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Handmade Mulberry Paper Card
by Wendy Kennedy - info@cndcountrygifts.com
Description: How to make your own greeting card out of mulberry paper.
Materials:
 - 1 8.5 x 11 Yellow Mulberry Kozo Paper (heavier Mulberry paper)
- 1 12 x 12 Wheat Vellum
- Gold Thread
- Picture (photo or scanned)
Instructions:
- Trim unwanted portion of picture off (use it all if you like :-)
- Fold Mulberry Paper in half
- Cut a piece of vellum 10 x 7.5"
- Cut another piece of vellum 3.75 x 4.5" (or the right size to matte
your picture & greeting)
- Print poem or message for inside of card on right half of large
vellum
(cut a piece of white paper 10 x 7.5" and test print on it first :-)
- Fold vellum in half
- Print message or greeting on small vellum for front of card the
same
way
- Set folded vellum inside handmade paper.
- Put gold thread on a needle & sew a large 'stitch' through vellum &
handmade paper on the fold to hold them together. Start at outside
so you can tie the gold thread on the outside of the card. You can
also
sew a small stitch starting at the inside in the top corners of the
vellum
if you like (tie on inside). Alternatively vellum can be glued in
place.
Make sure you choose an adhesive that won't show through the vellum.
- Glue small piece of vellum to the front of the card. Use a glue
stick or glue that won't show through the vellum. Glue picture on
the vellum below the message.
VARIATIONS: There is an endless variety of cards you can make
this way by using different mulberry papers and vellums.
Other ideas:
- add stickers or other embellishments
- substitute stickers or embellishments for the picture
- have the vellum insert just on the right side of the card
- cut the mulberry paper in half for a smaller card.
- use cardstock instead of handmade paper
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