30 Minute Valentine

Yesterday I posted a card made like this one but in a winter theme.  Today's card was done using Design Studio, George and Fabulous Finds cartridges.  The white mat is embossed with tiny little hearts and then I punched some red hearts and added those to the white mat.  I thought it still looked too plain so I added some red and white pen stitching.

This is the first one I made using the hearts and I wasn't completely satisfied with it.

Thinking I didn't like the way the white heart looked in the center, I omitted it.  Looked too plain.

To soften the edges of the red center heart I added some white pen work and liked it better.

This is my favorite of these..  The white pen work breaks up the solid red and gives a lacy look to the edges.

Now I need to go through my stamps and find an appropriate sentiment like "Be Mine" that I can emboss with white embossing powder in the center of the heart and it will be just what I want.

 The white sentiment is just what it needed.

 Adding the embossed words on a banner across the white heart was a good touch too!

Stamp Club Card for Tonight

Shirley, aka Okieladybug, and I go to a stamp club once a month.  Occasionally, I even get a card or two finished.  Most of the time, I get distracted, talking and laughing and just stamp off images to color later at home.

Tonight I have a plan!  This card looks like it's pretty simple.  I designed it, made the prototype and will take written instructions and the supplies to make duplicates with me tonight.  I'm way behind on the number of cards I do for Cards for Soldiers and Operation Write Home, so I need to get these done.

Supplies:
     Hallmark Card Maker Software
     Fabulous Finds cartridge
     Fiskars border punch

First, I printed the sentiment using the card maker software onto a sheet of paper.  Then I measured the size tag I'd need for the words to fit onto and cut those with the Fabulous Finds cartridge.

It would have taken too long to drag out my light box so I just taped the printed sheet of  paper onto the patio door and placed the tags over the printed sentiments using blue painters tape to hold them in place.  I made sure the edge that would be fed into the printer was smoothly attached to the paper.  Then I just fed the paper back through the printer and the words were just where I wanted them on the tags.

Solid green cardstock  3 3/4 x 5 1/2"
Textured green cardstock  2 3/4" x 5 1/2"

The scalloped piece was done with a 1" wide strip of white cardstock.  After it was punched, I trimmed a 1/4" off the width and then applied the narrow strip onto the green cardstock.  The edges are slightly inked.

Using a Promarker, I added some doodledots onto the tag and attached the tag with some 1/8" ribbon.

Whew!  Lots of steps for a card that looks so simple!  But, I like the way it turned out and it will go into my "make it again" folder for a later date.

It's an A2 size card but it opens from the bottom rather than from the side.