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The brightly colored letters shown here are easy and fun to make. They are cut from plain and patterned cardstock. You can use them as birthday accents.

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Supplies:

  • white and colored cardstock
  • patterned cardstock
  • ruler, craft knife, glue stick
  • embellishments

Instructions:

    Two upper case letter A's cut out laying one on top of the other. bottom one has white side face p top on hase colorful pink and bron dots on it
     
  1. Draw the letter in your chosen font on white cardstock. Use as a template to cut out each letter twice from colored and patterned cardstock.
    Note: You can print out the name twice in your chosen font and enlarge on a photocopier to the size you want.
  2. two pieces of pink rectangular pieces of cardstock long edges folded up to form a run, one of them is smaller
     
  3. To make the spacers between the letters, cut 2 1/4 inch wide strips from colored cardstock, making them slightly smaller than the letter so that they won't show when they are glued in place.
    Score and crease a half inch border down each side of the strips.
  4. Large pink cutout of letter A with largestrip of pink cardstock glued on to form an edge
     
    Patterned cut out of the letter A on top of the smaller pink cutout
     
  5. Apply glue to the tops of the spacers and attach to the letter.
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  7. Embellish the colored letter with flowers.
  8. When you stick the two letters together with the spacers, place the letters upright to ensure that when they are joined together they stand upright.
  9. The name Lea completed as three dimensional blocks covered in patterened paper, the L has a line silk daisies going from top to bottom on th front
     

    By HellofromMhay from Fairfax, VA

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September 18, 20110 found this helpful

These are great.
Thanks for easy to follow directions and photos too! : )
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September 23, 20110 found this helpful

Those are really cute. Good idea.

 

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