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Here at Samuel Taylor's we have the very talented Sue Hobbs who has done a how to video making a Knitted Sweater Christmas Card 

Knitted Sweater Card

Take a look on You Tube to see how to create this card.

Materials

Stampendous cling stamp - Sweater Square

Diesire Embossalicious - 6x6 Embossing Folder - Let It Snow

Versamark- Watermark ink pad

Stampendous embossing powder – white

Anti-static bag

Heat Gun

Die cutting machine

8.5cm diameter circle die

9cm diameter circle die

3d foam squares

Piercing Ruler and pokey/pricking tool

White Uniball pigment ink pen

Red card stock

White cardstock

150mm x 150mm Blank white card

    Instructions

1. Ink up the stamp using the Versamark- Watermark  ink pad, smooth over a piece of red card stock with an anti static bag and stamp the image onto a piece of red card stock.
2. Pour the white embossing powder over the image, tap off the excess and heat with a heat gun until all the powder has melted.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 twice more.
4. Cut a piece of red card stock 145mm x 145mm. The next step is optional, using a piercing ruler prick two rows of holes all around the four sides of the card approx 0.5cm in from the edge. With a white pen mark crosses with a gap between each cross along each side Mat onto the front of the blank white card.
5. Cut a piece of white cardstock 130mm x 130mm and place in the ‘Let it Snow’ embossing folder and run it through the die cutting machine. Mat onto the front of the card in a central position.
6. Trim the middle strip with the two reindeer's from one of the stamped images cut in half between the two reindeer's and attach across the middle of the card.
7. Trim the second stamped image around the edges of the stamped area and mat onto a piece of white card 10cm x 10cm and then onto a piece of red card 10.5cm x 10.5cm. Attach 3d foam pads to the back and attach to the front of the card in a central position lining up with the strip across the middle of the card.
8. Die cut a 8.5cm circle out of the third stamped image ensuring the deer are in the centre and mount onto a 9cm die cut white circle. Attach 3d foam pads to the back and attach to the front of the card again lining up the middle strip.
9. Add your choice of Christmas sentiment across the bottom of the white embossed card in a central position.

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