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Create beautifully coordinated cards with this Paper Pack by Little Robin Redbreast featuring pretty pastel shades.

finally affix the white ovals onto their respective green oval.

4 Cut a piece of green card to 1 3/8" x 8 ¼”, score at 3 ¾”.

5 Adhere one sentiment to the centre of the card. Position the strip from Step 4 inside the card with the shorter end overlapping the card front.

6 Use the sentiment already in place to position the remaining greeting. It should match exactly.

7 Apply adhesive to the bottom of the overhanging strip from Step 5 to secure the sentiment; be careful not to stick it to the sentiment below. Next add glue to the longest part of the green strip and attach it to the inside of the card.

8 Adhere white card cut to the same size of the base to conceal the green strip. Decorate the card with the transfers.

to the 3" mark. Then cut from the 1 ¼" mark to the opposite corner. Discard the scraps from the middle.

5 The triangle is attached bottom left. Adhere green to white, with the white piece slightly in front to create a small border.

6 Repeat Step 5 for the remaining pieces, these adhere to the top right with the shortest side facing left.

7 Stamp a sentiment directly onto the front of the card.

Recessed panel card Kit List

◆ Craft Consortium Little Robin

Redbreast: Paper Pad A4; 12" x 12" pad; 6" x 6" pad ◆ Sentiment stamp ◆ Card stock: white

◆ Pencil, ruler and eraser

◆ Paper trimmer ◆ Adhesive

Embossed card

Kit List

◆ Craft Consortium: Little Robin Redbreast Paper Pad A4; Little Robin Redbreast Embossing Folder; Adhesive Pearls, Gold; Ink Drops Rose Paper Pad; Patina Paper Pad ◆ Clear embossing powder ◆ VersaFine ink, Onyx Black ◆ Adhesive ◆ Heat tool

◆ Craft UK 5" x 7" card blank

◆ Stamping platform ◆ Creative Stamps Wiry words stamp set

◆ Tsukineko VersaMagic Dew Drop Chalk Ink Pads ◆ Aladine Izink Dye Ink Pads, various colours ◆ Microfibre cloth

◆ Dies: mini carnation flower, foliage ◆ Ball tool and foam mat

1 Cut pale pink card to 5" x 7" and gently mist with water. The water should sit on top on

Square easel card

Kit List the card but not saturate it.

2 Place the card into your stamp platform, hover the 3D embossing folder over the top and use it as a guide to position the sentiment. Stamp the sentiment in VersaFine ink.

3 Emboss the card using the 3D embossing folder, then heat set the sentiment with clear embossing powder. Clean the folder immediately.

4 With a light hand, swipe the coloured inks over the embossed areas to add splashes of colour. Use a microfibre cloth to remove ink from the sentiment.

5 Trim the excess non-embossed edges and mount onto the card blank with adhesive.

6Decorate with foliage and double-layered flowers die cut from Patina and Ink Drops Rose Paper Pads, shaped using a ball tool with pearls in the centre.

1

Create a 6" x 6" base and attach a piece of patterned paper to the front with glue.

2

Cut a 6 x 6” square from the A4 pad in pale mint and also from white card.

3 On the left side of the mint piece measure 3" and make a pencil mark. On the right-side measure and mark at 1" and 1 ¼".

4

Lay the green square exactly over the white and place in a trimmer. Cut from the 1" mark

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To decorate, fussy cut the seed packets from the front cover of the 12" x 12" pad and arrange on the front of the card.

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This versatile pack contains 20 double-sided 200gsm acid– and lignin-free papers in plain colours.

Craft Consortium Little Robin Redbreast Paper Pad A4 (to purchase this head to createandcraft.com and type in product code 551959) Price £6.49

Club Member £5.19

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◆ Craft Consortium Little Robin Redbreast: Paper Pad A4; 12" x 12" pad; 6" x 6" pad; Washi Tape ◆ Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Single Colour A4 card stock, Baby Pink ◆ Square nesting dies, stitched ◆ Craft Consortium Gardener’s Delight A4 Premium Cardstock Paper Pad ◆ Card stock: white

◆ Adhesives: 3D foam pads and glue ◆ Daisy Mae Garden Gnomes Stamp set (for sentiment) ◆ Score board and bone folder

1 Create a 6" x 6" card base out of the pearl card stock, score at 3". Cut a separate square the same size as the base from the same card stock and put aside.

2 Fold and burnish the score line. Lay the base flat and add glue to the lower part of the scored card to secure the extra square.

3 Cut two pieces of dusty pink card from the Gardener’s Delight pad to 5 ¼" square. Cut two pieces of pattern paper from Little Robin Redbreast 6" x 6" pad to 4 ¾", cut one piece of pale pink card from the Little Robin

Redbreast A4 pad to 4" and one topper from the 12" x 12" pad.

4 Attach the matts and layers to the card base.

5 Place a strip of the seed design tape onto white card and cut out four packets. Add foam pads to the back.

6 Stand the top section up and decide how far forward it should come. Arrange the washi ephemera on the base as a stopper.

7 Cut a piece of white card to 5 ½" x 2 1/2", stamp a sentiment and adhere to the centre panel inside the card.

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