Card making Papercrafter Card Making
These bohemian cards by Colette Smith are made with Dovecraft’s gorgeous new Premium Bohemian collection. This charming range features vibrant and delicate hand painted artwork by designer Charlotte Duffy and contains an array of beautiful floral and wildlife elements to make your craft projects really stand out. We’ve got ten exclusive card designs for you to try in issue 84, on sale 3rd July, and here are two more exclusive designs for you to try tonight! These cards are great for any occasion, whether for a birthday, wedding anniversary or ‘just because’. Don’t forget to share photos of your makes with us, we’d love to see!
Like these? Check out more bohemian cards by Colette in issue 84 of PaperCrafter
Craft Essentials, Dovecraft Premium Bohemian Collection, Sentiment stamp, Ink pad: black, ProMarkers, Twine: turquoise, yellow, Circle punch: 4cm, Rub-on sentiment, Gems
• Stamp 'Live your dreams' along the bottom of a 10cm square white blank. Stamp three butterflies above it and colour them in with ProMarkers.
• Wrap and tie turquoise twine around the blank, under the sentiment. Add a gem to the dot of the ‘i’.
• Create a top fold kraft card blank measuring 10cm x 12.5cm. Layer a 8.5cm x 11cm white card rectangle in the centre.
• Cut three strips of assorted papers to the following dimensons; 1cm x 9.5cm, 1cm x 10cm and 1cm x 11cm. Snip a notch from each end.
• Stick one of the strips at an angle about halfway down the blank. Stick a kraft card tag at an angle over it. Attach the two remaining strips.
• Punch a 4cm circle from white card. Add a rub-on 'Hello' sentiment and fix the disc to the tag. Finish with a red gem above the sentiment and tie yellow twine through the hole of the tag.
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