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Free Class: Quick Father's Day Card by Karenann Young

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Father's Day Card
by Karenann Young
 
Class Description
Treat your Dad to a gorgeous hand-made greeting card on his special day!
 
ARTchix Studio Supplies General Supplies and Tools
Wish You Were Here Collage Sheet Brown cardstock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded in half Glue and/or Xyron machine and/or Tacky Glue
Playtime Transparency Sheet Vintage Ledger Pages Paintbrush
Tell Me Transparency Sheet Old letter Pliers
Gold Classic Dot Borders  no longer available Scissors Wire cutter

 
Brown acrylic paint
 
 
Instructions

1. Cut out a rectangle the size of 2 7/8" x 4 1/8" from the Vintage Ledger Page. 

2. Stain the Vintage Ledger Page with a brown wash of acrylic paint. 

3. Tear pieces of an old letter and glue it to the corner and diagonally through the center. 

4. Glue all of the layers on top of each other using your Xyron machine: a postcard image from the Wish You Were Here collage sheet, a torn piece of a French letter, the playing card king from the Playtime transparency sheet and words from the Tell Me transparency sheet. 

5. Flatten the Silver Royal Crown Charm with pliers.  Cut off the hole with a wire cutter and glue on. 

6. Glue the entire piece to brown cardstock. 

7. Glue on the Classic Dot Borders around the edges. Try using Tacky Glue for this.
 

Notes

Please feel free to print these instructions for easy reference. (Use Landscape Layout when printing this page).
 

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