Woven heart card

Woven heart card

Hello there…this is my last valentines post! As you can see I’ve been weaving hearts. Remember the woven space invaders? Well, I have been meaning to weave a heart card for ages and I f-i-n-a-l-l-y got around to doing it!

I used some graduated fluorescent paper (yes, ebay is my best friend!). You could try normal fluorescent strips, rainbow strips, gold strips…

The how-to is below….and the templates, as usual, are at the foot of the post.

FOR THE WOVEN HEART CARD YOU WILL NEED:

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+ Colored paper strips (5mm wide). Quilling strips work perfectly.

+ A4 paper for the card & envelope

+ Scissors

+ Ruler

+ Something to score the paper

+ Craft knife and cutting mat

+ Sticky tape/glue

+ Printable templates (at the foot of the post)

HOW TO

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1. Print out the template for the card. I just used regular white printer paper but you can use any colour you want. Cut around the outside of the card and then, using a craft knife and ruler, cut along all the vertical slits.

2. Cut out 14 paper strips. They need to be 5mm wide.

3. Weave the paper strips into the slits to create your heart shape. You will need to put some sticky tape onto the end of each strip to hold it in position.

4. Trim the edges, then fold the bottom flap of the card over and glue into position.

5. Print out the template for the envelope. Cut, score and glue. You can even make some paper confetti from the leftover paper strips.

6. Ta-da! Job done.

TOP TIPS

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+ Once you have cut your slits, make sure that you work on the reverse side of the paper, so that the printed lines end up on the inside of the card.

+ When you have finished your card pop it under some heavy books to make it super-flat.

TEMPLATES

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Original article and pictures take www.minieco.co.uk site