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Shaped Apertures Craft Ark Project Category : Scrap BookingCraft Ark Time Guide : 1 Hour
Craft Ark Difficulty Rating : Medium
Craft Ark Code: RS0070 Print this Craft Ark Project  Print Project
Craft Ark Project - Scrap Booking - Shaped Apertures
Make the most out of your paper and make it part of the aperture or even use it to hold your favourite photograph in place.

Project Shopping List

  • 12 x 12 backing paper
  • Craft knife
  • Self healing cutting mat
  • Double sided sticky tape
  • Pencil
  • Rule
  • Rubber

  • Instructions
    Shaped aperture: top left – Step One - Place the photograph onto the front of the backing paper and gently draw around it.
    Shaped aperture: top left – Step Two - Look at the design on your backing paper and use it to dictate the aperture shape. However keep inside the photographs size.
    Shaped aperture: top left – Step Three - Draw the aperture then cut.
    Shaped aperture: top left – Step Four - Gently rub out the pencil marks.
    Shaped aperture: top left – Step Five - Stick the photograph to the reverse of the backing paper.
    Shaped aperture: bottom right - Step One - Place the photograph onto the front of the backing paper and gently draw around it.
    Shaped aperture: bottom right - Step Two - Decide which parts of the design can be used to create flaps that hold the picture in place.
    Shaped aperture: bottom right - Step Three - Once the flaps are cut gently rub out the pencil marks then slip photograph under flaps which hold in place.
    Note - This technique is ideal for those very special photographs you do not wish to cut or stick down.

     

     

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