Reuven is Two

Using bright orange as the main color theme for Reuven's birthday, I incorporated stars as I got to know that Reuven is at a stage where he gets very excited when he see stars. See? The best thing about handmade cards is the ability to personalise it. I made a matching envelope for this card as well. Hope you enjoy this kids birthday card idea.

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Bright Orange Stars

Dimension

Card measures 10cm X 15cm.

Materials

Due to the random pattern paper used, I do not have the brand and exact name of the star pattern paper. For the card

1 blue cardstock as the card base.

1 lime green cardstock.

1 orange cardstock.

1 white cardstock.

1 multi-color star pattern paper.

Orange ribbons, about 0.6cm thick.

For the envelope

1 orange cardstock.

1 blue cardstock.

Other tools,

2 orange eyelets (requires eyelet setting tool).

Foam tape.

Penny Black Zoophabets clear stamps (shown below).

Hero Arts B3865 Balloon woodmounted stamp (shown below).

Star stamp (off the shelf star stamp with no brand specified).

Versacolor Black pigment ink.

Hero Arts Clear embossing powder.

Heat Gun.

Quickutz Star Die-Cut (shown below).

Ranger Distress Ink - Orange Marmalade color.

Carl craft corner punch (shown below).

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Instructions

For the card,

Stamp "TWO", emboss, color and cut out the tag.

Matt (layer) over an orange cardstock. Set aside.

Cut star pattern paper to approx 8cm X 5.5cm.

Layer pattern paper over lime green cardstock, leaving a small border of the green cardstock visible.

Tie orange ribbon across horizontal and vertical of pattern paper, keeping excess ribbon nicely tucked behind the paper. Make it look like a gift box.

Cut blue cardstock 15cm by 20cm, scoring it at the 10cm mark and fold it. Making it a 15cm by 10cm single fold card base.

Paste "gift box" on the left of blue card base, tilting it slightly as shown.

Paste "TWO" tag on the right bottom of blue card base, layering over the "gift box" partially as shown.

For the envelope,

Randomly stamp stars all over the matching envelope using Ranger Orange Marmalade Distress Ink.

Cut out a small tag from blue cardstock. Stamp with Hero Arts Balloon B3865 using Ranger Orange Marmalade Distress Ink.

Use alphabet cut-outs for the name. Stamp with Hero Arts Balloon B3865 using Ranger Orange Marmalade Distress Ink for the BIG letters.

Set eyelets on the blue tag and first letter of the name.

These decorating tips for the tag and name are just information provided for the card, if you have limited resources, just decorate the way you like with materials you have.

Paste tag and name on the envelope according to your preferred layout.

Paste die-cut stars randomly using foam tape.

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