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This is a Valentine's Day card with a woven, two-color Celtic Heart Knot on the front, each color coming in from opposite sides to represent the two p...
1 8 1/2" x 11" white cardstock 1 4 1/2" x 7" white cardstock 1 4 5/8" x 7 3/16" black cardstock 1 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" white envelope 1 48" - 62" red 550lb...
Remove the seven strand core from both the black and red paracord lengths. These strands are most likely going to be conspicuously sticking out of one...
Iron both the black and red paracord lengths until as flat as they'll go. Since the paracord is made out of nylon and can melt, you will want to use a...
Align the two paracord strands so they are side by side, with one color on top of the other. You will be preserving this side-by-side alignment throug...
Position the cord so that you have about six inches coming straight from the left. With the rest of the cord, loop up, around, and down, over the stra...
Fold both strands of paracord under, preserving the side-by-side alignment but effectively reversing which color is on the inside and which is on the ...
Fold the paracord under again, reversing the side by side order so it is back to the original. Secure the safety pin through all four layers of the fo...
Pull the long, free end of the paracord strands under the first (anchor) strands, and over the next portion, aiming towards the left of the knot.
Being careful to preserve the side-by-side arrangement, loop the paracord around and down, weaving over the first portion, under the second, and over ...
Fold the paracord under a third time, again reversing which is on the outside and which is on the inside. This is fold C on the finished card, on the ...
Weave the free end of the paracord up through the knot, going under the first strands encountered, over the next (this is the anchor portion), under t...
Being careful to preserve the relative positions of each fold to each other, pull and adjust the paracord strands until it gradually begins to look mo...
Flip the knot over so you are working with the former left hand side of the knot. You will have color A coming off the top to the right, and color B u...
Flip the knot back over to the front. Trim color A/black on the right hand side so that there is a small amount left to fold behind the knot. Use supe...
Flip the knot over to fold the trimmed A/black piece to the underside of the knot. Secure this piece with super glue.
Use a glue stick to glue the smaller piece of white cardstock (4 1/2" x 7") onto the piece of black cardstock (4 5/8" x 7 3/16"). The white card shoul...
Use super glue to glue the knot to the white and black cardstock. The knot should be centered on the left to right axis, and it should be roughly one ...
Flip the card over. Trim each strand of the paracord so there is an inch or two left to fold under the card. Secure the strands to the back with super...
Use your black pen to write the words on the front. Over the left hand side write, "You." Over the right hand side write, "Me." Under the bottom of th...
Fold the full sheet of white cardstock in half. Use a glue stick to glue the card with the knot on it to the center of the front of your folded cardst...
When you are ready to put your card into the envelope, be careful to lift the edge of the envelope so that it does not get caught under the edge of th...
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