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"Cherish" Handmade Card

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"Cherish" Handmade Valentines Day Card

By: Wendy Kennedy

Card Making Materials

  • Pink Cardstock
  • White Cardstock
  • Making Memories Eyelet Shapes
  • Primitive Heart
  • Making Memories Daisy Pink Blossoms
  • Making Memories Metal Word Cherish
  • Making Memories Eyelet Charm Flower
  • Antique Gold Brad
  • Tattered Rose, Old Paper, Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pads
  • Alcohol Inks
  • Terra Cotta & Bottle
  • Adhesives

Handmade Card Instructions

- Cut a piece of pink cardstock slightly smaller than twice the size of your envelope one way & slightly smaller the other way (always make the card to fit the envelope!).

- Fold in half.

- Cut white cardstock slightly smaller than your card.

- Tear a piece of scrap paper really ragged (like mountains).

- Set on white cardstock about 1/2" down from the top with the tear at the top of the scrap paper.

- You are going to direct ink (or use a sponge or dabber) to ink on the white cardstock above the torn paper (the ragged edge will be stamped about 1/2" in from the edge of the white cardstock & it will be inked to the top edge.)

- Repeat on all 4 sides.

- Do your lightest color first - in this case I inked tattered rose, then old paper, then vintage photo.

- Ink the 2nd color about 1/2 way down the first color and then use the darkest color to ink the edges of the paper. If your paper curls iron it between 2 pieces of blank paper.

- Stick to front of card.

- Make a tool for stamping alcohol inks: Take a small block of wood (1" x 2" or bigger doesn't have to be exact!). Glue a piece of velcro to the top of it.
Cut a small piece of felt & put it on the velcro. You've created a tool to stamp alcohol inks on anything - and believe me it's addicting!!

- Drop 2 drops of both colors of ink on the felt & then stamp it all over your 3 metal embellishments.

- Stick a large, then a small blossom in the top left corner of the card.

- Stick the heart on top of the flowers.

- Stick Cherish in the center on an angle.

- Attach the flower to the bottom left with a brad.

More free layout and card instructions are available at CND Country Gifts.

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