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Friendship Day Card
By Cara Mariano
Presented by Julie McGuffee

 

Materials Needed

Ellison design™ Thick Cuts™ Dies: file folder, Buckles

Ellison design™ Thin Cuts™ Dies: Handbag #3, Phrase Friends
Ellison design™ Easy Emboss™: Corner, Texture Daisies
Plain Paper
Patterned Paper
Adhesive
Chalk: Craf-T Products
Decorative Foil
Embroidery Thread
Mesh
Ribbon
Staples
Sand paper
   
Instructions
1. Cut a piece of craft paper twice as long as the File Folder Die. Fold the paper in half. Lay the folded edge of the paper just inside the cutting rule of the bottom edge of the File Folder. Be sure the cutting rule extends above the edge of the fold. Die-cut the File Folder two times.
2. Staple the two File folders together, making sure the tabs alternate. Once they are secured together, cut off the tab on the second page.
3. Cut a mat to fit the front of the File Folder. Emboss the edge using the Easy Emboss Corner embossing folder. Apply chalk over the embossed image to enhance the design. Add decorative mesh to the opposite corner and attach the mat to the front of the File Folder.
4. Die-cut matching pairs of Handbag #3 out of solid and patterned paper. Emboss the front of each patterned paper Handbag using the Easy Emboss Texture Daisies. Lightly sand the front of the embossed image to enhance the design. Cut along the tops of the solid colored Handbags and attaché them to the patterned paper Handbags.
5. Sandwich the File folder page between the completed Handbag for each of the first three pages.
6. Die-cut the Phrase Friends out of coordinating paper and attach it to the bottom right hand corner of the File Folder.
7. Die-cut a Buckle from the decorative foil Thread the ribbon through the Buckle and attach it to the front of the File Folder.
8. Use embroidery thread and tie a bow around the middle Handbag. Add matted photographs and journaling to the inside pages to finish the card.
   
Sponsors: Ellison Educational, Inc. and Craf-T Products



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