This is a lovely birthday card for any golf enthusiast, it is made with what I think is a fantastic 3D golf embellishment which really gives the card a luxury look. You can make this card for a variety of different people, simply change the ‘Brother’ peel off for any another relation or the even the word ‘Friend’ works very well too.
What you will need to make this card:
- A6 light blue card blank
- Handmade Mulberry Paper – Dark Green
- A4 Card – Alchemy Pearlised Regal Blue
- Plain red paper
- Golf Bag, 3 Golf Clubs & 3 Balls – metal & paper embellishment
- Family Mix 1 Peel Off Sheet – Silver
- Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Multicoloured
- Golf Peel Off Sheet – Silver
- Double sided sticky tape & 5mm sticky foam pads
- Hi-Tack Original All Purpose Very Sticky Glue
- Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat
- Scissors
How to make:
Measure and cut out 5 rectangles from the regal blue card. Size the first 5cm x 2cm and apply a multicoloured ‘Happy Birthday’ peel off sticker to it. The next two should be sized 3cm x 1.5 cm and then apply silver ‘To a’ peel off stickers to one and a silver ‘Dear’ peel off sticker to the other. Size the next one 4.5cm x 2cm and apply the silver capital letters GOLF wording from the golf peel off sheet. Finally the last one is sized 4.5cm x 1.5cm and a silver ‘Brother’ peel off sticker should be applied to it (or an alternative relation if you wish re-sizing the rectangle to fit if necessary).
From the dark green handmade mulberry paper measure and cut a rectangle that measures 9cm x 4.5cm. Using scissors cut a sweeping hill design into the top edge. Using double sided sticky tape stick the green shape to the card with the bottom edge about 2.5cm from the bottom edge of the card blank.
Next take a golf flag image from the golf peel off sheet and stick just the triangle flag part to the red paper. Cut round the flag so the red paper only shows in the centre of the flag. Apply a small dab of glue to the back of the red flag and then stick the peel off flag to the left hand side of the green.
Carefully insert the metal golf club shapes into the paper golf bag arranging them as you wish, they should fit fairly snugly and so do not require glue to hold them in place but you can apply glue inside the bag if you wish. Arrange the golf bag handle. Apply some glue to the back of the golf bag and then stick it to the right hand side of the green.
Apply a blob of glue to each of the three golf balls (beads) and stick them to the green between the flag and the golf bag. It does need to be a strong craft glue used for the golf bag and golf balls to ensure they stick properly and do not come away. At this point leave the card flat to dry properly before finishing it off.
Once the glue has dried, use sticky foam pads to arrange and attach all of the wording rectangles as shown in the picture.
Card Idea by Janine