Heart Stamp Card

Heart Stamp Card

Designed by: Amy Law
Skill Level: Beginner

If you love beads and you love card making,combine the two hobbies and make artist-level designs you can sell in trendystationery stores. Use this colorful, creative idea to get you started. Itfeatures red liner Treasure Tape, Kreinik metallic threads, and clear DiamondBeadlets.

Materials needed:

•  Strathmore Creative Cards blank card & envelope
• Black paper
• 3.5x2.25 Decorative black paper (Mary Engelbreit)
• small scraps of coordinating pink print paper
• textured pink cardstock
• 4" x 6" sheet Treasure Tape sheet
• 1/8" Treasure Tape Trim
• Diamond Beadlets
• Kreinik 1/8" Ribbon in colors 042, 007C, 153V, and 001J
• Kreinik #16 Braid in colors 031, 003V and 005C
• Punch-1 9/16" stamp shape, McGill Craftivity, 3/4" square, Punch Bunch
• pencil, scissors, glue stick, shallow pan or tray

Instructions:

 1. Adhere your scrolled decorative blackpaper to your card. Cut a .5" x 3.5" strip of your Treasure TapeSheet, and apply it across the center of your scrolled paper. Press outward fromthe center to remove any air pockets.

2. Peel back the red liner and begin laying downrows of thread. You can alternate between ribbon and braid for different widthstripes. Trim the threads at each end.

3. Using your 1/8" Treasure Trim, create atape border around the outside of the scrolled paper, overlapping the paper andthe ends of your thread stripes. Peel back the red liner and lay down a borderusing your 042 Ribbon.

4. Punch a "stamp" shape out of thepink cardstock. Next punch a smaller square shape out of your coordinatingpatterned paper. Attach it to the center of your stamp shape. Cut a small heartfrom your Treasure Tape sheet, and adhere it to the center of your square. Pressfirmly.

5. Adhere your stamped motif to the center ofyour card, over the stripes. Peel back the red liner on your heart shape.Outline your heart with braid.

6. Place your card into a shallow tray or in asmall bag, and pour beadlets over the exposed tape areas. Tap to remove excessbeadlets.

Printing Instructions:

To print the instructions for this project clickon the on the link above "Printable version" and then print the pageusing your web browser.

If you have trouble printing this page and wouldlike us to send you a printed copy send a #10 SASE to: Heart Stamp Card, P.O.Box 1258, Parkersburg, WV 26102.

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