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A special occasion really deserves a special card. The pictorial peel off stickers used on this card have been enhanced by being applied to luxury card and then cut out in a decoupage fashion. This design could also be used as a party invitation by changing the wording peel off stickers used.

Engagement Celebration Card

What you will need to make this card:

Directions to make:

Measure and cut out a 7.5cm x 10.5cm rectangle from the cream / gold glitter card and a 6cm x 9cm rectangle from the dark red handmade mulberry paper.

Place the red rectangle in the centre of the glitter rectangle and using your craft knife carefully make a small hole through both layers in each of the four corners. Push a mini gold round brad through each hole and fold the prongs over at the back to secure the red mulberry paper rectangle to the centre of the glitter card rectangle. Use sticky foam pads to mount this to the centre of the card blank.

Remove the champagne bottle, glasses & present picture from the gold party celebration peel off sheet and stick it to the pearlised silver card. Next remove three small streamer and two small heart pictures from the same peel off sheet and stick them all to the pearlised rioja red card. Using the decoupage scissors, carefully cut round the outside edge of all the peel off pictures.

Use craft glue to stick the champagne bottle, glasses & present cut out and the three streamer cut outs to the red mulberry paper rectangle overlapping the edges in places as shown in the picture.

Again using craft glue stick a heart cut out in the top right hand and bottom left hand corners of the card blank.

Remove the words ‘On Your Engagement’ from the gold engagement/christening peel off sheet and stick the ‘On’ and ‘Your’ to the top left of the card blank and the ‘Engagement’ to the bottom right of the card blank.

Finish the card off by using the gold metallic pen to colour in sections on the main peel off image i.e. the bow on the present, the label strips and cork on the bottle and the champagne in the glasses.

A useful tip for this project: Allow each peel off sticker to relax for a short while before sticking to the card as this will allow the stickers to regain shape if any of them have stretched at all when they were peeled away from the peel off sheet.

Card Idea by Janine

This card has a fresh springtime design. It is a useful card to have made ready in your craft box to send for a variety of occasions. Spring flowers make great cards for Easter or why not even use it as a simple note card to write to someone special. Add a peel off sentiment to the top or bottom of the card if you wish or simply make it as it is shown here. See further down for a picture of the decoupage sheet used for the tulips to make this card.

Tulip Decoupage Card

What you will need to make this card:

Small square (120mm x 120mm) cream card blank
Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet for the tulips (pictured below)
Mid Green Mulberry Tissue Paper
Craft glue and sticky foam pads or silicon glue
Decoupage Scissors
Craft knife, ruler & cutting mat

How to make:

Cut a rectangle from the mid green mulberry tissue paper that measures 6cm x 12cm. Use your finger or a cotton bud with water to make a wet line across the longest side of the paper 2cm down from the top edge. Carefully pull the paper apart from either side of the wet line so you end up with a 4cm x 12cm rectangle with a nice fluffy top edge and then put this to one side to dry.

Use the decoupage scissors to carefully cut out all of the tulip sections.

Once the mulberry tissue paper is dry use some craft glue thinned down with a little water to stick it to the card blank, aligning the straight edge with the bottom edge of the card blank as shown in the picture, then the fluffy edge at the top makes a nice grass like effect.

Stick the bottom layer of the tulips with the bottoms of their stalks overlapping the fluffy top edge of the mulberry tissue paper.

Finally use sticky foam pads or silicon glue to stick all of the remaining tulip layers in place.

Useful tips for this project:

Thinning the craft glue down before sticking the mulberry tissue paper will stop it showing up as much behind the paper once it has dried, whilst still sticking the paper in place.
When you cut out the tulip sections, you can lightly pencil in numbers on the back of each section to make it easier to match them up again later.
Use felt tip pens of the same colour as the decoupage sections to carefully colour the white side edges of the paper as this helps to ensure there are no white bits showing on the completed card.

Card Idea by Janine