Dimensional Hearts

A little more complicated than my usual.   The key is to measure and center correctly.  Using a black card as a base, I rounded all the corners and then  glued a french toille paper and edged with a dark pink metallic ink.   Then glued down the middle a strip of metallic red paper.  Separately, punched out 1" black card stock squares, metallic red hearts and white hearts.  Glued the hearts onto each square and then pierced the squares (top one only on one side) and using 8mm silver jump rings connected the strip of hearts.  Put a foam dot under each square and adhered down to the red strip.  Added two crystal dangles at the bottom.

Colour My World!

All bright and happy colors.  Very fast and fairly simple card.  First I created a layer of paint chips in a rainbow pattern.  Trimmed lengthwise in half and glued to a black card.  Stamped a large flourish off center with archival ink.  With the other half of the paint chips, created top and bottom ribbons in the same rainbow pattern.  Using computer font, typed and printed on vellum the lyrics for Chicago's "Colour My World" (left justify),  and adhered to the inside of the card.  Trimmed with the rainbow ribbon on the top and bottom, then stamped two smaller flourishes with archival ink.

Be Mine in sepia

This card is made with a base card on copper.  Adhere flourish pink paper inside.  On glossy paper stamp lovers with sepia ink, trim close and adhere to black mat and trim, then adhere to flourish paper and trim again.  Notch corners with punch and thread copper floss to frame the image.  Adhere to card with pop dots.  Trim a rectangle out of the flourish paper with Victorian edge scissors and also trim off 1/4" off of the side of the card.  Write 'Be Mine' on the rectangle with copper metallic ink.  Make a boutonniere with small silk flowers and tie with complementary ribbon, then adhere to card.

Vintage Love

This card is all things old and soft.  A basic black card is covered with light pink paper and then deep red card stock leaving 1/8" all around.  Then a layer of decorated paper - cut 1" smaller- anchored top right is glued to the red.  Using a word stencil (I make my own with a font cartridge and Cricut) sponge dauber and chalk ink (merlot) sponge text on card.  Punch chain piece from red card stock and glue diagonally.  Glue skeleton key the end of the chain.  Punch/emboss leaves from text printed paper and edge with chalk ink (merlot).  Using graduated layers of silk flowers, ink edges with the same ink, heat set, stack and attach with brad.

Je t'aime card

Such pretty graphics in this paper... using light sage card stock I created a double-door card slightly overlapping.  Adhered the Victorian rose paper to the outside, leaving 1/2" on the center joint.  Using Crushed Olive Distress Ink and Cut and Dry foam, edged all the way around.  For the inside, attached a vellum rectangle in the center panel  with brads and slide a piece of the rose paper underneath and adhere.  Edged all around card and Victorian paper with Crushed Olive.  On another velum rectangle, stamped and embossed text with Dusty Rose Distress Ink and detail clear embossing powder.  Matted with light sage card stock, trimmed and very lightly edged with Olive ink using a foam dauber, then adhered to center panel with pop dots.  Using a fabric marker in dark rose, hand wrote "Je t'aime" on satin ribbon, dove-tail one end and glued to card.  Using MS's Lacy Heart punch and vellum, punched a heart; matted on dark red card stock and trimmed closely with scalloped scissors.  Inked the edges very lightly with Victorian Rose and glued to card using pop dots.   Attached 'knobs' (Tim Holtz) and tied pink sewing floss with beads on the ends.