Die cut stationary craft project.

Crafts Projects - Summer Bitties Cards "Die Cut Stationary"

This delightful craft project was kindly contributed by Bridie Payne. Please contact Bridie with questions regarding this project or visit her website at http://www.bgpayne.com

Materials: 3 Single Fold A6 Cards;3 C6 Envelope;Pale Green Paper 15 x 10cm: 2 Pieces of Cream Backing Card 7cm squared; 2 sticks 4cm long (match sticks are perfect); String 20cm long; 2 Pegs; Three Gold Sequins.

Balloon Peel Off Die Cut Shapes; 2 Bitty Dungarees; 2 Bitty Dresses; 2 Bitty Bodies; 6 Daisy Shapes; 6 Leaf Shapes.

Tools: Black Pen; PVA Glue; Cocktail Stick or similar - to apply glue; Double Sided Tape - may be preferable for some parts; Blue Ink Pad - Watercolour paints or an airbrush will do instead; Green Ink Pad; Sponge.

Instructions: Sponging

Start by protecting your work surface with a scrap piece of paper. Take
the two piece of backing card and one of the single fold cards. Use a
sponge to dab ink from your ink pad onto the cards. You might need to
dab the sponge onto the scrap paper once or twice before applying it to
the card. Experiment a little to find a depth of colour that you are
happy with. Cover one of the backing cards with blue ink and the other
with green. Use blue ink on the single fold card being careful not to
get any ink on the back of the card.

Bitty Washing Line
Take the pale green paper and place it on a flat surface. Place a ruler
about half way across the paper. Grasp the paper next to the ruler and
tear, moving the ruler as you do so. This should leave you with an
uneven edge that resembles hills. If you're not happy with the result,
just repeat a little lower down the paper. Use PVA glue or double sided
tape to stick the green paper onto the single fold card that you have
sponged blue.

Tie one end of the string to one of the sticks. Use PVA glue and a
cocktail stick to glue the stick to the card. Tie the string around the
other stick and glue this to the card. Refer to the picture for
positioning.

Use the pegs to secure the bitty dungarees and the bitty dress to the
string.

To make the daisies glue one daisy shape on top of the other, offsetting
them so that both sets of petals can be seen. Glue two leaves onto the
back of each daisy. Finally glue a gold sequin to the centre of the
daisy. Your daises can be secured to your cards using a dot of PVA glue.

Bitty Bodies
Use double sided tape or glue to stick the backing card onto the single
fold card. Stick the bitty body centrally onto this. Stick the clothes
onto the body, then stick on the hair. If making the hair from floss,
cut the floss into 6cm lengths and wind a single strand of floss around
the centre and tie it to hold the floss in place. Sperate the ends of
the strands of floss then glue the centre of the hair piece onto the
centre of the bitty body head. Cut the hair the length and style you
wish.

For the faces use a fine black pen, copy the faces shown in the picture.
Practice a few times on a scrap of paper before drawing them onto the
bitty bodies.

Embellish your finished bitties as you choose, a peel off balloon looks great or a daisy in one corner.

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