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Funky Retro Birthday Card

Designer: Sam Currie
 

Cheer up a friend with this cute fridge magnet and greeting card!

What you need...
  • Card, cream, orange, pink, dark pink, Bazzill
    Paper, patterned, Dizzy Lizzy, Sweet Tarts
    Chipboard/thick card
    Ink, pink, black
    Stamps, Simple Greetings (BFAW18), Banana Frog
    Die-cutter and Thick Cuts Daisy die, Ellinson
    Buttons, turquoise, pink
    Ribbon, narrow, pink, turquoise
    Dots, glue
    Pads, foam
    Pricking tool
    Tape, magnetic, double-sided
instructions
  1. Fridge Magnet - Trim a rectangle of orange card and fix a strip of dizzy lizzy paper to the left-hand side. Die-cut one medium-sized daisy from thick card or chipboard, and another from cream card. Glue the cream flower to the chipboard shape, and shade the ends of the petals with pink ink.

    Thread a turquoise button with pink ribbon and fix to the centre of the bloom with a glue dot. Use another to adhere the flower to the top centre of the card edge. Stick pink ribbon around the bottom half of the blank and tie with turquoise ribbon.

    Stamp 'best friend' in black ink onto pink card. Trim into a rectangle and using a pricking tool, pierce holes around the outside. Adhere to the bottom of the card with foam pads. Snip a thick card or chipboard rectangle and attach the finished card front onto it with double-sided tape. Fix magnetic tape to the back to finish.

  2. Birthday Card - Make a square blank from cream card. Trim a pink card rectangle and another, slightly smaller, from sweet tarts paper. Tie turquoise ribbon around pink, and fix across the patterned paper as shown, using double-sided tape.

    Matt the patterned paper onto the pink card, and stick to the left-hand side of the blank. Die-cut a large daisy from dark pink card, thread pink ribbon through a matching button and adhere to the centre of the flower with a glue dot.

    Attach the flower to the greeting, as shown. Stamp 'Happy Birthday' onto pink card in black, trim to a rectangle and make holes around the outside using a paper pricking tool. Fix to the bottom right of the card, using sticky pads.

http://www.bananafrog.co.uk – stamps, Pink Martini Designs patterned paper (Orange Creamsicle range: Dizzy Lizzy and Sweet Tarts)
http://www.sarahscardsltd.co.uk – Ellison Thick Cuts Daisies Die, American Crafts ribbon
http://www.indigoshop.co.uk – magnetic tape

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