A Very Happy Birthday Card

by Kathy Wegner

 
Materials needed:
• Blank blue greeting card with envelope
• Papers: two 2 1/2” x 1 1/2” white cardstock, 3 1/2” x 2 1/2” red cardstock, 4 1/2” x 3 1/2” multicolor heart print paper
• Mrs. K’s Iron-on Braid: 6130 Red
• Kreinik Teflon Press Cloth
• “A Very Happy Birthday” stamp from Plaid® All Night Media® Anna Griffin™ Salutations Stamp Set 2483R
• Memories™ black ink pad
• Fiskars® Scallop Paper Edgers
Double-sided Treasure Tape 4" x 6" sheet
 
Supplies:
Tracing paper, transfer paper, pencil, scissors, ruler, baking parchment paper, iron, and eraser.
 
Instructions:
1.  Trace heart onto tracing paper and cut out. Draw around heart on red cardstock and cut out.
2.  Turn the iron on to high setting (the cotton or linen setting) and allow it to heat thoroughly. Place parchment paper on ironing surface. Place Teflon cloth over thread before ironing. Press with the iron for about 30 seconds. Wrap thread diagonally around heart, ironing after each wrap. Cut small pieces of thread and iron randomly on heart print paper.
3.  Stamp birthday message on each white cardstock piece. Let ink dry.
4.  Following package directions, apply double-sided adhesive to backs of heart, stamped cardstock and heart print paper. Cut around birthday messages and cut heart print paper to 4” x 3” using scallop edgers.
5.  Adhere heart print paper to card front. Adhere heart to heart print paper. Adhere birthday messages to cardstock, above and below heart print paper. Erase any transfer lines.
 
Pattern:

 

 

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