Please let me hear from you!

This blog is for sharing a love of paper crafting. You can also check out my Pintrest pages. If you find the ideas here to be helpful, I'd love to hear from you. It is what helps make the time I put into this blog feel worthwhile, and always brightens my day. I love hearing your ideas too!

(To leave a comment, scroll to the bottom of the post. You will see how many comments there are for that particular post. Click on the number of comments and the comment window will open. Also, if you want to add a link to something, follow the instructions at the bottom of this post.)

NOTE: If you click a link from the menu (below left) and are told the page does not exist, chances are good that it's a prepared post that will post at some point in the future, so be sure to check back!

You can also click this Pinterest Button to pin pictures in the blog posts.


Wednesday, October 25, 2017

HD Christmas Classics - Robin and Friends #3


Today's card (#3 of Robin and Friends card topper from HD Christmas Classics) is a folding 3-D Shadowbox card.  This card is SO EASY to make!!!

MATERIALS:
  • Hunkydory Christmas Classics Luxury Card Collection (Robin and Friends card topper set)
  • Greeting scavenged from a Christmas card I received previously.
  • Glitter fun foam
  • Patterned paper (HOTP)
  • White card blank - 5" x 7" size
  • Spellbinders die - Decorative Labels Eight

METHOD:
  1. Card Base - Cut in half along pre-scored line giving you two pieces that are 5" x 7" in size.  Score at 1/2" and 1" from each 5" side and crease well.  (picture at end of post shows how these two pieces will go together)
  2. Card Front - Cut a piece of patterned card stock that is 5" square.  Attach in place in center of one piece of prepared card stock (step #1) using repositionable adhesive.  Die cut a hole through both pieces - setting removed pieces aside for another card.  Cut a piece of acetate (clear plastic from packaging works great!) and sandwich this between card stock and card front, gluing all in place.  Glue large frame (from die cut sheet) centered on card front, making sure not to get glue between scored lines.  Frame will overlap center front area, but this is fine so long as no glue is on the overlap!
  3. Inside Shadow Box - Cover inside of "shadow box" (center part of 2nd piece of scored cardstock) with a coordinating print paper, making sure to avoid getting glue between scored lines.  Mat scavenged sentiment piece on glitter fun foam with added foam tape for dimension.  Then carefully place so it will be centered behind the acetate window in the finished card and glue in place.
  4. Finishing - Glue sides together along out edges ONLY (between edge of card and 1st score lines).  Glue 5" border strips (from die cut sheet) in place on top of these outside edges, making sure not to extend them past the scored lines.  Grasping each side and pushing toward each other will create a nice shadow box - pulling away will help it lie flat for mailing.  Add a small piece of scored card stock to the back of the card to serve as a stand - see picture below.

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment