Cute Bears Decoupage #1

You can make beautiful cards with easy to use die-cut decoupage. This is the first in a series of 3 cute bears 3D die-cut decoupage card ideas, click on the following links to view cards 2 & 3 – Cute Bears Decoupage #2 and Cute Bears Decoupage #3.

Below is the completed card, further down there is a picture taken at an angle to show the decoupage layers.

Cute Bears Die-Cut Decoupage Card #1

Items used to make this card:

  1. A6 white card blank
  2. Die-Cut Decoupage Sheet – Cute Bears
  3. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Gold
  4. Sticky foam pads
  5. Ruler
  6. A small amount of spare white card and scissors (optional)

Directions to make:

Push all of the image ‘A’ sections out of the decoupage sheet and using sticky foam pads layer them in the correct order onto the centre of the card blank.

Remove one of the Happy Birthday wording sets of stickers from the diamond gold happy birthday peel off backing sheet and stick the ‘Happy’ to the top left of the card blank and the ‘Birthday’ to the bottom right of the card blank using a ruler to ensure the words are straight.

Remove two of the flowers from the same peel off sheet and stick them to some of the spare white card. Carefully cut each flower shape out and use a small sticky foam pad on each to attach one to the top right hand corner and the other to the bottom left hand corner of the card blank.

Of course, if you would prefer, you can simply stick the peel off flowers directly onto the card blank surface.

Cute Bears Die-Cut Decoupage Card #1 Flat

Card Idea by Janine

Cream/Choc/Gold Wedding

If you want something a bit different from the usual wedding invitation colours then this is a great modern colour scheme for you to use that has a real luxury look. This design is easy to produce in bulk quantities and looks very professional too.

Cream, Chocolate & Gold Wedding Card

Items you will need to make this card:

  1. Small Square (120mm x 120mm) Pale Cream Card Blank
  2. Pearlised ivory/cream card
  3. A4 Mulberry Tissue Paper – Brown
  4. A4 plain paper such as ordinary printer paper
  5. Woodware Super Lever Craft Punch – Square
  6. Woodware Big Lever Craft Punch – Square
  7. Woodware Large Lever Craft Punch – Square
  8. Small Hearts – Gold
  9. “Yellow Gold” Wedding Rings
  10. Wedding Invitation Banner
  11. Strong Craft Glue
  12. Sticky Foam Pads

Directions:

Take the pearlised ivory card and punch out two super squares, two big squares and two large squares using the three square craft punches.

Place the sheet of brown mulberry tissue paper in between two sheets of plain paper and then punch out two squares again of each of the three punches sizes. Placing the tissue paper between two sheets of paper allows you to punch cleanly through the tissue paper without it tearing as it is too thin to punch through on it’s own.

Using craft glue layer the squares on top of each other so you end up with four sets of three layered squares, two starting and ending with ivory card sandwiching brown mulberry tissue paper and two starting and ending with brown mulberry tissue paper sandwiching ivory card.

Stick these four square layers to the card blank spaced as shown in the picture ensuring you leave a gap at the bottom of the card for the banner.

Use craft glue to stick a small gold heart to the centre of the top left and bottom right squares.

Link two pairs of the split “yellow gold” wedding ring embellishments together, close the gap on each ring and use a strong craft glue to carefully stick one pair to the centre of the top right squares and the second pair to the centre of the bottom left squares. Take care to turn the join on each ring so it is hidden under the edge of the other ring. You will need to use a strong craft glue to ensure the rings attach properly and leave the card flat while the glue dries.

To finish each card off, use sticky foam pads to stick a Wedding Invitation banner to the bottom of the card. The banner shown in the picture is a cream with chocolate writing banner which is no longer available but the design works just as well with a cream banner with gold writing on it.

You can also make Evening Invitation cards to match by simply using an Evening invitation banner.

Card Idea by Janine