Have you ever wondered how to make a scratch off card - kind of like a scratch off lottery ticket? Well, now you can! I've included a free down loadable card for Fathers Day and also instructions on how to make scratch off stickers for the card. I came across the idea and instructions for scratch off stickers from Artmind.
Inside of card 
Mix silver acrylic paint with dish washing liquid – 2 parts paint to 1 part liquid. I added a drop of black paint to help darken the silver. Paint the clear laminating paper (or whichever clear sticky paper) with your paint mixture - you might need to paint two coats. Let completely dry. 
Cut out five – 2-inch circles from the sheet (I used my cricut machine) and peel off the backing . On the inside of the card, cover each printed circle with the scratch off sticker. 
Include a craft stick inside the scratch off card and now it's ready to give to your favorite dad! This is an easy project that your kids will enjoy making! Of course, you could always give the card as is… but dad will have tons of fun scratching off his fathers day card to reveal the terms of endearment. The possibilities are endless with what you can do with these scratch off stickers! Click here to down load the front of the fathers day card. Card stock paper is ideal for this card - regular printer paper is to lightweight.
Click here to down load the inside of the fathers day card. Card stock paper is ideal for this card - regular printer paper is to lightweight.
Tips:
I experimented with several types of clear sticky backed plastics i.e. contact paper, laminating sheet, mailing label and packaging tape. They all worked except the mailing label – that surface was not shiny and the paint wouldn’t scratch off. The packaging tape was easy to use if that’s all you have on hand. To make the tape easier to paint, I taped packaging tape (2 inch wide) onto wax paper and painted the silver paint mixture onto the tape. I had a laminating sheet on hand so that's what I ended up using.
WOW! That is the coolest idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat! I had to blog about it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative card! Of course I had to blog about it too! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I will definitely try this with my kids:)
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ReplyDeleteWhat kind of adhesive did you use to attach the silver circles to the inside of the card?
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the kind comments! The adhesive used for the circles is already on the back of the contact paper or laminating paper. When you paint the silver on top of the contact paper you will then use the back side (sticky side) to paste onto the card. Hope that makes sense...
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ReplyDeletethanks for sharing your instructions and card...
ReplyDeleteThis is really a different and nice cards on the father day. So hopefully this will be very helpful for me to learn this and give to my father on that day.
ReplyDeletewell this is WONDERFUL! I will be trying to make them soon.
ReplyDeletethanks so much for sharing:)
That is very cool! I can see using that in Bible class too! Love it
ReplyDeleteThis was amazing! Thank you so much, I didn't have the patience to buy those scratch-off stickers but this was awesome. Thanks again!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a great blog & this freebie is great! Thanks for sharing. I've linked to it on my blog:
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Hope you'll stop by sometime!
I did make my own greeting card for Father's Day.It feels good after finishing it,giving to dad and reading the message to him.
ReplyDelete`Father's Day is one of the most especial day to show your love to your dad.Actually,you can make everyday special for your love ones.Cards made simple,with your time and effort means a lot,for sure.
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