Card of the Week - 3-14-11

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Card of the Week

Date: 3-14-11

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: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery

Inks:   Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip

Punches: Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Small Heart, Word Window

Embellishments: Ribbon

Stamp Sets: Baby Bundle, Confetti Backgrounds

Additional materials:  Mat Pack, paper piercer

Instructions:

Base of card: Chocolate Chip – 5 ½” x 8 ½”; scored at 4 ¼”

2^nd layer:  Bashful Blue – 5 ¼” x 4”

• Stamped with Bashful Blue using the “heart” stamp from the Confetti Backgrounds Stamp Set
• Adhere to base

3^rd layer:  Chocolate Chip – 1” x 5 ¼”; adhere to layer 2

4^th layer: 

• Punch 4 small hearts – 2 Daffodil Delight and 2 Certainly Celery; sponge edges with Chocolate Chip
• Punch 1 Scallop Oval from Certainly Celery
• Using Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, pierce 1 hole in each scallop
• Sponge edge with Chocolate Chip
• Punch 1 Large Oval from Daffodil Delight; sponge edge with Chocolate Chip
• On Bashful Blue with Chocolate Chip ink, stamp “Congratulations”
• Punch out with Word Window Punch
• Sponge edges with Chocolate Chip
• Adhere the Large Oval to the Scallop Oval
• Adhere the Word Window to the Scallop Oval
• Adhere to center of Chocolate Chip Strip (you could adhere it with dimensionals)
• Adhere 2 hearts on either side (one of each color)
• Add bow to top center
• Add a piece of Bashful Blue to inside for journaling (I also added a small heart in the bottom right hand corner)