Sunday, February 12, 2012

Graffiti Valentine

Hello Inky Crafters, hostess Tami here today with another Valentine. It's a little bit edgy; making it a good choice for your favorite teen. 

I used the Be Mine Design Adhesives set for the central designs and embossed them in black and red...


This card only uses one sheet from the Be Mine Design Adhesives set, so you can make 4 cards from one package.

For the "XOXO" circle, I embossed the outer circle of "XO's" using Top Boss Black Embossing Powder, then embossed the hearts using Red Embossing Powder. Remember, you don't have to use the same color of embossing powder, glitter or foil to finish a design; you can mix colors or even product type on the same design if you wish. To make it easy, cut masks using the matte backing left after you rub the Design Adhesive on. In this instance, I cut out the inner circle of hearts and placed it back over the rubbed on design while I applied the black embossing powder. Then once I shook off the excess, I removed the mask and sprinkled the red embossing powder at the center, then heat embossed both...


The manilla tag was stamped first with a lined journal stamp. Then the "xoxo" design was applied and embossed in black, and the hearts were added and embossed in red. Black and red fine tip pens were used to personalize the tag and to "graffiti" the designs...


The base card, made from kraft cardstock, was stamped at the top and bottom using a lace background stamp and Stephanie Barnard's ColorBox Premium Dye Ink in Licorice...


And to "lift" the tag off the background, a strip of black cardstock was stamped with the same lace background using Mix'd Media Inx in Jasmine and embossed using Top Boss Embossing Powder in Clear...


The sentiment at the bottom uses the last part of the Be Mine Design Adhesive sheet, and is accented with a flower stamped with a design using S.B. ColorBox Premium Dye Ink ink Strawberry...



SUPPLIES:
Clearsnap Products:
Other Products:
Tools:

  • Trimmer, Scissors, Heat Gun, Paper Piercer and 2" Circle Punch
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Cut a 4 X 12 piece of kraft cardstock and fold in half to make card. Ink edges using Strawberry Dye Ink applied using Stylus & Tip.
  2. Ink Lace stamp using Licorice Dye Ink and stamp at top and bottom of card.
  3. Cut a 4 X 3 1/4 piece of black cardstock, ink lace stamp with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx and stamp short ends, emboss using Clear Embossing Powder. Ink edges with Jasmine Ink applied using Stylus & Tip then adhere about 1 3/4 from top of card.
  4. Place lace in Color Catcher, spritz with both colors of Smooch Spritz and let dry {or speed up dry time with heat gun}. Adhere along bottom of black cardstock piece.
  5. Ink Flourish stamp using Strawberry ink and stamp design on flower. Adhere at bottom left of card, place black half pearl at center.
  6. Stamp tag with Ledger stamp inked using Licorice Dye Ink; placing stamp at a slight angle to tag. Tear about 1" off bottom of tag {reserve} and then ink tag using Strawberry Dye Ink Applied using Stylus & Tip.
  7. Rub circle portion of Be Mine Design Adhesive onto kraft cardstock. Remove backing, then cut a mask from the backing to cover the inner portion of the design. Place mask on design and tap on Black Embossing Powder, being careful NOT to get powder under the mask, tap off excess. Remove mask and add Red Embossing Powder, tap off excess and heat set. Use circle punch to cut out design. Adhere to upper left of card using brad, using paper piercer to make hole at center of circle and through tag.
  8. Rub on "xo" portion of Design Adhesive as shown and emboss using Black Embossing Powder.
  9. Cut apart 3 hearts from heart strip portion of Design Adhesive and rub on below "xo"; emboss using Red Embossing Powder.
  10. Use red and black pens to "grafitti" Design Adhesives and to add any personalization desired.
  11. Tie twine through hole of tag and adhere tag using 3D Foam Squares at a slight angle on card front.
  12. Rub "Be Mine" onto torn scrap from tag, emboss using Red Embossing powder. Trim close to words, dovetailing right end. Use black pen to add loose outline around edges, then adhere to bottom of card.
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