Minion Card

 

My Daughter asked me to make a 21st birthday card for a friend "She likes French Bulldogs, Pugs and Minions" Hmm... No problem there then. I found an invitation with a Minion on it ( a minion is a character in the film Despicable Me) on the web which I used to work out how to make this card. (Maddy's Invitations)

You need a sheet of A4 240gsm black card folded in half.
Cut a sheet of bright yellow card slightly smaller than the front of the card and stick down.
Cut two 2 inch circles in grey, two 1.5 inch white circles, two 1 inch brown circles and two half inch black circles. These make up the eyes.
Cut and stick a half inch strip of black card or paper and stick it across the front as above about a quater of the way down the face then stick the eyes on top of this. I used sticky pads for this bit so the eyes are slightly proud of the card.
Cut a 2 inch circle for the mouth, Cut it in half then cut a semi circle out leaving the shape of the mouth as above. Note that the mouth is narrower at the left hand side than on the right. Cut across the edges, straight on the left side and at an angle on the right.
Cut a rectangle 3 and a half inches by two and a half inch strip for the dungarees and straps and stick down as in the picture.
The pocket is a 2 inch circle with the top cut off and inked in brown around the edges.
The logo is a black 1 inch circle with a blue square cut to fit. Punch a hole through the middle with an ordinary paper punch then, with the square standing on it's corner, cut the right hand corner out and stick a tiny sliver of blue on to it to make the horizontal stroke of the G.
I finished with four strips of black for the hair and two black gems for buttons. A small 21 is mounted at the bottom but obviously any sentiment can be put here.
I texted her the picture and she replied "That's amazing!!!" So that will do for me!