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Score and fold first piece of cardstock at 4" intervals
with first page folding to left and texture to outside. Score second
piece of cardstock at approx 1/2" and glue to back of last page of
first section, matching edge of page to fold of merging piece. Score
another line at the 4" mark. Cut excess of cardstock away. (You should
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the page size (mine is approx 3.75"w x 4"h). My bottom border is 1.75'
h and my heart point falls to about the middle of that height. When
you're happy with the design of your heart, lightly pencil it onto
the first page of your folded cardstock. Add on little tab sections
on either side of the heart (this will hold all your hearts together).
Cut out the negative spaces from your heart (careful don't cut your
tabs away or cut into your bottom border). When your negative sections
are removed, open your cards and cut away the tab from the front page
on the left side and the back page on the right side. |
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Rubber stamp your quote and gothic border using
the copper Brilliance stamp pad and the gold embossing powder. Heat
set.
Tip: Use a static removal pad prior stamping. I also stamp
on a thin piece of foam rather than on a hard surface. Remember
to remove the foam before heat setting or it will melt.
Note:
For the Gothic border, I stamped it once, embossed and heat set,
then stamped the next set, embossed and heat set etc. until I came
to the end of the card. I eyeballed the border. You can use a stamp
positioner if you are finicky.
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Cut hearts from the decorative paper, the same size
as your hearts on your card or a little larger and trim after gluing.
For the heart on the front page I trimmed around the quote. |
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Punch out nibs using the gold metallic paper ( I liked this paper
because of it's variations and it gave the nib some depth rather
than just a plain paper or plain metallic paper). I also ran it
through my Xyron before punching.
Glue nibs randomly.
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DECORATIVE PAPER:
To make decorative paper for hearts, place your glossy side of
paper facing up on your work table. Put several drops of both the
plum and denim Adirondack Alcohol Inks on your felt tool. Pounce
your tool over your paper. Then put some Gold Mixatives and pounce,
add Blender Solution and pounce, working your paper until you get
the results you want.
Note:
the more saturated the felt is and the quicker and surer you do
your pouncing, you will get more of the beautiful blotch and spider
patterns. (Just be careful not to overload your felt or you'll get
puddles that will take a while to dry). Also pounce an area, let
dry a few minutes before pouncing in it again, will give you nice
variations in color and more of those dark edged areas When the
felt is almost dry continue to pounce on your paper and you'll get
little waves interspersed in your big splotches.
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colored the embossed heart with a krylon gold leafing pen, when
dry used a Q-tip and some of the alcohol inks to lightly color the
top surface.
Drew in the musical lines with a gold gel pen and wrote in the
words and musical notes with the Stardust pen. Glued down the embossed
heart. Added the faux stitching around the heart with the Stardust
pen.
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Lay your ribbon on your heart and place your letter charms in
the approximate position you would like them. With the point of
your pencil  through
the hole in the letter charms mark your ribbon. Split your DMC
thread into 2 ply sections and start sewing little French Knots
through each hole of charm onto ribbon. When done I used another
small piece of ribbon and glued it to the back to hide my stitches
and thread. I used my ribbon puncher to make slots near the edge
of my heart on both sides and threaded my ribbon through it and
glued the ends to the back.
I used the Clear Letters Earthy Buttons as a template to make
the word "happy" on the same pink cardstock. Colored them in with
the purple color brush, when dry, added a line in the center of
each letter with the glue pen and dusted them with glitter. When
that all dried, I cut out the outside portion of the letters (since
it was done on the same color cardstock I didn't have to cut the
little centers out). Doing the letters this way rather than straight
onto the card gave a textured look.
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I glued down the sticker and wrote in the words with the stardust
pen. Added my musical words with a gold gel pen. words: There's
a song in my (little heart brad for) heart. Musical
words: Crescendo; Largo; Vivace; Presto; Andante.
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The decorative paper heart is the same as for the cover. I added
the words both on the cover and this page with the Peel Off's
black marker pen (alcohol based).
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