If you are like me and have left making a card until this last minute, maybe you would like to make one like this too! Here are the instructions for you... (it's a really great card as you don't need a lot of materials to make it)
Fold a white A5 card in half. Completely cover the front with coloured paper (DS) to fit neatly. I have used a plain sheet of Brocade Blue from the 6x6 Patterns Pack of DSP which is a level 1 hostess reward. Now at the top of your card come down 1" and trim in from each side 1 1/2". You are cutting through both layers of your card to do this. Open up your card and trim off this section now from the back/inside piece of your card only and throw away. The piece still attached at the front has now become what you will fold inwards to make your collar. (This is the white collar). Corner the tops of your card with a corner rounder. To make the pocket use a tag punch. Punch a piece of the matching DS that you have used for the shirt. Only punch it as long as you are wanting your pocket. ie: not quite the full tag, so long as you get the 'tag bit' as this is the bottom of the pocket. With a white gel pen create some little stitches around the outside of your pocket. Attach the pocket on with some dimensionals.
Creating the tie: I have made mine with a striped piece of DS from Washington Apple. Cut your patterned DS Paper to a 3 3/4" square. Start with your paper's chosen pattern side down, then fold in half along the diagonal. Unfold. Fold the outside corners into the center, making sure that the edges line up along the center line. Repeat this step again (this is the tie, less the knot) Hold your tie up to you card and decide how long you want it to be. Snip off the top piece that you don't want. (I snipped off about 1.5cm). Making the knot, in matching DS, punch a 1 1/4" square. Turn this over so your DS pattern is on the bottom and is in front of you in a diamond shape. Fold the top and bottom corners to meet in the middle. Flip back over so your pattern is now facing up. Stick this to the top of your tie and fold the sides around so that they are a little wider at the top than the bottom. There you have it! Your tie!!!!Adhere the tie to the front of your card and use a glue dot under each of the points of your collar to hold it down to the top of the tie.
Here is another nifty idea that we made at our Macleay workshops just the other week.
Decorating a plain white paper gift bag is always fun!
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there, but a special mention to my Dad also known as "Gumpy", my Father in-law Manfred also known as "Grandpa", and to my loving partner Mark also know as "Daddy" xo xo xo
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