Easter Card

Here’s a lovely card for Easter. It could also be used for a first communion or baptism.

You will need: - Piece of A5 White or Cream Card (I used cream) Some gold straight edge stickers. A gold butterfly sticker and a small piece of coloured vellum to fit. Gold peel-off Happy Easter greeting Rose Leaf stamp (CC Rubber Stamps) 04 0673 Rose Leaf punch (optional) Green Marvy dye ink Piece of green card Some small yellow fabric or paper flowers Silicone glue Double sided tape 3mm sticky foam pads M & F Folding Board & Boxmaker. (This board makes folding and scoring easy and can be used make lots of different fold cards, including gate folds on A5 and A4 card. It is an essential piece of kit for any serious card maker)

1. Using the A5 piece of card and the folding board, place the long side of the card against the butt bar and score line 2.

2. Turn the card 180 degrees and score line 2 again.

3. Then, with the short side of the A5 card against the butt bar score line 2 and 5.

4. Now you should have a cross shape marked on your card. Look at the cross the right way up and cut away the top left and top right hand squares.

5. Cut beneath the horizontal bar of the cross to the score line on each side and fold back to allow the card to stand up.

6. Next decorate your cross shape with the straight peel-offs.

7. Stamp the rose leaf stamp with green ink onto green card, and punch out. (If you don’t have a punch you can cut them out)

8. Curl the leaves slightly by rolling them around a paintbrush handle.

9. Stick the butterfly sticker onto the coloured vellum and cut out.

10. Fold the wings up from the body of the butterfly and then curl them around the paintbrush handle.

11. Place a small piece of double sided tape to the butterfly body and a sticky foam pad under each wing.

12. Place the decoration onto the cross until you have an arrangement that you like.

13. Using silicone glue attach the leaves and flowers and to the card, allowing the leaves to remain slightly curved.

14. Attach the butterfly to the cross.

15. Lastly add the Happy Easter greeting.

This card will fit happily into a C5 envelope.