Create cheeky little character cards to brighten one of the most important days of their lives

What you need...

• Card, red, yellow, blue, brown, skin colour
  Paper, red
  Cutter, circle
  Crayon, white
  Pens, felt-tip, pink, red, blue, black
  Chalks, Pebbles Inc, basic brights
  Eyelet kit
  Tape, double-sided
  Ribbon: narrow; 2.5cm wide
  Beads, black, pink
  Punch, star, large
  Stamps, letter, large, small
  Ink-pads: red; embossing, clear
  Stickers, Anita’s, letter, outline, gold
  Foam fixers: 3-D; stars
  Wire
  Embossing powder, white
  Heat tool
  Glue: stick; tacky; spray
  Brooch, bar

instructions

1. Ribbon Card - 1 Using the template provided, cut the triangle and collar from red card then snip the pinafore dress and pockets out of a blue blank. Add stitch, button and stripe detail in white crayon. Layer and secure the pieces with spray glue, as shown.
   
   2 Snip three circles for the head, one from skin-coloured card, 6cm diameter, and two brown spheres for the hair, 6cm diameter and 7cm diameter. Cut the smaller brown outline in half and trim out a few notches to form the fringe, then stick to the top part of the face.
   
   3 Draw on the eyes and other features using felt-tip pen. Snip the larger circle into a bob hairstyle. Fix the face and fringe on top then add a small bow for detail. Stick the finished head to the triangular card. Punch four holes, as marked on the template, using an eyelet tool and thread through red ribbon.
   
   4 Attach beads to the ribbon for hands and shoes then knot the legs to secure. Fix the limbs on the reverse of the card with doublesided tape. Adhere a red triangle, slightly smaller than the template, on the inside of the greeting to disguise the ribbon.