Craftseller - November 2014

MAKE IT

50 Craftseller

Frilly pear tree

1 Cut a piece of beige card measuring

21 x 15cm( 8 ¼x 5 ¾in). Score down the

middle and fold in half to make your base card.

2

Cut a piece of white card measuring

10 x 14.5cm(4x 5 ¾in). Round the

corners usinga corner punch, then stick to

thecentreofthebasecard.

3 Cut four strips of different Christmas

papers and punch a decorative edge

across one longside of each strip. Score

across the strips at 4mm intervals and

accordion fold. Layer to make a tree shape.

4

Attach a ribbon bow to the top of the

tree, then stick the tree to the base

card using glue dots. Cut a pot shape from

light brown card and stick underneath the

tree. Cut the ‘Christmas’tag from the tag

sheet and stick in place, to finish.

Fabulous folding

3D cards are popular this year as customers compete

to stand out on the mantlepiece!By Vicky Sheridan

INFORMATION

Materials

*FreeCraftsellerrpapers

* White card

* Beige card

* Red ribbon bows

* Scoring board or ruler and blunt

knife

* Corner rounder punch

* 4cm(1½in)circle punch

* Border punch or decorative-edge

scissors

*Glue dots

* Hatpin

*Ruler

*Gluedots

Skilllevel:Easy

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f cards are your thing, then Christmas is
your time to shine, with more cards sent
in December than at any other time
ofyear. Yourbiggest challenge this month
is to create stand-out cards that will attract
customers’ attention, while keeping your
designs simple enough that you can produce
lots of them to sell. Our 3D cards perfectly fit
the bill – become a paper engineer to create
fantastic bauble and tree motifs that bring
your cards to life. They may look intricate
but are actually really quick and easy to
make, and as you can make them using
yourCraftsellerfree papers, you can save on
materials costs and bump up your profit!

Accordion fold

for a realistic

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3D effect

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Festive baubles

1

Cut a piece of beige card measuring

2 1 x 15cm(8¼x 5 ¾in). Score down

the middle and fold in half to make your

base card. Stick a 10 x 14.5cm (4 x 5 ¾in)

piece of white card to the front.

2 Punch 4 circles from different Christmas

papers for each bauble. Fold them in

half, then stick half of each circle to half of

another circle. Stick in place.

3

Using a ruler and a hat pin, pierce a line

of holes going from the top of the

white cardto eachbauble. Cut the‘Merry

Christmas’ tag from the tag sheet and stick to

the top of the base card, as shown, to finish.