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Angel Wire Card

Description

A textured ivory greetings card has layers of red and gold Angel wire. Mounted in the centre of the card is a gold bells sticker on red hologram paper. The card is edged in gold and a gold Happy Christmas and tiny star stickers complete the design.

Materials used

• Textured ivory single fold greetings card 144 mm x 144 mm (5¾ in x 5¾ in)
• Angel wire red
• Angel wire gold
• Stickers gold tiny stars
• Sticker gold Happy Christmas
• Sticker gold bells
• Hologram paper in red
• Glitter glue
• Krylon gold pen
• Double-sided self-adhesive mini foam pads
• Sticky dots adhesive

Method

Outline the card with a Krylon gold pen.

Cut squares of the Angel wire as follows: 1 red 100 mm sq. (4¼ in), 1 gold 100 mm sq., 1 red 90 mm sq. (3¾ in), 1 gold 50 mm sq. (2¼ in).

Mount the squares of Angel wire on the card with Sticky dots adhesive. The adhesive is applied to the central area leaving the outer edges free. The layers are applied to the card in the following order: 100 mm red on the diagonal to the card edges; 100 mm gold square with the card edges; 90 mm red on the diagonal to the card edges; 50 mm gold square with the card edges.

Mount the bell sticker on the red hologram paper. Cut around the outer edges. Apply glitter glue to the rim and pattern detail.

Mount the bells on the card with double-sided self-adhesive mini foam pads.

Add the Happy Christmas sticker.

Add 4 tiny gold star stickers, one in each corner of the card.

Angel wire card made by Lynda Bishop and reproduced with kind permission.

Stickers copyright and reproduced with kind permission.

Please note that this is an old project. It is left here for the interest of the reader. Some of the materials used may no longer be available. We regret that we can not help you find a source of supply for these.