How to Make an Angel Card Using Embossing and Paper Cutting

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Choose the colours you want to use.

   This example shows use of bronze and white papers for the card.
   
   You can vary the colours as per your requirement.
   
   Take a more than 160 grams per square meter weight paper (250 gsm paper is used in this example), preferably A4 sheet but you can really use any size you want.
   
   Fold it into half and decide which side you want to use as the front of the card.
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   Step 2: Make guidelines on the back side of the front cover.

   In this case, guidelines are made
   2.5 centimeter (1.0 in) from the edge, leaving enough room for the design to be accommodated. , Don't use ordinary cello tape as it's hard to remove.
   
   Scotch tape comes off easily. , Here is how it will look. , This is how it'll look after finishing. , Make one or two rectangles with this ribbon depending on your preference.
   
   This is how it'll look after you're finished with pasting the ribbons. , You can use a negative embossing pattern also.
   
   In that case, you need to paste it on the back side, much like the angel embossing pattern. , This is how it'll look from the back as you emboss.
   
   After you're through with embossing, cut out the portions from in between and if you wish to, make a thin border cut. ,, This is a flower punch.
   
   This is how it looks at the base.
   
   This shows you how it punches a flower out of a paper. , Using an ordinary paper punch, cut out two small circles of bronze paper and paste them at the centre of the white flower.
   
   And that's it.
   
   The card is ready! ,
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   Step 3: Stick the embossing pattern with scotch tape along the guiding lines.

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   Step 4: Take an embossing needle (as you can see in the picture here) and start outlining the pattern on the front cover

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   Step 5: much like moving a pen around on a stencil.

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   Step 6: Outline the inner pattern after you're through with the outer pattern.

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   Step 7: Keeping the edge of the embossed pattern in mind

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   Step 8: cut the bronze (or whichever colour you want) paper ribbon and paste it as shown.

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   Step 9: Paste the second mold on the “outside” of the front cover (it's a positive embossing pattern).

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    Step 10: Start embossing with the needle on the reverse side.

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    Step 11: Paste a bronze colour paper at the back to give it a matched look.

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    Step 12: Use the same bronze colour paper

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    Step 13: cut out flowers and paste them as shown.

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    Step 14: Paste a white flower of a smaller size on top of the bronze flower.

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    Step 15: Finished.

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