Valentine's Day, You are Loved card

 

Today’s card uses the Marbled Elegance Specialty designer paper that I am obsessed with. I love marble and the Gold foil added to it just makes my heart happy. I thought the Birch wood embossing folder was the perfect complement to this amazing paper. I also love to stitching on the hearts from the Hearts of Elegance die set.

I left the inside sentiment blank so this card can easily be a Valentine's day, birthday, thing of you or miss you card by simply adding the appropriate sentiment.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Hearts of Elegance

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Basic White, Real Red cardstock, Gold Foil and Marbled Elegance designer series paper.

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, Hearts of Elegance dies, Greeting of the Season dies,  Birch Wood 3d embossing folder, Specialty Plate, Adhesive backed heart sequins, glue dots, Gold twisted thread, Sponge daubers,  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.

Admire your finished project

 

 

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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Card using the Season of Green and Gold designer series paper

 If you want a card with a wow factor and a minimum of stamping then this is the card for you. The designer paper is not only on the two front panels, the green with gold accent leaves are die cut from the paper pack. Add some die cuts in Garden Green, Mossy Meadow an Gold to really jazz up the card. The only stamping on the front is the word Merry. Add a stamped sentiment and die cut image from designer paper to inside to finish up your card. I don't know what this fun fold card is called, It is a Z fold with a side flap. 

card when opened

Supplies used:

Stamps: Golden Greenery, and Peaceful Season

Ink: Mossy Meadow and Garden Green

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Vanilla card stock, Gold Foil and Season of Green and Gold designer series paper.

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, Golden Greenery dies, Peaceful Season dies, Take your pick tool, Take your pick die brush tip, Foam Adhesive strips, Tombo glue, bone folder,  paper trimmer and paper snips and Silicone mat

 

Cutting instructions

Mossy Meadow card stock: card base 4 1/4” x 11” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”, flap 6” x 3” scored at 1”,  and scraps for die cuts

Garden Green card stock: scraps for die cut

Vanilla card stock: 4” x 5 1/4” inside, scrap for sentiment

Season of Green and Gold designer series paper: 2 3/4” x 4 3/4”, 2 ½” x 4”

Gold Foil: scraps for die cuts

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut all papers per cutting instructions. glue 1” portion of flap on right side of card base approximately 5/8” from top folding towards left side of card. Glue designer series paper to flap. Fold card front back (making a z fold) and glue designer paper to front.

2. Die cut two fronds on Mossy Meadow using the Golden Greenery dies. Glue the large one on the left side of flap allowing it to extend off at the top. Glue the smaller on the right side.

3. Die cut large leaf using the Golden Greenery dies in both Garden Green and Gold foil. Adhere first the Garden green then gold to flap centering and off set from each other, extending over flap but not over top of card base.  

4. Die cut two leaves using the Golden Greenery dies from the designer paper and glue down.

5. Die cut the word Christmas from the Peaceful Seasons die set out of gold foil and the shadow in Mossy Meadow. Glue down to a strip of Vanilla card stock 1” X 4 1/4”.

6. Stamp MERRY in Mossy Meadow ink above the die cut word. Dog ear ends. Pop up on flap using Foam adhesive strips leaving approximately 1/8” of designer paper showing beneath.

Inside.

1. Place vanilla card stock on inside of card. Fold card closed and flap down and use a pencil to lightly mark where the vanilla shows when card closed.

2. Stamp sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink on left side of card, making sure not to stamp in the portion that will show from the front.

3. Die cut frond from designer paper and add to right side of Vanilla, above the pencil line. I used a piece that was on the edge of the designer paper since I didn’t need the bottom of image.

Envelope:

Stamp one the leaf images on the bottom left corner using Garden Green ink pad. 

Peaceful Evergreen, Peaceful Season, Reindeer Fun and Painted Trees 3Dembossing folder

I was inspired by a card by Penny Jean Smith and came up with this card, I used her card design with modifications. I did the Cherry Cobbler card base and gold foil, but used a different embossing folder. I also adjusted to make it A2 size and changed the patterned paper, stamp set and sentiment. I added gems and left off the ribbon. Here is my card. 

Stamps: Peaceful Evergreen, Peaceful Season and Raindeer Fun

Ink: VersaMark

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, White card stock, Brushed Silver and Gold foil and Season of Green and Gold designer series paper.

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, Peaceful Season dies, Painted Trees 3D embossing folder, Metallic Gold Wow embossing powder, Heat tool, embossing buddy, Stampin’ dimensionals, Tombo glue, Stampin’ Mist, Shimply shammy, iridescent foil gems, paper trimmer and paper snips and Silicone mat

 

Cutting instructions

Cherry Cobbler card stock: card base 5 ½” x 8  ½” scored at 4 ¼” card base, 1 5/8” x 4 1/8”, 2 ¼” x 3 5/8”

White card stock: 4” x 5 1/4” inside, 2 1/8” x 3 ½”, scrap for stamping tree

Season of Green and Gold  series paper: 1 ½” x 4”

Gold Foil: 2 ½” x 5 ¼”

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut all papers per cutting instructions.

2. Stamp sentiment in VersaMark on small white panel. Emboss with Wow gold embossing powder using heat tool. Don’t forget to use your embossing buddy first.

3. Stamp and emboss tree on scrap of white and die cut with coordinating die set. S

4. stamp and emboss inside greeting and tree. I used Peaceful Evergreen stamp and die set for my tree, Peaceful Season for the front sentiment and Reindeer fun for the inside sentiment.

5. Emboss the gold foil with the Painted trees 3D embossing folder and attach to card front approximately 5/8” front left side using Tombo liquid glue.

6. Glue designer paper to mat and attach to card front about 3/8” to ½” of an inch from the bottom.

 7. Attach panel with sentiment to its mat, then add four Stampin’ Dimensionals to the top and middle of the panel and Tombo glue to the bottom part that will be on the designer paper.  

8. Add iridescent foil gems

9. Attach inside stamped and embossed panel to inside of the card base.

Envelope:

Stamp and emboss tree to the  bottom left side of front of 

More than autumn- apple cider

Here is another card using the More than autumn stamp set. I saw a card by Stamp with Amy K using the coffee cups and three designer paper strips. Here is my version. I left off the whipped cream since I decided to go with Apple cider instead of pumpkin spice. I changed the color of the card base, changed the sentiment and added the die cut words. I love the sentiments on this card. 

 inside

Supplies: 

Stamps: More than Autumn

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Momento black

Stampin’ Blends: light and dark Cherry Cobbler, light and dark Lemon Lolly , light and dark Old olive , light and dark Smokey Slate, SU600 and SU900

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, , Basic Beige, Vanilla and White card stock, Regals 6” x 6” designer series paper.

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, More than Autumn dies, Iridescent foil gems, Stampin’ dimensionals, Tombo glue, paper trimmer and paper snips and Silicone mat

 

Cutting instructions

Cherry Cobbler card stock: card base 5 ½” x 8  ½” scored at 4 ¼” card base,  scrap for die cutting.

Basic Beige card stock: 3 3/4” x 5” mat, 3” x 1” scrap for sentiment.

Vanilla card stock: 4” x 5 1/4” inside  

Brights 6” x 6” designer series paper: cut three 1 5/8” x 3 ½” from three different cherry cobbler patterns

White cardstock: scraps for stamping

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Cut card base from 8 ½” x 11” Cherry Cobbler card stock in half at 5 ½”, score at 4 ¼” on 5 ½” side. Cut a 3 ¾” x 5” mat with Basic Beige cardstock. Cut three 1 5/8” x 3 ½” from three different cherry cobbler patterns from the Brights 6” x 6” designer series paper. Glue Beige then three designer paper panels to card front using Tombo Glue.

2. Stamp two cups and two cinnamon sticks, from white scraps. Stamp cup and cinnamon stick also on inside vanilla panel. Stamp mini apple from stamp set on all three cups.

3. Color the top and bottom of all three cups using the SU900 Stampin’ blend.  Color the apples with light and dark Lemon Lolly blends. Color the cinnamon sticks using the SU600 Stampin’ blend. Die cut the two cups on the scrap white paper.  

4. Using a scrap of Cherry Cobbler die cut the Apple word. Stamp the word cider in Cherry Cobbler ink on the far right side of 3” x 1” Basic Beige scrap. Glue die cut apple word to the left of cider and fussy cut around words using paper snips. Stamp NOTHINGS BETTER THAN in Cherry Cobbler on small Basic Beige scrap and trim.

5. Adhere both sentiments to card front, the die cut word on the bottom right and the small sentiment at the top right using Tombo liquid glue. Also glue the cup on the left tucking one cinnamon stick behind with liquid glue. Use Stampin dimensionals for the cup on the right and tuck cinnamon stick behind with Tombo glue.

6. Add three Iridescent foil gems to card front.

Inside:

Stamp inside sentiment to Vanilla panel (with stamped cup) using Cherry Cobbler ink and adhere to inside of card base using Tombo liquid glue.

Envelope:

Stamp coffee cup to bottom left side of front of envelop or back flap. Color or leave uncolored, your choice.

Enjoy, you card is ready to give to one lucky recipient.