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Celestial Charms Craft Ark Project Category : Card MakingCraft Ark Time Guide : Half Day
Craft Ark Difficulty Rating : Medium
Craft Ark Code: RS0055 Print this Craft Ark Project  Print Project
Craft Ark Project - Card Making - Celestial Charms
Bring the planets to you with these celestial cards. They are sure to brighten anyone’s day or night!!

Project Shopping List

  • Plain paper
  • Marbling inks
  • Container to hold water (for marbling)
  • Coloured card
  • Tracing paper
  • Scissors
  • Peel ‘n’ sticks
  • Double sided sticky tape or dry glue stick
  • Ruler

  • Instructions
    Step One - Fill the container with water.
    Step Two - Using a pipette place a few droplets of ink onto the surface of the water. If you would like several colours then just add them until you see a pattern on the surface of the water that you like.
    Step Three - Gently lay the piece of paper onto the surface of the water. Now carefully pull the paper away and the ink will have stuck to the paper.
    Step Four - Place onto a flat work surface to dry.
    Step Five - Cut the card and tracing paper to the chosen size of the card you wish to create. Tear the marble paper (using a rule to give a straight edge) slightly smaller than the finished card.
    Step Six - Mount the marbled paper onto the front of the card.
    Step Seven - Take a piece of the double sided sticky tape and place it along the crease of the card on the reverse side. Wrap the tracing paper around the card and press firmly where the sticky tape is.
    Step Eight - Take your chosen motif and stick into position.

     

     

    Tricks of the Trade

    Marbling - Inks
    Most inks which are oil-based work for this technique. However kits just for this craft are available from many good suppliers. Some marbling inks require the water to be conditioned several hours prior to the marbling process, so always read the instructions.


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