Day Four of my Cardworks Blog!

It's been fun posting my cards and cruising around the other blogs.  Experience will teach me a thing or two!

Here is my next card:


Love, Anniversary or Valentine's Day Card

This is a versatile card and can be used in the above three ways.  The pink heart was die cut & embossed; then a running stitch was placed around the edge with embroidery thread. The card stock is obviously a darker red. The white CS was cut short width-wise in order to accommodate the red round rhinestones. The CS was run through the Cutlebug with a swirl-type embossing folder with enough smooth surface kept in order to paper punch it with the lacy design.  There is also a second piece of white CS that was also paper punched (but not embossed).

Between the two white CS pieces, I took five pieces of designer paper (these were scraps from old valentines) and cut them to fit evenly. The short white piece of CS was adhered first to the surface of the card itself with DST.  The small DP pieces were adhered to the white CS with double-sided tape. Make sure to butt the seams together tightly without any gaps between the pieces of paper.  The embossed white CS was added on top of the designer-paper pieces (covering over the top edges of the DP) with DST.  The pink heart was secured with glue dots.  The rhinestones had adhesive on the backs and were securely placed evenly on the right front side of the card.  The last step was putting the piece of embroidery floss around the card and tying a bow.

The cards from days two, three and four did not have exact measurements given because these cards were mailed, so I don't have them to measure. They were, however, all standard A2 cards.

Day four completed!