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How to:Folded-Shirt Card(0)

June 16, 2010

A shirt and tie are a traditional gift for Dad — a card to match is something new. Use legal-size (8 1/2-by-14-inch) decorative paper.
1. Place paper facedown. Fold in half vertically; unfold. Line up left edge with centerline fold, and crease; repeat with right edge. Unfold, and lay flat.
2. Fold top-left corner in to line [...]

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A park full of paper crafts

TAICHUNG – THE Leaning Tower of Pisa stands precariously enough on its stone base, but a team of Taiwan crafts people has made a sturdy replica of it with nothing but paper scraps.
The Italian landmark joins an Eiffel Tower look-alike and Dutch windmills at a 5,200sq m theme park that features about 500 structures, some [...]

How to:Lace Vellum Luminarias Clip Art

It doesn’t get any easier than this: Just print, cut, and wrap to make the projects here. To make square luminarias beautiful enough to be centerpieces, we simply magnified the lace pattern. Placed in a row, with no extra flourishes, the presentation positively glows with sophistication.
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How to:Envelope Sachets

1. Use our heart or butterfly templates, or make your own pattern. Graph paper is good for creating a grid design (such as the one shown at top left). Working on a cutting mat or piece of felt, lay your template over an envelope.
2. With a thick pin, punch holes through the template and envelope until the [...]


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