Rubber-stamped card: Three Lovely Hearts
by Dena Lenham for Kreinik (www.kreinik.com)
Skill Level: Beginner
Age Level: 1st grade and up
Estimated Time: 30 minutes
Materials:
- Kreinik Tapestry #12 Braid in metallic color 003 Red
- white cardstock
- red cardstock
- Treasure Tape 1/4" tape (heavy duty double-sided tape)
- Treasure Tape 1-inch roll (heavy duty double-sided tape)
- Diamond Beadlets® (clear micro beads)
- "Love" stamp (we used Love Without End stamp set by Stampin Up)
- red ink pad
- heart punch (we used one by Stampin Up)
- shallow pan or tray
Instructions:
- From your red cardstock, punch three heart shapes. Discard the shapes and use the punched pieces for this card. (You can use the shapes for another creative project)
- Cut each of these into 1" x 1.5" strips, with the heart-hole centered in each block.
- Line the back with a piece of the 1-inch Treasure Tape, sticky side up.
- In your shallow pan or tray, lay the sticky heart openings face up, and pour on Diamond Beadlets®. Swirl beads with your fingers to fully cover the adhesive area.
- Remove the red liner from the back of each heart square, and stick in a row on your card, about 2/3 down the front of the card.
- Lay a piece of 1/4" Treasure Tape across the top of these squares, from card edge to card edge. Remove the red liner and decorate with red Braid, doing curly q's or swirls or any other random effect.
- When thread decorating is complete, lay the card in your tray again, and cover this strip with Diamond Beadlets®.
- Using the red ink pad and your "love" stamp, print three "love" images above each heart square.