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Handmade Cards
By Linda Peterson



Materials

• Amaco® Keepsakes & Cards™ # 50121K & 50122L
• Amaco® FunWire™: 24 Gauge Clear/Copper
• Amaco® Rub ’n Buff®: Ebony
• Embossing Stylus
• Fiskars Paper Crimper
• Fiskars Deckle Paper Edger Scissors
• McGill Leaf Punch
• Halcraft: Curiously Sticky Double Stick Tape
• Scissors
• Pliers

Step 1

Cut Black Cardstock to 6" x 5". Trim around all edges with deckle scissors and fold in half.

Step 2

Cut a piece of Silver mesh to 4¾" x 5¾". Cut a piece of Gold fabric mesh 4½" x 5½". Tape to card sticking Gold onto Silver mesh.

Step 3

Crimp Silver metal with paper crimper. Cut out in an asymmetrical square shape. Cut a piece of Gold metal ¾" wide by width of silver crimped sheet. Emboss Gold metal with design of choice. Tape to Silver sheet. Highlight with Ebony Rub ’n Buff®.

Step 4

Punch out leaf shape and emboss veins. Tape onto front of embellishment. Curl Clear/Copper Fun Wire™ to form leaf coil.

Step 5

Use pliers to create a word of choice with the Fun Wire™ Clear/Copper. Tape onto front of card.

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