A Party Invitation and Card with a Bark Heart and Half-pearls

1. Cut the Color Bar card and the dotted Vivi Gade Design paper to size (slightly smaller than the front of the greeting card) and attach using double-sided adhesive tape.

2. Use a pair of ordinary scissors for cutting a heart from a piece of bark, using the template.

3. Attach the bark heart to the greeting card using 3D foam pads. Attach the 3D foam pads to where the bark arches the most against the card.

4. Tie waxed cotton cord around the front of the card.

5. Punch out small hearts from Color Bar card using a lever punch.

6. Cut the 3D foam pads in half and position them on either side of the waxed cord on the front of the card. Attach the punched-out hearts onto the 3D foam pads.

7. Attach self-adhesive rhinestone half-pearls onto the waxed cord on the front of the card between the hearts.

8. Menu card: Cut a piece of brown card measuring 15 x 7cm. Attach the piece of Vivi Gade Design paper (the Skagen series), a small bark heart and the menu which is printed onto a piece of party card. Tie a piece of waxed cord around the card and attach self-adhesive rhinestone half-pearls.

9. Place cards: Cut a piece of card measuring 9.5 x 12.5cm and fold in the middle. Make a hole with hole punch pliers at the top front slightly to the right of the middle. Tie a piece of waxed cord in the hole and decorate the card with a heart and self-adhesive rhinestone half-pearls.

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