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Leaf
Vellum Card
Materials
Needed
8 ½” x 11” cardstock
- 3, ivory, 1 gold, and 1 brown
Leaf vellum
Fiskars 3-in-1 corner punch –
leaves and elegant
Fiskars ShapeCutter™ - envelope
and rectangle template
Fiskars personal trimmer
Foam tape
Xyron machine
Glue
Instructions
1.
Measure and cut a card to fit the envelope template
along with an envelope cut of ivory card stock. (Assemble the envelope
at this time.)
2.
Cut a rectangle out of a piece of the ivory and gold
cardstock that measures 2 ½” x 4” using the ShapeCutter™.
3.
Decide what leaves you want to show through the window
you just cut and mount the vellum to the back of the window. Trim
the ivory mat to about ¼” wide around the vellum window.
4.
Mount the piece of gold cardstock behind the ivory
matching up the two windows along the edges. Trim the gold to about
a ¼” mat and punch each corner with the 3-in-1 corner
punch.
5.
Cut out 4 squares that measure 1-3/8” to 1 ½”
out of the brown card stock using the personal trimmer. Punch 2
opposite corners of each square using the 3-in-1 punch. Glue each
brown square behind the corner of the gold mat matching up the punch
design.
6.
Place 4 strips of foam tape along the inside of the
vellum opening making sure that it encloses a place for the leaves
to move around underneath the vellum window.
7.
Punch a bunch of leaves out of the brown using the
3-in 1 corner punch and put them in a pile in the center of the
card. Peel off the foam tape backing and center it over the pile
of leaves on the front of the card and press down to seal all the
edges.
8.
Cut another brown and gold square and punch the opposite
corner of each one. Cut both squares in half on top of one another.
Trim the gold even with the brown and glue in the corners of the
front of the envelope.
9.
Cut out 3 individual leaves from the remaining vellum
and run through the Xyron machine. Place them in a pleasing arrangement
on the inside flap of the envelope.
