamped image to one of the 14.5cm x 4.5cm decorative papers (side panel)
Step 8- Decorate the stamped image by colouring or adding rhinestones or glitter
Step 9- Stamp a message onto white card using a dark colour Stayz on ink, cut out using a trimmer & attach to the other14.5cm x 4.5cm decorative paper (side panel)
Step 10- You can add stamped images, embellishments to any of the decorative paper panels, as you can see the we have stamped directly onto 2 of the red decorative 6.5 x 4.5cm paper panels.
Step 11-Place double sided tape to the back of each of the decorative papers and attach them in place
As you can see in the examples pictured you can achieve many different looks for all sorts of occations
Craft Tutorial#7- Sprial Earrings
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Craft Tutorial #7 Simple Spiral Earrings
What You Need-All Items available at Fern Gully Stamps
A ball point Pen that you can take ink out of (approx 5-10mm thick)
20 gauge wire
2 Ear hooks
2 head pins
2 beads
Colour Marker
Round nose pliers
Flat nose pliers
Wire Cutters
Step 1-Measure 2 lengths of 20cm of straight 20 gauge wire
Mark 6cm on each wire
Bend both wires at the 6cm mark at the same time 90 degree angle
Step 2-Place the short end inside the hole in the pen
Hold with you thumb and press the long side of the wire against the outside of the pen
Step 3-Keep holding firmly with your thumb as you pull the wire out to the side 
Step 4-Still holding the wire firmly with your thumb wrap the remaining wire around the pen
Step 5-Make sure the spiral is even
Remove the wires from the pen
Step 6-Very gently separate the wires
Hold them together they should be even, if not adjust them
Put a loop in the end of the straight wire
Place a bead onto a head pin, trim the wire 8mm from the bead and form a loop with round nose pliers- Click here to go to the Basic Loop Tutorial
Attach this bead to the loop on the straight wire
Finally attach an ear wire to the top where the wire bends
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Here is an example- When using adhesive for your card making place a sheet of baking paper under your project so it can be easily removed without sticking to the table or work surface.
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Craft Tutorial #6 - Dragonfly Card
Craft Tutorial #6- Dragonfly Punch Card
Make this beautiful Dragonfly card using the steps below. This technique can also be achieved using a Butterfly punch.
What You Need:
All items available at Fern Gully Stamps
Purple Card- 28cm x 14cm folded in half
Mat 1 -White Card-12.5cm x12.5cm
Mat 2- Purple Card (lighter shade) -10.5cm x10.5cm
Mat 3- Mauve Textured Paper- Stitched Swirls
Card for Dragonflies- Purple card(same shade as folded card)
Rhinestones- clear
Karl Medium Dragonfly Punch
Double sided tape
craft glue
Tweezers
Silver Greeting Sticker- optional
Step 1- Put double sided tape along the edges of the back of Mat 1 (white card). Remove the backing and center it on front of the folded purple card
Step 2- Place double sided tape along the edges of the back of Mat 2 (Purple Card.) Remove the backing of the tape
Step 3-Center Mat 2 on top of the white card.
Step 4 - Place double sided tape on the back of Mat 3 (textured paper). Remove the backing of the tape
Step 5- Center it on top of the purple card
Step 6-Punch out 12 Dragonflies using your Punch
Step 7- With the top of Dragonfly facing up apply glue to the Middle only. Not the wings
Step 8- Using tweezers Grasp one Dragonfly with the top facing upward.
Step 9- Carefully place it on top of the other Dragonfly so middle section of the two are attached.
Make another 4-5 double Dragonflies. Remember only glue the middle not the wings.
Step 10- Using tweezers, remove the smallest sized Rhinestone from the pack
Step 11-Carefully place the Rhinestones along the spine of the top, double Dragonfly.
Step 12- Put at lease 5 Rhinestones on each double Dragonfly
Step 13- You should have 4-5 Double Dragonflies with Rhinestones as well as 4-5 single plain Dragonflies.
Arrange your Dragonflies on top of the textured paper so you can plan where you will attach them. If you need to make more do so now. If you would like to add a greeting sticker, save a place for this as well.
Step 14-Using tweezers, pick up one of the Dragonfles and apply glue to the back of it , including the wings. Carefully place it in position on your card.
Step 15- Repeat for all other Dragonflies. Allow to dry.
Step 16-Sepearte the wings on each of the double Dragonflies by lifting them upwards.
Alternatively you could have all your dragonflies double if you wish. You could add glitter to the wings as well as the textured paper. You can achieve a similar effect using a butterfly punch.
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Craft Tutorial#5- Transparent Stickers
Craft Tutorial #5- Transparent Stickers with Japanese papers-
Make Oriental style cards using the steps below
What You Need: All Items available
at Fern Gully Stamps.
A5 Card pink
Mat 1- Burgundy Card 11×7.5cm
Mat 2- green Card 10x 6.5cm
Paper with colourful, Japanese Patterns
Silver or Gold outlined transparent Stickers -Japanese Vases
Silve or Gold border stickers
Double sided tape
Step 1-Peel a Japanese Vase sticker off
Step 2-Place it onto the printed side of your patterned paper
Step 3- Carefully Cut around the outline of the sticker
Step 5- Fold your A5 pink card in half
Step 6-Place double sided tape around the edges of the back of Mat 1 , remove the backing on the tape
Step 7- Place Mat 1 onto the the front of your A5 folded card, centered
Step 8- Place double side tape around the edges of the back of Mat 2 and place it on top of Mat 1, Centered
Step 9-Put double sided tape onto the back of your cut out vase & remove the backing of the tape
Step 10- Place the Vase in the middle of Mat 2
Step 11- Carefully apply a silver or gold border sticker to the outside edges of Mat 2
Step 12- To finish place small silver or gold stickers to the top, bottom and sides of the A5 pink card.
Here is another card using the same technique-
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Craft Tutorial #4 - Wire Swirls
Craft Tutorial #4 - DazzlingWire Swirls
Make your own wire embelishments to make this stunning Wire Swirl Card
What You Need:
Adhesive rhinestones
Tri Fold card- each panel 11.5×11.5 with cut out square 5cmx5cm in middle panel
or use a square border with 5cmx5cm cut out square with any card
Black card 6.5×6.5
Double sided tape
Pliers- round nose, flat or chain nose and wire cutters
The swirls will be attached to the card by the 2 ends of the swirl being bent backwards so that they can be inserted into holes in the card
Step 1-Cut 12cm wire
Bend 2cm from the end (this is your first bent piece that will insert into the top of the black card)
Step 2-Place the short bent wire parallel with your round nose pliers so that the wire is running along the jaw of the plies, the tip of your round nose pliers is level with the where the bend is
Step 3-Using your fingers bring the long wire around the tip of the pliers making a complete loop
Step4-Grasp this loop with flat nose pliers and do a loose coil
Approx 2-3 times around
Step 5 -Put a curve in the tail of the swirl- see example for the direction of the curves
Step6-Bend the last 1-2cm of the stem back ( this will go into the hole at the bottom of your black card)
Make sure the swirls are no longer than 4.5cm not including the bent back wire
Do 4 more swirls, they can vary in length and size-see example as a guide
Step7-Arrange the swirls to see where the swirls will sit on the black card. Make sure the bottom wires are aligned with each other. And are at least 1cm from the edge
Make sure you leave at least 8mm to 1cm border around the swirls
If you need to make any of the swirls shorter just cut the end and make a new bend at the bottom
Put a pen mark where the holes should go for each of the bent back wires (2 for each swirl)
Step8-Using a pin pierce each pen mark making a hole for the wires. Put the swirls on one at a time
Step9-Push down each of the wires sticking out the back of the black card
Step10- On the back of the white card place double sided tape around the inside edges of the cut out square
Turn the white card over and position it on top of your black card with the swirls and press down to stick
Step11-With the inside of card facing you, using double sided tape around the edges of middle panel and fold down the left side of the card over the middle panel of the card and stick so you cover the back of the black card. You now have a bi fold card
Step12-Place adhesive rhinestones along the back of each swirl near the top. In the example there is a large one at the top then a medium then small . For the smaller swirls there is only 2 used a medium and small
Step13-You can use put short message on one of the corners by using a stamp or writing with an embossing pen or using a sticker . You can add a small rhinestone for extra touch.
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