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Welcome to day 24 of the 30 mixed media
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card challenge. It's all about making
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cards using the craft supplies you've
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already got at home. So, if you want to
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find the other videos on the screen, the
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description below on my channel, you can
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find them. But today, we're going to
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make this little cutie. So, let's get
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started. You need two pieces of card.
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And you can make it any size you like,
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but I'm making mine 7 1/2 in x 5 in. And
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the smaller piece is 5 in by 1 in. And
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if you want those in metric, you can do
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Now, once you've got your piece cut on
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the large piece, you're going to measure
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in 1 in and 2 in from the side or 3 cm
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and 6 cm from the side. So long as
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you're consistent which one you're
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working in. It really doesn't matter
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which one you're using. And you can see
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I'm just marking it slightly with a
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pencil. I'm not going to be drawing any
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lines here. I just want to know where to
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So, just make sure it's very light and
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people won't be able to notice it. And
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then you're going to score along those
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lines. So you could use the back of a
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pair of scissors. You can use a scoring
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tool. I'm actually using um a rounded
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ended tool. It's just a little ball on
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the end. It really doesn't matter. The
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back of a pair of scissors is really
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good for this as well. And you're going
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to score along all four of those lines
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that you marked so that they fold well.
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And then once you've got all four,
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you're going to take the inner ones and
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fold the cardboard forwards.
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And it's a really good idea to run a bon
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tool or a ruler along that fold so it's
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a nice crisp fold. And once you've
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folded both of those in, the outer ones
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you're going to fold out. Makes sense,
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doesn't it? So you can see that shape
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that you saw right at the beginning on
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Let's just get that nice and crisp. And
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there you go. You've got that nice boxy
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Okay. And you can see how that goes on
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So, we're going to decorate it with some
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colored paper. Now, I've cut my strips 4
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1/2 in x 5/8 of an inch. So, they just
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sit nicely on those little panels. And
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if you're working in metric, that's you
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want to do them 11 1/2 cm by 2 1/2 cm.
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and they should fit nicely in your
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panels. Just going to use an ordinary
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glue stick and stick one in each of
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those panels that you made. Obviously,
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you can use whatever paper you like or
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you don't have to indeed put anything
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on. But if you're going for the similar
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effect to me, then you want these
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strips. I've done them all the same. You
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could use different papers.
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It's entirely up to you. But you can see
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how easy it is just to glue those in
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place to give that effect. And then
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it'll be time to think about what's
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going in the back of the card and what's
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going on the little bit at the front to
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give us our overall effect.
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So, it's a great idea to put a greeting
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on the inside. Um, or you could indeed
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put anything you like, a little
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background, maybe some more of the same
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paper. But I'm going to put a greeting
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in the back. and my cute little rabbit
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on the front. So, I'm going to stick
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that greeting in. And the rabbit's going
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So, the greeting in the back. I'm going
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to still raise it up. So, I'm going to
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use little foam pads just so that that's
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got a little 3D effect going on as well.
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If you want some free greetings that you
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can print out, then I'll put a link on
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the screen in the description below and
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you can just go to my website and you'll
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be able to access them. So, you don't
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You can see how that's going to look
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with my little rabbit.
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So, I need to attach the rabbit to the
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piece of card that's going at the front.
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So, again, I'm just going to use the
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glue stick and I'm just going to glue it
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at the bottom of the rabbit.
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and it'll just sit nicely on there.
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So then you could decorate that stick
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some more, which is what I'm going to
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do. You can draw on it. You could add
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more detail. I'm going to put a little
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bit of washi tape on there just for a
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bit of detail. You can see I've gone for
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blue so it's not in your face, but it is
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there. And I'm going to stencil some
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hearts on. if you're enjoying this
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video. Oh, my apologies. My hair is
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dropping in the way. Normally pin it
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behind my ear, but obviously it's it's
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moved. So, sorry about that in the
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corner. Um, if you're enjoying this
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video, I was going to say, could you
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give me a thumbs up below, please, so it
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spreads to more people and we'll carry
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on. So, I think that's all I'm going to
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and then stick it on there
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and that'll be really pretty. So, again,
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nothing fancy. Back with the glue stick.
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And this is why I say these cards are
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intended to be with things you've
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already got at home. Whatever you've
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Nice pretty card. Now, when you want to
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send it off and you want to get it flat,
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you just push it flat. And this card
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when it's flat is 5 in wide or 13 cm
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wide if you're in metric. Just so you
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know what sort of envelope you'd need
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for this size of card. So, I hope you
