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Card Cupids

My LSS, Angela's Happy Stamper, is participating in a card drive for children in our local hospital.  The drive is affiliated with Card Cupids.   So I made these 4 cards for Valentine's Day for the kids.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are big and meant to brighten up a dreary day in the hospital.

And since they won't go in the mail, I added big buttons (sewn into the cardstock) to add some texture. 

Card Construction Details:

1. Assembly line:  cut 4 of everything.   White cardstock - 4" square and 3.75" square for the insides; black 4.25"; Pure Poppy 5" x 10" and scored at 5".

2.  Stamped large heart and then the smaller one inside (the smaller hearts are pink or orange).

3.  Stamped sentiment and colored in with Stampin Up markers (orange or red, depending on the card).

4.  Sewed buttons.

5.  Stamped the birds.  Don't they look happy?

6.  Adhered as shown, wrote a note in the inside.

Start to finish time for 4 cards -- 3 hours, including clean up.

MOOD WHEN DONE = Happy 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink Say it With Style, Borders and Corners {hearts}; Waltzingmouse Teeny Trees
Cardstock:  PTI White, Black, and Pure Poppy
Ink:  Versafine Onxy; Memento Rose Bud and Tangelo
Other:  Stampin Up Real Red marker, Tombow Orange Marker; buttons; red embroidery floss 

Berry Sorbet Hearts

 

Here's a bright card that pairs a sentiment from Shady Tree Studio's Bouquets and Butterflies, a heart background from Papertrey Ink, and a Spellbinder's Heart die cut.  

Wanted to make sure that the sentiment on the heart flowed right onto the background -- so used vellum as a overlay.  Here is what I mean --

As you can see, I placed vellum over the background and taped the die cut dow with removable double sided tape, stamped and then removed the vellum.  I placed the heart where I thought it would look best, considering the layout, the fact that I had messed up some of the sentiment, and I wanted the little heart to be right in the V made by the heart die cut.

Also used PTI Impression plate to create the textured white card (mist the cardstock very lightly to get a decent impression).  PTI Berry Sorbet ink and cardstock.

Hope you are having a good weekend!

Bag of Hearts

Had these little bags for awhile and saw a card with the bag filled with hearts -- sorry I cannot remember where...but thank you clever person.

 Card Construction Details:

1.  Stamped a sentiment from Waltzingmouse Sweethearts in Pure Poppy ink onto little bag.

2. Added stamped border. 

3.  Wrapped envelope with cotton floss.

4.  Punched hearts from retired SU patterned paper and blue cardstock.

5.  Added white dots to hearts and to right corners of card.

6. Assembled as shown.

Mood When Done = Happy and Neat

Supplies:

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Sweethearts and Impression Obsession Borders
Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy
Paper:  PTI Spring Rain cardstock and SU patterned paper (retired)
Other:  Cotton embroidery floss, mini bag, heart punches, white gel pen