Love Bird

Designer: Erin Roe

The Fingertip Craft Knife makes it super easy to cut out hand drawn designs while feeling like an extension of your own fingers.  Cutting wavy lines has never felt more natural!  This accordian card shows off four layers of hand cut paper at the same time when tied together with gingham ribbon.

 

 

Difficulty rating

  • Required supplies:
  • Fingertip Craft Knife
  • Round 'n Round - Large
  • Round 'n Round - Medium
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  • white cardstock
  • inks - blue, pink, and green

Instructions (Print version)

1. Trim a full sheet of white cardstock to 8"x12", fold into four equal strips.
 
2. Draw a freehand curvy line starting at the bottom left of card and ending at the mid right of card.
 
3. Draw a little bird in the left section of the second strip and in the left section of the third strip.
 
4. Draw a large heart in the fourth strip.
 
5. Using the Fingertip Craft Knife to cut out around the wavy line, birds and heart.
 
6. Adhere red patterned paper over heart, ink one bird blue, the other bird pink and then ink the rest of the card green.
 
7. Adhere a 1"x12" strip of pink plaid patterned paper to the bottom of the inside of the card, embellish with rub-ons and adhere a circle journaling card for handwritten greeting.
 
8. Add a medium circle of white cardstock to center of the first strip and apply rub-on hearts to both sides.
 
9. Adhere a large circle of white cardstock with an epoxy brad in the center to the big red heart.
 
10. Fold accordian style and secure with a piece of gingham ribbon.
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