Collaged Valentine Card with Bookmark Gift

Hello, hostess Tami here!

I have one last Valentine card to share with you, and it features a "hidden" gift!

The embossed metal heart embellishment pulls out to become a bookmark!

 

The metal heart was diecut, embossed, then sanded and tinted using homemade alcohol ink. To  make your own alcohol ink, just mix drops of ColorBox Dye Ink from the Refill Bottle with an equal part of alcohol. I used the ColorBox Stylus & Tip to aply the ink...

The background was diecut and embossed, then inked lightly using ColorBox Chalk Ink for color, and then a light layer of Watermark Twinkle Pearl for shimmer, both applied using the ColorBox Stylus & Tip...

A diecut and printed paper were layered to make a background for the card...

And the sentiment was stamped using ColorBox Chalk Ink and cut out...

Ribbon trims finish up the card.

I was having trouble trying to sand the tiny hearts using small pieces of sandpaper; one or the other kept slipping out of my hand. I saw a WELL used Tip that the foam piece was all but torn apart, so I pulled the foam off and glued on a piece of sandpaper. When the glue was dry {I used Beacon's 3-in-1}, I trimmed around the sandpaper to fit the tip. It worked VERY well in sanding those tiny hearts! And it recycled a Tip that was headed for the trash...

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap Products:

• ColorBox Limited Edition Fluid Chalk Ink: Butter, Black Cherry and Fawn
• Watermark Twinkle Pearl
• ColorBox Archival Dye Ink Refill Bottle: Mudslide
• ColorBox Stylus & Tips

Other Products:

• My Sentiments Exactly: Valentine's Sentiments
• Spellbinders: Jewel Tones Premium Craft Foil: Red, Nestabilities: Labels Twenty Two and A2 Polka Dots and Heart
• Sizzix: Embossing Folder: Ornate Swirls
• Bazzill: Kraft and Cream Cardstocks
• Reminisce: My Sweet Valentine: Sweetheart
• Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry and 3-in-1 Glue
• Large Paper Clip
• Red Metallic Ribbon
• Yellow Seam Binding
• 3D Foam Dots
• Alcohol

Tools:

• Scissors, Trimmer and Heat Gun

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut a 5 X 10 piece of kraft cardstock and fold in half to make card.
2. Cut a 4 X 4 1/2 piece of printed paper, ink edges using Fawn Chalk Ink applied with Stylus & Tips and adhere toward right side of card.
3. Cut a 4 1/2 X 3 piece of cream cardstock and diecut using polka dot die so that top and sides are diecut. Layer at a slant at upper left of card.
4. Cut a 4 X 4 piece of cream cardstock and emboss using embossing folder, then diecut using label die. Lightly ink embossed designs using Butter Chalk Ink, then Watermark Twinkle Pearl Ink; heatset. Ink edges using Fawn Chalk Ink applied with Stylus & Tips.
5. Cut a small slit at a slant towards the center of the diecut for the paperclip {with the rounded edges of the diecut at top and bottow}, and then adhere using 3D Dots at corners.
6. Dovetail ends of red ribbon and adhere under lower left of diecut.
7. Stamp sentiment on kraft using Dark Cherry Chalk Ink and cut out, ink edges using Fawn Chalk Ink applied with Stylus & Tips and adhere at upper right of diecut.
8. Diecut heart, then emboss using embossing folder. Sand embossed design, then apply homemade alcohol ink using Stylus & Tips to heart. When dry, use 3D Foam Dot to adhere paperclip to back of heart. Then cut a small piece of cardstock and adhere with 3-in-1 Glue, sandwiching the paperclip between the foil and cardstock scrap.
9. Slip paperclip/bookmark into slit cut in embossed piece.
10. Make a bow using yellow seam binding, dovetail ends and adhere by back of loops on either side of paperclip. {don't adhere at center or you won't be able to remove the bookmark!}