Card Making Workshop

Workshop presented by Antoinette Marlow

Aim of workshop

To teach and enhance card making skills. Ladies can then use these skills to make cards to sell or to give to people on special occasions.

Sympathy card

Materials required

Off white homemade paper
Silk paper
Flowers (roses/sunflowers)
Ribbon
Double sided tape

What to do:
Tear a rectangle of homemade paper, paste onto card. Tear a smaller rectangle of silk paper and stick it onto the homemade paper. Use double sided tape to attach flowers. Make a bow from the ribbon and attach it with double sided tape.

Happy birthday card

Materials required

Cloudy blue paper
Light yellow ochre paper
Stickers – happy birthday
Theme sticker _ lighthouse/crab or starfish

Cut a rectangle from the blue paper, paste onto card. Cut a smaller rectangle from the yellow paper (10 cm by 8 cm) lightly draw dune shapes on the paper and cut them out. Paste over blue paper. Choose a theme sticker and stick it onto the dunes. Stick the happy birthday sticker on the top half of the card over the blue paper.

African style card

Materials required

Burgundy paper
Off white homemade paper
Skelton leaf
Animal print paper
Punched leaves

Cut a rectangle from the burgundy paper, paste onto card. Tear a small rectangle from the homemade paper. Cut a strip from the animal print paper and paste it near the bottom of the card. Glue the home made paper near the top of the card and glue the leaf over the homemade paper. Glue two or three leaves above the animal print strip.