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Teddy Bear Card

Everybody likes teddy bears, and this simple set of instructions shows you how to make your very own teddy bear card with left over pieces of foil.

Materials: Start by downloading the pattern, which is a word file, and printing it out (you do not need to print it in colour). You will also need some light and dark brown, and pink handmade paper, some brightly coloured mulberry paper (we have used yellow), a marker pen, card, and a strip of used stickers (borders are particularly suitable).

Begin by sticking the design to the back of your light brown handmade paper, and cut round it. Do the same for the pads of the paws, the ears, nose, and bow tie, with the other colours and the mulberry.

Once cut out you can then stick the pads, ears, bow-tie, to the front of your teddy bear shape with a little bit of glue..

Once you have your basic shape you can add an outline round the bow-tie, a mouth, and eyes (or use very small goggle eyes) using a marker pen. Then take your sheet of used peel-offs. Find the very small pieces that are left behind when you remove the borders and letters. These are ideal to form the stitches around the edge of the teddy. You may wish to use the blade of a craft knife to pick up these pieces and apply them, they are often too small to apply by hand.

Work around the edge of the teddy bear applying the peel-off pieces close together. Work completely around the head, and extend the stitching around the paws.

Then attach your completed teddy to a card and apply a message.

This same technique can be used on a variety of designs, including flowers, balloons, and kites.

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