Shabby Chic Wedding Card & Box
By Creative Team Member - Cheryl Peterie
Supplies:
12” x 12” Smooth White Cardstock (x3 sheets)
White Paper Flowers
Kaisercraft Decorative Dies & Stamps - Sage &
Grace
Archival Ink - Olive & Rose Madder
Satin Ribbon
Sticky Pearls
Plastic Acetate 4½” x 5½” piece
Tools
Basic tool kit (trimmer, scissors, double sided Tape,
pencil, tweezers etc)
Glue, Foam Tape
Craft Tray
Washi Tape (for holding dies in place)
A4 Die Cutting Machine
Crafters Companion The
Ultimate Pro
Instructions:
(NB: Nesting dies No.1
being the smallest)
For the Card:
From one of the 12”x 12” sheets cut a 6” x 12” card base
fold in half & score.
Roughly colour 28 small white paper flowers with Archival
Ink - Rose Madder & a finger dauber, 18 flowers need to be coloured both
sides.
To make the buds use the flower shaping kit to shape the
flowers by rolling the ball stylus to the centre of the flower repeat with 18
of the double sided coloured flowers (two petals = one bud) apply glue to the
centre tips of the petals & pinch to form a ball, add glue to the centre of
the second petal as well as the centre tips place the 1st flower ball into the
centre & again pinch into a ball repeat to make 9 buds.
To make the roses, place the single sided coloured
flowers colour side down & press each petal turn over & press down in
the centre of the flower & adhere a bud to the centre.
Trim the ”Miss Betty”
blue dots Paper to 5¾” x 5¾”
& attach to the front of the card base leaving an even border.
From the cream lacy paper nest the No.2 & No.3. Decorative
Oval Dies & cut to make a frame, on the remaining paper stamp the Sage
& Grace leaves with Archival Ink - Olive & colour with Distress Ink -
Forest Moss & a finger dauber & cut out with the matching die.
From the white glossy doily paper cut the Bride & Groom
image.
Use the following pieces from the paper pack.
Attach the two brackets to the top of the card one lower
than the other.
Attach the scallop border to the bottom of the card
front.
Attach the tag to the left side & adhere a sticky
pearl to the top of the tag, next the circle “XO” under the bottom of the tag.
Adhere the N0.3 frame to the centre of the card front,
mount the bride & groom with foam tape to the bottom of the oval frame,
mount the “Congratulations” sentiment with foam tape over the tag.
Adhere three leaves, four roses & two buds around the
oval frame.
Tie a bow from the satin
ribbon & adhere to the left side of the frame under the roses.
For the Box:
From the other two sheets of 12” x 12” white cardstock
cut two 7½” x 7½” squares.
Using the Crafters Companion Ultimate Pro place the base
square along the top edge of the box base side & score on the 1st score
line repeat on all sides of the box base (it’s a good idea to pencil mark
base/lid & erase once assembled), then turn the Ultimate Pro around to the
box lid side place the lid square along the top edge & score on the 1st
score line repeat on all sides of the lid, make one cut from each corner to
form the tabs.
Place (Do Not Stick) the other full square of the ”Miss
Betty” blue dots Paper to the front of the box lid, hold in place
with washi tape line up the No. 3 &
No. 4 Decorative Oval to cut the hole from the centre (blue frames not used).
Attach the plastic acetate with double sided tape to the
front of the lid.
Turn the lid to the inside & adhere the tabs to form
a box lid, the same can be done to the base
From the other piece of cream lacy paper nest the No.3
& No.4 Decorative Oval Dies & cut to make a frame, only using the outer
frame adhere to the acetate inside the oval cut out.
Attach the blue dots Paper to the front of the lid lining up the frame cut out.
Using glue adhere two leaves to the top left corner with
one rose & two buds, then gift wrap with extra satin ribbon.
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