Clearsnap: Send a Loveletter from the Heart

Ready for another Valentine card? Jean Okimoto here, sharing another water-spritzed background design.

Clearsnap Products - view the 2013 Catalog* here

ColorBox Pigment Inkpads - Celadon, Citrine, Picante, Cranberry, Black (*Page 10)
ColorBox Stylus and White Blending Tips (*Page 67)
Top Boss Opalescent Clear Embossing Powder (*Page 18)

Stamps

Other Supplies

Directions

Spray the smoother side of the watercolor paper with 2 spritzes of water
Press Celadon onto half of the acrylic block
Use the Stylus and Tips to ink the remainder of the block with Picante and Citrine
Spray the inks with 4 spritzes of water and tilt the block so the inks begin to run together
Press the inked block onto the watercolor paper
Remove the block, rotate it 180 degrees and press the residual inks onto the watercolor paper
Heat-set the inked watercolor paper
Stamp Typewriter with Black and emboss it with detail clear powder
Stamp "love letter" (attached to the side of the stamp) with Cranberry and emboss it
Stamp the heart (attached to the side of the Valentines Duo stamp with Cranberry and emboss it
Trim the watercolor paper, ink the bottom edge with Cranberry and emboss it with Opalescent Clear Embossing Powder
Ink the remaining edges with Celadon and emboss them with Opalescent Clear
Diecut "xo" from silver mirror cardstock
Cut a 1" x 3.5" strip of black cardstock
Cut a 1.5" x 4" strip of Dark Red Cardstock
Assemble the card - use foam dots for the stamped piece

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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