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Vintage Birthday Card


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Use an old black and white photo to make a special birthday card that will stir some memories of days gone by.

Approximate Time: 30 minutes

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Supplies:

  • a suitable old black and white photo
  • 8.2 inches x 6 inches lightly textured tan-colored cardboard
  • 3.2 inches x 5.5 inches marbled tan-colored cardboard
  • old gold acrylic paint
  • one paper lace tray liner
    see http://www.partyatlewis.com/ for a possible supplier
  • 14-16 pearl heart pony beads
    see http://www.smokymountaincraftsupplies.com/pony-beads-heartpearl.html for a possible supplier
  • one ordinary sheet of tan-colored paper
  • one matching envelope
  • PhotoScape photo editing program (version 3.6), which can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.photoscape.org/.
  • scanner and printer
  • fine paintbrush
  • quick drying glue
  • pencil
  • ruler
  • pair of standard scissors

Instructions:

  1. Fold the 8.2 inches x 6 inches textured tan-colored cardboard crosswise in half to create a card 6 inches x 4.1 inches ~ use the ruler to make the fold neat and smooth.
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  3. Cut two strips with a length of 5.5 inches each from the tray liner.
  4. Gluing tray liner strips to card.
     

  5. With the fold at the left, glue each of these on the left and right side of the card.
  6. Center and glue the 3.2 inches x 5.5 inches marbled tan-colored cardboard to the front of the card.
  7. Glue marbled tan-colored cardboard to front center of card.
     

  8. Scan the photo onto your computer.
  9. With the PhotoScape program, click on the Bright/Color-button and then choose Sepia to change the color of the photo.
  10. Next, add an antique photo filter (nr 4). This will give the photo an even more aged look.
  11. From the different frames that could be added to the photo, choose the Antique 02 frame and set the width at 200%.
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  13. Save the adjusted photo onto your computer. Then, print the photo via PhotoScape, using the 3 x 4 inches size option.
  14. Cut out the printed photo.
  15. Use the old gold acrylic paint and the fine paintbrush to add some detail to the marbled cardboard.
  16. Old gold acrylic paint detail on tan marbled paper.
     

  17. Center and glue the printed photo to the front of the card.
  18. Photo glued to front of card.
     

  19. Glue the pearl heart pony beads around the photo to make a frame.
  20. Finished card.
     

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  21. From the sheet of ordinary tan paper, cut a piece sized 7.6 inches x 5.6 inches and fold it crosswise in half. Glue to the inside of the card to write a message.

Photos included:
Photo 1: The original photo used for the project.
Photo 2: Cut two strips from the tray liner and glue each of these on the left and right side of the card.
Photo 3: Center and glue marbled tan-colored cardboard to the front of the card.
Photo 4: Use the old gold acrylic paint to add some detail to the marbled cardstock.
Photo 5: Center and glue the printed photo to the front of the card.
Photo 6: The completed card.

By Benetta from Pretoria, Gauteng

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