Hello Dear Stamper Friends:
Today, I am sharing with you a
Valentine’s card so that you can start having ideas for your cards.
Shaped cards are wonderful to
display small scenes; they are like Dioramas, three-dimensional museum models
without the glass…
This particular model is called
a “Center Step Card”.
Suggestion of the day
“Do
not put aside your “old stuff”… And mix and match!”
Most of the supplies used in
this card are current items that you can find easily at any craft store.
But… As I mentioned in my “Quick
and Easy Wintertime Post” (Jan. 9, 2013):
use what you like and have.
It is wonderful to get new stuff, oh yes!
But do not forget as well all
the items that you have being collecting over the years! You can easily
substitute, some things that I use by the ones that you have and are
“collecting” dust in your shelves!
The sentiment that I use is one
that I found at a garage sale and so appropriate for the balloons:
“love is in the air”. I believe is a
retired stamp from “Lockhart Stamps”…most of the dies are from “My Favorite
Things”, I use some “Spellbinders” and the punches are from “Martha Stewart”
and “Stampin’Up!”…So mix and match!
Instructions:
Click on photo to enlarge...
click HERE to get the PDF
(PDF found on toolbar, section "
More" as well...)
TipS:
1- Glue together several die
cuts of the same image to give this 3D effect.
You can do it with many images,
I did it with butterflies and it looks really nice…they pop from the card, giving it more
interest.
For the balloon: I glued 7
hearts (one flap glue to the next flap) and it looked like the globe of the
balloon,
2- Give to your punches other
shapes: for the basket: I free hand cut it. But you can use a square
punch and then trim diagonally (from one corner to the other) to give the shape
of the basket.
3- Use the “negative” from your
dies or punches: The mini hearts: are the “left overs” from the “Martha
Stewart” edge punch.
4- Use different materials to
give texture to the card: here I use felt for the clouds, but you can
substitute
it by using “Flocking”, one of those products that we
have and tend to
forget…
so Get it out and use it!
right view
left view
Ok , I hope you enjoyed this
post, the tutorial on “Center Step Cards” is found
HERE at SCS
I will be back with more Valentine’s
projects so come back soon and remember leave me a comment: I really read them!
And if you have questions I will answer them in that section!
