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Step 1. Photo 1 shows the paper supplies needed to
make a card like the one on the right in the photo above.
We used the same border punch for all the borders on both
cards -- Fiskar's Lacy Border Punch. The red lace strips are
the positive image, the green strips were made by using the
same punch on a piece of green paper, but retaining the "negative"
punch, " or the part of the paper that's punched away
when you make the lace. We liked the look of these strips
so much, they are all we used to adorn the card on the left
(with the photo of my dog Zoey on it).
You will need to cut a paper circle for the wreath base.
You can use whatever circle cutting tools you like. We used
Fiskars Shape
Cutter System to cut an inner circumference two sizes
smaller that the outer border of the wreath (hint: cut the
smaller inner circle first, then place your larger template
around it, and cut out the larger perimeter). We used the
template one size smaller than the outer wreath circle to
cut out our circle photo.
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Step 2. Use the EK Success bare branch
tree punch and green paper scraps to punch a lot of trees. It's
easier to punch with the punch upside down, as in the photo,
so you can see exactly where you are punching. This allows you
to punch closer together and get more punches out of your paper.
For this particular project, you should punch some trees entirely,
and some with the tree truck edge of the punch off the paper,
so you end up with a tree without a trunk. This latter shape
is good for the top layer of branches. How many punched trees
you need will depend on the size of your card. |
