I have been on a Valentine's card kick lately and I thought I should make DH before moving on to other things! He loves music so I like to include that theme on his card.
You may recognize this background from my Christmas thank you cards. I saved this one aside especially for this card!! I sponged the edges and layered it onto an ivory quarter sheet which I had trimmed to leave a small border when I put it on an A2 card. I forgot how slowly this paper absorbs ink so you can see that I mucked up the top right hand corner a bit. Oh well! I punched a heart hole in this background, penciled in a line, added the reused red and gold ribbon gluing the ends to the back and then stitched the line to make the heart look like it was hanging. Next, I added a short piece of ribbon and tied it with one knot to the one on the card. There was writing (ferraro rocher) on the back side so I was careful to not make it show. I die cut a little heart (CB) out of duplex cardstock, embossed it with a swirl embossing folder (TH-SX) and then sanded it until some of the white showed through the red. It did not coordinate with the ivory all that well so I sponged the white with a little yellow ink just enough to tone it done and have it coordinate better. I positioned my background on my card and glued my little heart into place and then stitched it there. I lifted the two sides so they would be dimensional. I glued my background in place on my red card front. I wanted a subdued greeting so I colour washed a white laser printed oval greeting punchie with yellow to help it coordinate with the card and then sponged the edges with red. I adhered it to the front of the card using 3D foam tape. Very happy with how it turned out!! Therese
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