Masculine Valentine-Love You

Using Wood grain paper is a great way to make a Valentine's Day card more masculine. The Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack has lots of different wood grain patterns for you to choose from. I love how the lines from the embossing folder mimic the lines in the designer paper. 

 I've added Happy Valentines Day to the inside but you could very easily make this a birthday, Thinking of your or Miss you card by simply changing the sentiment inside. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Hearts of Elegance

Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red and VersaMark

Paper: Basic White, Basic Gray and Real Red cardstock, Country Woods designer series paper.

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, Hearts of Elegance dies, Embossed Brick 3d embossing folder, Specialty Plate, Clear embossing powder, Heat tool, Cherry Cobbler and pearl adhesive backed berries, Sponge dauber, Stampin’ dimensionals, Tombo glue, paper trimmer and paper snips

Cutting instructions

Real Red card stock: card base 5 ½” x 8  ½” scored at 4 ¼” card base, scraps for three die cut hearts

Basic Gray card stock: 4” x 1 1/2”, 4“ x 5 ¼”

White card stock: 3 3/4” x 5” card

Country Woods designer series paper: 4” x 5 ¼”

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Use a sponge dauber to ink Basic Gray ink around all the edges of the designer paper and attach to Real Red card front.

2. Die cut three hearts (one – 3 1/8” and two 1  ½”) using the Hearts of Elegance dies. Sponge all hearts with dauber and Basic Gray ink.

3. Using the Stamp Cut and Emboss machine emboss the Basic Gray panel (4” x ½”) and two small hearts with the Embossed brick 3d embossing folder. (use the specialty plate and base plate only)

4. Attach the gray embossed panel to card front place the top approximately in the middle of designer paper.

5. Stamp Love You on large heart with VersaMark ink, heat emboss using clear embossing power. Glue to Basic Gray panel. Add smaller embossed heart with Stampin’ dimensionals.

6. Add three of the single berries from the Cherry Cobbler and pearl adhesive backed berries in a row across the bottom right portion of the designer series paper.

7. Stamp Happy Valentine’s Day in Real Red ink on Basic White panel keeping sentiment to the left side of panel (and low enough to add heart). Glue to Basic Gray panel. Add embossed heart to top right corner. It is ok to go off the white onto the gray.

8. Emboss the flap of the envelope to match embossing on card front and hearts.

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