Print enchanting characters for greeting cards and boxes

What you need...

• Card, A4: white; periwinkle; bright yellow; lilac/white glitter gingham
  Printed paper: A4, lilac/white gingham;
  12x12: snowflakes on dark blue; snowflakes on blue
  Self adhesive labels, 6mm x 50mm
  Embossing powder, clear
  Glitter, crystal
  Paper gift box, oval, 5cm x 9cm x 12cm, Efco
  Acrylic paint: white; lilac
  Inkpads, VersaColor: black; orange
  Ribbon, black/white gingham, 1cm
  Cork from a wine bottle
  Pencil, eraser-tipped
  Baby wipes
  Rub-on letters, mini, Simply Sweet, by Doodlebug
  Stickers, snowflake, Gold Label

instructions

1. Brrrr! Card - 1 Make a 15cm square card blank from white card. Score and fold the front of the card to make a half-size front. Trim gingham paper into a 14cm square. Mount a 13cm square of blue snowflake paper onto it then stick it onto the large, furthermost face of the card.
   
   2 Cut an 11cm x 15cm piece of white card and finger-print a penguin onto it, embossing and finishing it as before. Tear along the top edge and glue it on top of the papered panel.
   
   3 Cut white card into a 12cm x 15cm panel. Finger-print penguins randomly over the panel, with the heads of some close to the long upper edge. Emboss and finish them as before, then draw a wavy line across the panel between the penguins positioned highest. Using a craft knife, cut along the line marked and around any penguins that break across the line (which must not dip lower than 7.5cm). Position the card as shown and stick it on top of the half-size front panel.
   
   4 Trim white card into a 7cm x 15cm panel and finger-print a penguin towards the left. Cut around the bird with a craft knife, tear a wavy line away from the end of the cut on either side of the penguin.
   
   5 Use rub-down letters to apply the word 'brrrr!' to the lower right corner of the panel then stick it to the lower edge of the card face using foam adhesive pads. Decorate the different white areas with glitter and snowflake stickers.