Card of the Week January 31, 2011

As you can tell, I'm a little late with this one.  I had a Creative Block this week.  :)

Card of the Week

Date: 1-31-2011

The majority of my cards and projects are designed to be very quick and easy to make and will need little to no instructions other than dimensions.  I have provided a list of products that I commonly use at the bottom. 

Materials needed:

Cardstocks: Real Red, Very Vanilla

Inks:   Real Red Classic

Punches: Heart to Heart, Word Window, Scallop Oval

Embellishments: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Stamp Sets: I (heart) Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Confetti

Additional materials:  Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Big Shot, sponge wedge, Dimensionals

Instructions:

Base of card: Real Red – 4 ¼” x 11” (folded in ½)

2^nd layer:  2 pieces of Very Vanilla; 4” and 2 ¼”

• Run the 2 ¼” piece through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder
• Stamp the background of the 4” piece using the “heart stamp” from the Confetti Stamp Set and Real Red ink.
• I did the “stamp off” technique – stamp on a scrap piece of paper first, then onto the 4” cardstock.
• Lightly sponge across the tops of both pieces using a sponge wedge and Real Red ink.  (tap your sponge onto the ink pad, then lightly tap the cardstocks)
• Sponge the edges of both pieces of cardstock using Real Red ink
• From the “I (heart) Hearts” stamp set, use the stamp with the 3 hearts and stamp 2 sets on Very Vanilla cardstock using Real Red ink.  Punch out with the “Heart to Heart” punch.
• Using the Heart to Heart punch, punch 2 sets of Real Red hearts
• Punch 1 Scallop Oval from Real Red
• Using the Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, pierce a hole in the center of each scallop
• Stamp “Happy Valentine’s Day” from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set in Real Red ink on Very Vanilla, punch out using the Word Window Punch.
• Make 1 bow from the Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Assembly

·        Adhere the 2 ¼” piece of Very Vanilla to the top of the card and the 4” piece directly below

·        Adhere Real Red hearts across the seam of the 2 Very Vanilla pieces

·        Using dimensionals, add the stamped hearts directly on top of the Real Red hearts, at a bit of an angle

·        Do the same thing with the smaller hearts in the upper right and left hand corners

·        Adhere the bow to the top of the card

·        Adhere “Happy Valentines Day” to the scallop oval

·        Using Dimensionals, adhere the scallop oval to the center of the bottom section.

·        Add a piece of Very Vanilla to the inside for journaling.

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

Product numbers for some items can be found on the Resources page.

Click here to view the Stampin’ Up! catalogs and current promotions

Cardstocks (8 ½” x 11”) - $6.95 for 24 sheets     

• Except – Very Vanilla (101650) and Whisper White (100730) - $8.50 for 40 sheets

Classic Inks:   $5.95 each

Craft Inks:   $7.50 each

Cardstocks: Very Vanilla, Real Red #102482

Inks: Real Red Classic  #103133

Punches: Heart to Heart, Scallop Oval, Word Window (see Resources page)

Embellishments: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon #109034  $4.95

Stamp Sets:  I (heart) Hearts (#118571 (c) $18.95 ), Confetti Backgrounds (#120465 (C)  $12.95), Teeny Tiny Wishes (see Resources page)

Additional materials: 

Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals (see Resources page)