Utterly Adorable Handmade Card
Combine more traditional paper crafting and handmade card ideas with the soft and trendy blending of watercolors to make one adorable card. This how to make a handmade card tutorial shows you how to make an everyday occasion card that is perfect to send your friends or family a simple hello. The Utterly Adorable Handmade Card uses Deco Foil products, but you could easily personalize the process with other options from your paper crafting stash.
In the Designer's Words: "I love to die cut, but sometimes I feel like my die cuts are, well, boring. I was stuck in a rut with them; every time I would cut some, they would be all one color or just cut from patterned paper… Nothing really out of the box or new! So, I gave the Therm O Web Adhesive Pen a try to decorate my die cut!"
Estimated CostUnder $10
Time to CompleteUnder an hour
Primary TechniqueStamping
Project or Page SizeCard
Type of Paper UsedCardstock
Materials List
- DECO FOIL™ TRANSFER SHEETS • CHAMPAGNE
- DECO FOIL™ ADHESIVE PEN .34FLOZ
- ICRAFT EASY CUT ADHESIVE™ SHEETS • LG
- 3D WHITE FOAM SQUARES • COMBO PACK
- ZOTS™ SINGLES • SMALL
- Scissors
- Tweezers
- Watercolor Paper
- Paper Piercer or Tool n One
- Die Cutting Machine
Instructions
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Stamp image and color in using watercolors.
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Add Easy Cut Adhesive to the back of watercolor paper. Die cut.
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Add watercolors to die cut. When dry, add adhesive using pen. Also add adhesive to heart on the stamped image.
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Place foil on top of adhesive and either run through die cutting machine or burnish with finger.
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Trim out front panel of card (4x5.25) from watercolor stock.
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Add watercolors to create a soft, blended background.