Digger Birthday card
May 21st 2008 09:48
A cute card featuring a Digger with revolving wheels and a bucket that moves up and down.
Materials Required
1. Light blue card measuring 21cm x 15cm. Scored and folded in half to form a greeting card.
2. Piece of dark brown card measuring approx 16cm x 6 cm
3. Piece of textured brown card measuring approx 4cm x 4cm (or a size suitable for a printer if you wish to print off the template for the digger's load)
4. Piece of bright yellow card suitable for the printer (or any other colour you prefer for the digger)
5. Piece of black card measuring approx 10cm x 10cm
6. Two yellow (or other preferred colour) split pins (also called brads).
7. One small yellow eyelet
8. Eyelet setting kit
9. Double-sided tape
10. Happy Birthday stamp (I used the "happy birthday" stamp from the Stampin Up! "Birthday Whimsy" set).
11. Black ink pad
12. Scissors and craft knife
Instructions
1. Print the template below onto the yellow card.
Remember to print the image onto the BACK surface of the card that you are using.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
2. Then cut out the digger's body and bucket, remembering to cut out the windows as well.
3. Lay the piece of brown card (16cm x 6cm) horizontally, and on the reverse side, draw a wavy line across the top, approx 0-1.5 cm from the edge (see image below). Cut along the wavy line
4. Print out the digger load template onto the textured brown card, (or draw your own to fit into the bucket). Cut out the image.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
5. Cut out two black circles for the wheels. I used the Friskars Shape Cutter system, circles-1. I used the 1.00" and 1.50" circles.
If you do not have one of these, you could use a compass to draw the two circles and cut them by hand (Make the diameters approx 4cm and 2.5cm). If you have circle punches of appropriate sizes, you could use these as well.
6. Use the double-sided tape to adhere the wavy-topped card to the bottom of the blue card (The fold of the card is at the top) See image below. Trim the edges of the brown card flush with the edge of the blue card.
7. Use double-sided tape to adhere the brown digger load to the back of the yellow bucket. (See picture below)
8. Use double-sided tape to adhere the digger body onto the cared. See picture below for positioning.
9. Position and fix the yellow eyelet so that it holds the digger's bucket onto the body. See picture below for positioning. Try not to make the eyelet too tight, so that the digger's bucket will be able to move freely up and down.
10. If you have a punch wheel, mark around the edge of the wheels.
11. Place the wheels onto the body of the digger and work out their positioning. The BOTTOM of both wheels should sit on the same horizontal level. See picture below for positioning, Punch a hole in the centre of each wheel, and through the front layer of the card also (you will need to make sure the card is laid out flat to do this).
12. Position the yellow split pins (brads) through the wheel holes.
13. If you would like "Happy Birthday" stamped on your card you can either stamp the words straight onto the card (as below), or follow step 14.
14. Stamp the "happy birthday" words onto a piece of brown card. Trim neatly around it so there is a small border of brown around the words. Cut a piece of yellow card so that it is approximately 4mm longer and wider than your brown piece. Use double-sided tape to attach the brown piece onto the yellow, with an even border around it. Then attach this onto the card, positioning as shown below.
Finished Digger Card
Digger Card without Happy Birthday - for general use
Materials Required
1. Light blue card measuring 21cm x 15cm. Scored and folded in half to form a greeting card.
2. Piece of dark brown card measuring approx 16cm x 6 cm
3. Piece of textured brown card measuring approx 4cm x 4cm (or a size suitable for a printer if you wish to print off the template for the digger's load)
4. Piece of bright yellow card suitable for the printer (or any other colour you prefer for the digger)
5. Piece of black card measuring approx 10cm x 10cm
6. Two yellow (or other preferred colour) split pins (also called brads).
7. One small yellow eyelet
8. Eyelet setting kit
9. Double-sided tape
10. Happy Birthday stamp (I used the "happy birthday" stamp from the Stampin Up! "Birthday Whimsy" set).
11. Black ink pad
12. Scissors and craft knife
Instructions
1. Print the template below onto the yellow card.
Remember to print the image onto the BACK surface of the card that you are using.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
Digger Card Template
2. Then cut out the digger's body and bucket, remembering to cut out the windows as well.
3. Lay the piece of brown card (16cm x 6cm) horizontally, and on the reverse side, draw a wavy line across the top, approx 0-1.5 cm from the edge (see image below). Cut along the wavy line
4. Print out the digger load template onto the textured brown card, (or draw your own to fit into the bucket). Cut out the image.
Printing Instructions
Click on the image below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
Digger Load Template
5. Cut out two black circles for the wheels. I used the Friskars Shape Cutter system, circles-1. I used the 1.00" and 1.50" circles.
If you do not have one of these, you could use a compass to draw the two circles and cut them by hand (Make the diameters approx 4cm and 2.5cm). If you have circle punches of appropriate sizes, you could use these as well.
6. Use the double-sided tape to adhere the wavy-topped card to the bottom of the blue card (The fold of the card is at the top) See image below. Trim the edges of the brown card flush with the edge of the blue card.
7. Use double-sided tape to adhere the brown digger load to the back of the yellow bucket. (See picture below)
8. Use double-sided tape to adhere the digger body onto the cared. See picture below for positioning.
9. Position and fix the yellow eyelet so that it holds the digger's bucket onto the body. See picture below for positioning. Try not to make the eyelet too tight, so that the digger's bucket will be able to move freely up and down.
10. If you have a punch wheel, mark around the edge of the wheels.
11. Place the wheels onto the body of the digger and work out their positioning. The BOTTOM of both wheels should sit on the same horizontal level. See picture below for positioning, Punch a hole in the centre of each wheel, and through the front layer of the card also (you will need to make sure the card is laid out flat to do this).
12. Position the yellow split pins (brads) through the wheel holes.
13. If you would like "Happy Birthday" stamped on your card you can either stamp the words straight onto the card (as below), or follow step 14.
14. Stamp the "happy birthday" words onto a piece of brown card. Trim neatly around it so there is a small border of brown around the words. Cut a piece of yellow card so that it is approximately 4mm longer and wider than your brown piece. Use double-sided tape to attach the brown piece onto the yellow, with an even border around it. Then attach this onto the card, positioning as shown below.
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