Construct on-trend pinwheels and chevrons to embellish Keren Baker's card ideas for him

What you need...

• Card: kraft, coloured; American Crafts, Chap; Dave; Grant; Mike; James; Tim
  Stamps, American Crafts: Pebbles Birthday set
  Buttons, assorted
  Twine, natural
  Punch, circle: 1.2cm, 2.5cm, 3.5cm, 4.4cm; corner rounder; Crop-A-Dile or small hole punch
  Ink: black, yellow, light blue, dark blue, green, red
  Brads: yellow, red
  Adhesives
  Scissors

instructions

1. Happy Stripes - Glue nine strips of patterned papers, ranging from 3mm to 1.5cm wide, along a 15.5cm x 20.5cm card blank and trim the ends.
   
   Stamp 'Happy' in black onto white card and use a 4.4cm circle tool to punch it out. Cut a 2cm strip from the middle of a checked blue circle to leave two semi-circles. Stick one above the 'Happy' stamp and the other below, using 3-D foam pads.
   
   Punch a 1.2cm circle from Kraft card, then punch a 2.5cm hole around this to create a hoop shape. Stick 3cm from the top right edge of the card, with the 'Happy' circle. Round off the corners and add three decorative buttons, as shown.
   
   

2. You're Fab - Pick seven strips left over from the happy stripes design and cut triangles from one end of each to create forks. Stick the strips onto white card, 3cm x 11cm, so they overlap the card slightly. Adhere this piece 2cm from the bottom of a card blank,11cm x 12.5cm.
   
   Wrap 11cm of natural twine around the width of a 2cm x 11cm strip of checked green paper three times and knot. Slide to the right-hand side and adhere the strip 4.5cm from the bottom of the card, covering the previous strip.
   
   Stick Kraft cardstock, 6mm x 11cm, 3mm above the green piece. Punch five, 1.2cm circles from patterned papers and adhere to the green strip. Die-cut 'fab' and stick to the right-hand side of the card. Stamp 'you're' in black to the left of 'Fab'. Add an orange button with glue dots.
   
   

3. Chevron Invite - Create chevrons from yellow patterned paper, plus checked green, blue and red cards, using the technique for the birthday pinwheels design. Stick these onto a card blank, 10cm x 21cm.
   
   Adhere a 5mm wide strip of Kraft card, 2cm from the bottom of the blank, and a 1cm wide grey strip, 7.5cm up. Add the chevrons, referring to the image for guidance.
   
   Create a 3-D circle with white and spotty cards, using the technique for the happy stripes design but using a 'you're invited' stamp. Adhere this to the card with three decorative buttons, as shown.
   
   

4. Birthday Pinwheels - Fold a white card, 15cm x 24.5cm, in half to create a blank. Stick striped blue and white paper, 14.5cm x 11.5cm, to the centre. Adhere spotty paper, 1.5cm x 12cm, 1cm from the right-hand edge.
   
   Cut ten, 3cm long red paper strips at 45° angles. Pair them to create chevrons and glue four sets to the card. Add the last pair to the bottom with 3-D foam pads. Stamp 'Happy Birthday' in black ink to the top-right corner of Kraft card, 9cm square.
   
   Stamp a red, yellow, light blue, dark blue and two green pinwheels onto white card and cut out. Add a yellow brad to the centre of the light blue one and a red to the dark blue.
   
   Stick ledger paper, 3cm x 8.5cm, 5mm up from the bottom of the Kraft square. Adhere each of the components onto the card, referring to the image for guidance and using 3-D foam pads for the pinwheels with central brads. CB