Hip Greeting Card

Project by Karen Carter from Anaheim Hills, Calif.

Materials:

2" letter "E" stencil
paint brushes
metallic gold acrylic paint
crackle medium
off-white acrylic paint
paper trimmer
brown, off-white card stock
Glue Dots (or other adhesive)
textured paper
two 3" lengths of coordinating ribbon
7 Gypsies spiral paperclip
labeler with black label tape
18KT gold leafing pen
rub-on letters

Steps:

1. Pop out inner parts of letter "E" stencil and discard. Apply metallic gold acrylic paint to stencil. Let dry completely.

2. Apply one coat of crackle medium to stencil. Brush on quickly from top to bottom and then again from side to side. Do not worry about missing spots. Allow to air dry until tacky.

3. Apply one coat of off-white acrylic paint. Set aside and allow to dry completely.

4. Cut off-white card stock to 8" x 5-1/4". Fold card stock in half to measure 4" x 5-1/4".

5. Cut a 1" x 4" strip of brown card stock. Apply adhesive to brown strip and attach to the lower portion of card face. Cut textured paper to 3-1/2" x 4-3/4". Apply adhesive to patterned paper and attach to center of card face. Tie ribbons to spiral paperclip and attach to upper left corner of stencil.

6. Apply Glue Dots to back of stencil and attach to card face at an angle. Cut out rub-on letters "ENJOY" and rub on lower right of stencil. Slowly run a gold leafing pen along the outside edges of card face. .

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E-mail: PrincessKaren@Superheavy.com