Hello Lovely Creators,
恭喜發財 Welcome to the year of the ox!
Last year at this time I was selling Valentine's cards and treat containers at the Victoria Public Market. If someone told me where we would be now, I probably would have thought they'd been reading too many dystopian novels. Everything in our lives has changed. Last night my daughter and I were talking about it. Although we both have travel fantasies, we miss friend hugs the most - they are the best!
I designed this card last year for a Vancouver Island Demonstrator swap. We were supposed to meet in Nanaimo but couldn't get there because heavy rains flooded the highway. All my swaps wound up and the market and everyone loved this card. I used the From My Heart Bundle. You can use any DSP.
This card folds flat for mailing. I started with a Thick Whisper White Cardstock base measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at the 4 1/4" mark. The first Real Red Cardstock piece measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/2". With the 5 1/4" piece at the top, score each end at 1/2" and 1". Fold the outermost scores towards you and the inner ones away from you. The second Real Red piece is a 3 1/4" square.
With the third largest Layering Circles Die to cut a hole in the middle of your 5 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Real Red. From you 3 1/4" square, punch out your heart with the smooth edged punch (Heart Punch Pack.) With the same punch, punch out the centre of one of the Heart Doilies. These are retired now but I have a few left if you need one. Punch out 6 little Real Red hearts with the Dog Builder Punch . Tip: to save paper, unless you want a pack of little red dogs, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, just slide the paper in under the heart portion.
Place one end of a metallic or clear thread on a Mini Glue Dot on 3 of the hearts. Put a heart on top of the thread and glue dot and press down. Then with your Take Your Pick Tool, pick it off the glue dot roll. Turn it over and apply another heart to the other side of the glue dot. Cut the thread at about 3" (you can trim it shorter later.) You need to make three little heart sandwiches. Apply 3 Mini Glue Dots to the back of the 3 1/4" square, above the heart space. I put one in the middle and two over the high part of each curve. They were fairly evenly spaced. Keeping your cardstock flat, lay the centre heart of the punched out heart space. Once you have it lined up where you want it, attach the other end of the silver thread to the glue dot on the cardstock. Trim the thread if needed. Repeat for the other two hearts.
With Multipurpose Liquid Glue attach the square and hearts to the centre of the large scored piece of Real Red.
Trim two 3/4" x 5 1/4" pieces of DSP Score them at 1/2" and 1" on each short side. Attach them to the Real Red piece. This will cover up the seam of the real red square that you just attached. And you're done!
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Cheers,
Adrienne
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