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A Red and White Football Greeting Card
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This greeting card is made from Color Bar card. It has been decorated with football brads, paper cord and punched-out stars. The papier-mâché letters are painted with Plus Color craft paper and decoupaged with paper from the Color Bar series.
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How to do it
1. Cut out a piece of red card slightly smaller than the blank greeting card and attach it to the greeting card using double-sided adhesive tape.
2. Cut a piece of dotted paper slightly smaller than the red card. Use a template for cutting a hole in the dotted paper for placing a photo.
3. Print a photo and attach it in the dotted photo frame; i.e. the cut-out.
4. Attach the whole ensemble to the greeting card.
5. Attach two pieces of paper cord around the greeting card.
6. Punch out stars using a lever punch.
7. Attach the punched-out stars and football brads onto the pieces of paper cord (on the front of the greeting card) using 3D foam pads.
8. Cut a piece of red and a piece of white card to shape and attach the printed text with 3D foam pads.
9. Make dots with a black Pearl Pen.
10. Paint the flexi figure with black and red Plus Color craft paint.
11. Use the black Pearl Pen to draw hair onto the flexi figures head.
12. Cut out the football shirt using the template. Paint stripes on the shirt using a white poster hobby marker pen. Attach the shirt onto the flexi figure.
13. Paint the papier-mâché letters with Plus Color craft paint; either on the front and the back or on the sides.
14. Using the papier-mâché letters as a template, draw the shape onto the paper. Cut strips of paper to a suitable width for the sides .
15. Attach the cut-out paper onto the letters using double-sided self-adhesive paper. Decorate the letters with stars and brads.
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