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Wild Card Templates        Card 1        Card 2

Rita Holmes
Magic Stampin’ Bus
Beginner Stamping Designer 

Card 1

Supplies:

• Sentiments (TAC, The Angel Company)
• India Ink Black (TAC)
• Acrylic Blocks (TAC)
• Wild Card Template: Two Flap Wild Card (Wordsworth, TAC)
• Buttons
• Embroidery floss to match buttons and cardstock
• Fabri-Tac Glue (Beacon)
• Cardstock:
• 6”x12” piece of Blue
• Patterned Paper:
• 6”x6”
• 12”x12” (for envelope)
• Scissors
• Pencil
• X-acto Knife
• Ruler
• Bone Folder

Instructions:

1. Lay the Wild Card template onto the blue piece of cardstock.  I lay the template on the back of the cardstock.  Trace the template with a pencil.  On this particular card you will trace the whole card using the smaller curved line for the card front.
    
2. You will cut on the solid lines and score on the dotted lines.  Make sure you also trace the window.  Cut the window out with an X-acto knife.
    
3. Lay the Wild Card template onto the back side of the patterned paper.  Trace the card front section using the larger curved line.  Also trace the window lines.  Cut the window with an X-acto knife.
    
4. Fold the card in half on its scored line.
    
5. Line the patterned paper under the back side of the front flap and glue down. 
    
6. Stamp the saying “Thoughts of you...” on the inside of the window.
    
7. Stamp “always makes me smile” on the inside of the card.
    
8. Thread some embroidery floss in the buttons and glue with the Fabri-Tac onto the card.

ENJOY!!!!!

Card 2

Supplies:

• What’s Bloomin (TAC, The Angel Company)
• VersaMagic Stamp Pad: Pretty Petunia (Tsukineko)
• Acrylic Blocks (TAC)
• Wild Card Template: Square Window Wild Card (Wordsworth, TAC)
• Fabri-Tac Glue (Beacon)
• Cardstock:
• 8 ½”x11” white
• Patterned Paper:
• 5”x8”
• 3”x3” Contrasting color
• 12”x12” (for envelope)
• Scissors
• Pencil
• X-acto Knife
• Ruler
• Bone Folder

Instructions:

1. Using the card template; trace the card onto the white cardstock and cut out.  Trace window on the card and cut out.  The window portion of this template is the small square.
    
2. Glue the 3”x3” piece of patterned paper over the front of the cut out window.  Cut the window out from the back side of the card.  It is best to line the ruler up with the window that is already cut out and re-cut.  That way you will have the paper even with the window.
    
3. Using the front of the card template; cut a front out of the bigger piece of patterned paper.  Cut a window out using the larger square on the window template. 
    
4. Glue the front patterned piece to the front of the card. 
    
5. Ink the flower stamp with the VersaMagic ink pad and stamp inside the window.
    
6. You may add the saying to the inside of the card.

Envelope:

7. Using the large piece of patterned paper’ trace the envelope template onto the back side of the paper.  Cut out.  Score on the fold lines.  Fold and glue.  Make sure you do not get the glue on the inside of the envelope.  Let dry.
    
8. You can mail these cards for additional postage.

ENJOY!!!!!!

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