Materials:
Not all materials for this card are from Stampin' Up! If they are, you'll see SU beside it and you'll find links below the instructions to purchase them. If they're not from Stampin' Up!, I've mentioned the manufacturer here; stores like Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Joann's, or Walmart or online at Amazon, Scrapbook.com, Maymaymadeit.com, etc. carry these items.
Card Base (SU): Whisper White (heavy) – 8 ½” x 5 1/2”
Card Base (SU): Whisper White (heavy) – 8 ½” x 5 1/2”
First Layer (SU): Basic Black
– 5 ¼” x 4”
Top Layer (SU): Copper
Foil – 3 ¾” x 3”
Sentiment (SU): Basic
Black – 3 ½” x 2”
Inside First Layer (SU): Basic Black – 5 ¼” x 4”
Inside Top Layer (SU: Whisper White
– 5” x 3 ¾”
Ink (SU): VersaMark Embossing Ink
Stamp Set (SU): Sealed
with Love
Embossing Folder:
Cricut Cuttlebug Cross my Heart
Thinlet Die: Hero Arts Stamp and Cuts Love
Embossing Powder: Ranger Super Fine Copper
Ribbon (SU): Metallic 3/8" Ribbon - Gold
Other Supplies (SU): Snail adhesive, Tear and Tape adhesive, Embossing Buddy
Other Supplies: Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, Flatback Pearls (black 3mm), and Ranger Stickles glitter glue (Cinnamon)
Instructions:
1. Create the card base by scoring the 8 ½” x 5 1/2” whisper white cardstock
at 4 ¼” (A2 size card).
2. Run the copper foil cardstock through your die-cutting/embossing machine
(Big Shot, Cuttlebug, etc) using the Cross my Heart embossing folder.
3. Place the embossed piece in the center of the
5 ¼” x 4” black cardstock and adhere it using snail adhesive.
4. Cut a piece of the metallic ribbon long enough to lay
horizontally along the black cardstock with enough extra to be able to tuck it
around the underside of the black cardstock (approx. 6”).
5. Create a simple bow by cutting another small piece of the
metallic ribbon and tying it around the ribbon already adhered to the base.
Keep it to the left side of the card.
Trim the edges at an angle.
6. Create the sentiment using the ‘love’ die from
the Hero Arts Stamp and Cuts Love set.
7. Using the Stickles glitter glue like a pen, ‘write’ along
the surface of the die cut sentiment.
You can make the Stickles as thick or as thin as you like. Depending on the thickness, it could take
quite a while to dry (I let mine dry overnight before adhering it to the
card).
8. To finish off the card front, glue a black flatback
pearl at each corner of the copper embossed piece.
Now for the inside…
8. Run your embossing buddy over the 5” x 3 ¾” white cardstock,
this will prevent stray embossing powder from sticking when you heat set the
embossing powder. Using VersaMark ink,
stamp the ‘Happy Valentines Day’ stamp from the Sealed with Love stamp set in
the middle of the cardstock.
9. Sprinkle copper embossing powder over the stamped sentiment
and set it using a heat gun. If you put scrap paper underneath the cardstock when you sprinkle the embossing powder,
you can easily tap the excess powder onto the scrap and then back into the container. This keeps you from wasting the powder. I used Ranger brand embossing powder here, but Stampin' Up! makes a fantastic copper powder, too!
10. Finally, attach the paper with the sentiment to the remaining black
cardstock with snail adhesive; then adhere those layers to the inside of the card base.
