I saw today’s Try A New Technique (TLC151) challenge on SCS and WOW! Make a pocket heart. The samples were gorgeous. Of course, I had to go to work…so I could not create then. I did, however, manage to print out the template & cut that out. After a busy day at work, I arrived home, with supper on my mind. We had just brought home a fresh beef on Monday, so I was thinking hamburgers & french fries. It has been a long time since I’ve fixed hamburger patties. Boy – they were delicious. Jerry, they gentleman who prepared our beef, really knows how to fix hamburger patties. They were the best.
After having a delicious supper of hamburger & french fries, I created my pocket heart card. This was a FUN project.
I pulled out SU!’s retired Loves Me DP. I traced the template & cut it out. After scoring and folding, I grabbed my tool kit and mat pack. I stuck the mat inside the heart & punched a hole. I layered two teal Prima Sprites, a hot pink Prima flower and a pink rhinestone brad from SU!’s Fire Circle collection. I wanted to mat the heart, and was having NO luck trimming out the circle part of the heart. So I grabbed my mega scallop circle punch and punched two Taken with Teal circles and used them to mat the heart. I used SU! Chocolate Satin Ribbon and Close to Cocoa grosgrain ribbon in the lower corner. I used my corner rounder to create the scallop strip at the top. I used my small rectangle punch to punch two holes for the ribbon. One ribbon is a sheer twinkling pink; the second is SU! Pretty in Pink Taffeta. The sheer ribbon is twisted and attached behind the prima with glue dots. I mounted the pocket heart on pop dots.
Here’s a close up view.
I love this card. It’s too pretty for an envelope!
On another note, the primas were from a Wish RAK exchange, the taffeta ribbon from a SU! Team share and the rhinestone brads were a prize I won for the SU! Team card swap. Each time we meet, we do a card swap & vote for our favorites. It was my first time participating in the swap & I was flattered they chose my Dare 2 B Baroque card as their favorite.
I’ve been wrestling with BillyBootBella. I wished for this image in the SCS Wish RAK forum. My wish was granted. I love this image; however, I just don’t feel like I’ve gotten a decent card made using this image. For this project, I used SC158 – make a kickstand card.
I’m fairly pleased with how this turned out. I used SU’s River Rock as a card base, layered Basic Grey Figgy Pudding on SU’s Close to Cocoa. The corners were notched with the notch punch. The main image was colored with Copic Markers. The raindrops are from MFT’s Rain or Shine and they are stamped in Bashful Blue. The image was trimmed and matted on Soft Sky and Close to Cocoa. On the inside, I used my corner rounder to make scallops on a strip of another pattern from Figgy Pudding. The River Rock double stitched grosgrain I received in a ribbon swap with my local SU Team. I attached the ribbon around the card with sticky strip, but before I adhered the ribbon to the card, I attached a small piece of ribbon. After adhering the larger piece of ribbon to the card, I then tied the small piece into a knot. That seemed to work better for me than to tie the ribbon around the card.
Is there such a thing? I’m super excited today! I “attended” my very first MFT Cocktail Party in the SCS Member Forums last night. WHOO! What a ride. Those speed reading classes from Junior High 7th & 8th grades are really handy! I have (correction – had) some birthday money from Mom. I have been saving it since October because I didn’t know WHAT to get! So I ordered Punny Farm and It’s a Jungle Out There . Happy Birthday to me! Thanks Mom!
In the meantime, Beth from Freckled Fun Designs is creating an awesome blog banner for my new blog. I can’t WAIT to see how it all comes together! I “got freckles”! Woo Hoo!
I’ve been selected as a member of the first JessicaLynnOriginal Design Team. WOW! I’m very excited about this opportunity. Jessica has added two of my creations using her Punny Invisible Cows to her store’s home page.
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