Add depth and dimension to your crafty projects with our
simple tutorial using the beautiful new Dovecraft Bohemian range.
Project
1: Decoupage Stamped Bird Card
What You Will Need
Dovecraft
Kraft 6x6 Card
A4
Plain Card
Dovecraft
Bohemian 6x6 paper pack
Dovecraft
Bohemian Clear Stamp - Bird
Dovecraft
Bohemian wooden buttons
Dovecraft
Bohemian sequins
First
Edition Twin Marker 6 Pack - Greens, Purples, Greys, Yellows, Reds
Dovecraft
Perma-Fix Double Sided Tape – 6mm
Dovecraft
Foam Tape
Dovecraft
3D Foam Squares
Twine
How to Make
1.
Stamp the Dovecraft Bohemian Bird Stamp 4 times onto a piece of A4
plain card.
2.
Using the First Edition Markers, colour one of the images and cut
it to 8.5cm x 7.5cm.
Tip Place your cut out images through
your die cutting machine to flatten the edges for a more professional finish.
3.
With your second print, colour and cut out the bird, flowers and
single leaf as a single image. To give your image more dimension, bend the image
around your finger gently. Under the cut outs, add foam pads and stick to the
main image. Try and aligned it as neatly as possible for a cleaner finish.
4.
For your third layer, colour and cut out the bird and large
flower. Gently shape it again and add foam pads to the back and layer on top of
the image.
5.
On the last image, colour and cut out the bird, add foam pads and stick
to the image.
6. Cut a 14.5cm x 14.5cm square with a piece of backing paper and add
to the kraft card blank with double sided tape. With a contrasting backing paper, cut a 14cm x
5cm strip and stick across the middle of the card.
7.
To create a frame for your card, mat your decoupage image onto the
9.3cm x 8.3cm piece of pink paper and stick to the card at an angle.
8.
Add a sentiment to the card, we have printed the ‘Love &
Wishes’ stamp onto a piece of white card and cut out with a fishtail design.
Stick several pieces of foam tape under the centre of card and stick on the
bottom left of your card at an angle. We have stuck the short edges of the card
with double sided tape so it stays in place.
9.
To decorate your card, you can add a floral button, feeding some
twine through the button holes and create a bow before sticking to the right
side of the card.
10. For a pretty finishing
touch, add some sequins to the top of the card, we have added ours to the
centre of the printed flowers.
Project
2: Decoupage Stamped Stag Card
What
You Will Need
Dovecraft
Kraft 6x6 Card
Dovecraft
Bohemian 6x6 paper pack
Dovecraft
Bohemian Clear Stamp- Stag
Dovecraft
Bohemian wooden shapes
First
Edition Twin Marker 6 Pack - Greens, Yellows, Purples, Brown, Pinks
First
Edition Dies – Doily
Dovecraft
Perma-Fix Double Sided Tape – 6mm
Dovecraft
Foam Tape
Dovecraft
3D Foam Squares
How
to Make
1.
Print the Dovecraft Bohemian Stag Stamp 4 times onto a piece of A4
plain card.
2.
We have used the purple, brown and yellow First Edition Markers to
colour the Stag stamp in. Cut your image 7.2cm by 8.2cm to create the first
layer of your decoupage.
3.
To layer your image, colour the stag head and bottom flowers and
cut them out as a single image. Shape
the image around your finger gently and stick to the main image using 3D foam
pads.
4.
With your third print, colour only the stag head, cut and add to
the image. Finally, colour the inner ears of the stag, cut out and stick to the
image.
5.
With your chosen patterned paper, cut a 14.3cm square and stick to
the kraft card blank using double-sided tape.
6.
With a contrasting piece of paper, die cut a doily and cut in
half, place one piece to the top left of the card and the other to the bottom
right of the card, both at an angle. We
have then used the pastel butterfly patterned paper to cut a 10cm square. Layer
on top of the doily at an angle.
7.
With the glitter effect striped paper, cut a 3cm x 15cm band and
stick onto the centre of the card.
8.
Mount your decoupage stag image to a piece of 9cm x 9cm pink
backing paper and place in the middle of the card to create a centrepiece.
9.
Print the ‘Live your dreams’ stamp on a contrasting piece of paper
and cut to size. We have then placed three pieces of 3D foam to the back of the
paper to create a curved effect. Layer the sentiment text over the bottom left
corner of the pink patterned paper. To finish your card, add a wooden shape to
the top right of the card, we have used the floral shape to coordinate with our
stamped image.
Have
you crafted with the new Dovecraft Bohemian collection yet? We would love to
see what you have made in the project gallery!