Sendinga card you've made yourself is sure to be appreciated by the recipient. The card should be personalized to suit the event and, of course, the recipient.

Here'sa card for a teenager, with tonic colors, just like her!

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card is dressed with stripes cut on contoured colored paper and with waves for a touch of whimsy! An insert is suspended inside!

Please keep the cut-outs as you proceed through the stages, as they will be used in the final step!
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Step 1	Make the base of the card in a cardboard sheet, in this case orange. Then cut 1 cm-wide strips in another shade (in this case sunshine yellow), slightly taller than the card. The strips are cut using a cutter which allows this wave-like cut. Glue these strips at equal distances to the card cover.
Cut off any excess at the top and bottom with scissors.
Cut out a heart-shaped window, either by drawing it and cutting it out with a cutter, or by using (as was the case here) a template and the Fiskars Shape Cutter swivel blade cutter (adjusting the cutting height for these 2 thicknesses)
Step 2

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In a 3rd cardboard sheet (red in this case), cut the same size cut as step 1

Then, using the upper template, cut a frame around this heart.

Glue this frame to the card's heart window.

Step 3

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Inside the card, glue a paler yellow sheet with 3 wave-cut edges and a small heart shape omitted (to reveal the card's orange color)

Step 4

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A surprise inside the card On the hollowed-out heart from step 1, glue the same-sized heart from step 2, inserting a paper strip with a folded end
This end will be glued to the back of the card, hidden by a small shape cut out from a sheet of card. Glue the small heart cut out from step 3 onto the plain heart (the other containing a wavy strip).
Step 5	To finish and balance the card cover, glue 3 hearts one on top of the other, cut from the 3 colors used.

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