How to Make Roller Skate Cards

Making roller skate cards is one way to embrace a bygone era.

In an age of lightning-fast technology that constantly evolves and develops, sometimes simpler pleasures more common in the past regain popularity. If you've recently developed a nostalgia for things like record players and roller skates, there's no reason why you can't indulge in them. For example; using roller skates as the theme image for a greeting card or the cardstock on an invitation allows you to embrace a bygone era, even if you don't have inherent artistic ability.

Things You'll Need

• Cardstock
• Rollerskate stencil
• Pencil
• Scissors
• 1/4-inch paintbrush
• Acrylic paint

Instructions

1. Place an 8 1/2-by-11-inch piece of cardstock horizontally in front of you, on top of a flat surface. Fold the left edge to the right edge, making a vertical crease right through the middle.

2. Center a stencil in the shape of a roller skate on the top page of your card. Trace the roller skate in pencil.

3. Cut out the roller skate following your pencil lines with a pair of scissors. Dip a 1/4-inch paintbrush in acrylic paint and paint the roller skate in the colors of your choice, such as white with red trim or green with orange trim; it's up to you.

Tips & Warnings

• Sprinkle glitter in the paint as it dries to give the cards a sparkly effect.

References

• "Card Making"; Sally Henry; 2008