Sunday, August 28

Making a wire embellishment for your cards

Adding a wire embellishment to your cards can give it that bit of sparkle just follow the easy instructions below to find out how to do:
You will need the following items:
Thin wire
Wire cutter/old scissors
Card in the making
Adhesive
Scrap paper
Pencil
First you need to decide what you want to make, you can create flowers, shapes, words or just lines to create a dimension across your card.
If you want to create words or shapes you will need to draw a description on a scrap of paper, try to keep your corners rounded as this makes it easier to shape the wire. Now bend the wire around your picture leaving wire on the reel until you have got the shape you require. When you have achieved the shape you require cut the wire from the reel leaving a little left over at the ends to use for securing to the card.
To apply the wire to the card you can wrap the left over ends with a piece of paper and use this section to stick to the card. Or you could also use a small dot of glue. You could also secure with a bow using glue again to secure it to the card.

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