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November 23, 2024
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July 4th is coming up and kids love to celebrate it! We show them how to make this easy card complete with fireworks!
This is another article in our Kids Making Cards series, where Jens and I learn how to make cards together. We hope you enjoy our video on how to build your own card and there are step-by-step instructions below if you need them.
We’ll begin by cutting a piece of cardstock in half lengthwise with our trimmer. And as a result, we end up with two pieces that are 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Then we’ll fold one of them to make a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base. And next, we’ll cut the other piece in half to give us two pieces that are 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.
Fireworks for the July 4th Card
Next, we’ll do some stamping on one of the smaller pieces of cardstock. Jens has found a floral stamp that we will use as fireworks in our cards. To demonstrate Jens’ creativity, he chooses an aster that perfectly represents a firework. This is a layering stamp set, therefore we use the layers to better define our fireworks.
Beginning with the base layer, we’ll use red ink and stamp the image onto our card panel. Jens thinks that the firework needs more detail. So he has us use the outline stamp that coordinates with the base layer. And he has us use the blue ink to tie everything together.
And then we’ll use the die that matches the stamp we’re using to cut a “firework” from our gold glitter paper. Hint: you can make glitter paper if you don’t have it by brushing liquid glue onto a piece of copy paper and sprinkling glitter over the top of it. Make sure to let it dry before cutting it.
Instructor’s July 4th Card Example
Make Your Own July 4th Cardstock
Making your own cardstock is fun and really easy to do. Jens and I do this all the time so that we can create cards with the colors that we want to use. Therefore, for this card, we’re going to make blue cardstock using blue ink.
To do so we’re going to put the other smaller piece of white cardstock on top of a scrap piece of paper (like copy paper). And then we’re going to “draw” the ink pad on the cardstock. To demonstrate how it’s done, we just start at the top and draw it straight down to the bottom. And then, we repeat until the whole piece is colored. Afterward, we’ll set it aside to dry.
July 4th Sentiments
We’re making our sentiment using stamps from our stash. So, you need a “Happy” and a “the”. We’re using the happy from a card kit we have. And we stamp it with black ink.
Following that, we’re using “the” from the same set that we created the firework from. And we’re going to stamp it with the same blue ink to match our cardstock.
Next, we’re going to create a 4 using the colored cardstock that we made. Watch the video to learn how to make it.
Decorating The Inside
Jens always likes to create some interest on the inside of his cards.
Inside of Jen’s July 4th Card
For this card, he carries the theme inside by using the same stamps and ink colors to create a firework in the corner.
Assembly
To finish the card we use a glue runner. First, we attach each of the fireworks to the card panel. We do so to make it look like fireworks in the sky. Next, we add the 4 over the top and on the right-hand side of the card.
Finally, we’ll add in the Happy just to the left of the 4. Additionally, we’ll trim off the “e” from the and add it to the right of the 4.
Supplies
- Cardstock: Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White; Glitter paper – Scrapbook.com Rainbow Glitter Paper Pad
- Stamp: Firework – A flower stamp with small thin petals, we used Altenew Build-A-Flower Aster Stamp Set; Sentiments – Crafter’s Companion Pop-Out Characters Kit Box #37
- Die: Altenew Build-A-Flower Aster Die Set
- Ink: Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Crimson; Distress Ink Blueprint Sketch; Hero Arts Intense Black
- Adhesive: Dot Adhesive Runner
Interested in More Cards For Kids?
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ABOUT AUTHOR
Teri Duncan
Teri has over 30 years of experience as a cardmaker. Her work has appeared in Spellbinders Paper Arts’ blog as well as with some of their products and on Altenew’s blog. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, stained glass, and teaching. She and her husband live in Crystal River, Florida with their three dogs and a cat.
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