Welcome to this week’s Paper Players challenge. Anne Marie’s Hearts and/or Stars Theme Challenge gives us endless possibilities to express our creativity!
Since Valentine’s Day is a week away, I chose to go with “hearts”, and lots of them I might add. My card today is a standard A-2 Basic White card base with Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo die cut, scattered hearts. Of course, I had to add the “bling” because everything looks better with a little sparkle, right?
I used the Lots of Heart Bundle’s dies and stamp set to complete this card and you can get all the details on the products at the end of this post.
I want to talk about a simple technique I tried with the border die on the bottom of my card. It was fun and I love the way it turned out.
Supplies you will need:
- Regular copy paper or light weight paper.
- Your favorite die.
- Adhesive Sheets. I used Sizzix 6″ x 6″ Adhesive Sheets.
- Thin strips of cardstock.
Here’s the “How To”:
- Cut your copy paper to a 6″ width and attach the adhesive sheet to it.
- Peel down the backing on the adhesive sheet about 1 1/2″ from the top and fold it over toward you.
- Try to keep it straight as you peel it back. It will be easier to keep your cardstock strips straight. I use the grid on my craft table mat.
- Attach your cardstock strips to the sticky side making sure they’re butted tight to each other.
- Place your die on top of your new pattern and run it through your cutting machine.
- Enjoy your new patterned cardstock die cut!
- When finished, cover any extra “sticky” side of the adhesive sheet with the top you folded down and tuck the rest away for the next time you want to add a little something to a plain die cut image.
Check back tomorrow. I will have a FREE PDF tutorial you can download and print.
So, pull out some of your colorful cardstock strips, add a little adhesive and your favorite die and create something unique to you!!
…the only limitation is your imagination!
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Sweet card, Debbie! I love everything about it! It would be adorable even without those fun hearts at the bottom! Thanks for the tutorial…heaven knows we all have little strips of CS laying around….great way to use it up and make a cool diecut at the same time! I am going to give this technique a try myself! TFS!
Thank you, LeAnne. I hope you give it a try. It’s a lot of fun experimenting with the colors.
So lovely, Debbie! I love the clean look. The sentiment is SO sweet. LOVE it! And what a clever way to create the heart border! Have a wonderful week!
Thank you much, Ann. This was another fun experiment.
Awesome design…i love all those lil hearts! So pretty!
Thank you, Laurie.
I’m so glad you gave visuals for how you did the heart border! I noticed the multiple colors right away and I was like how did she color those lines so straight!?? LOL! Fantastic way to use narrow scraps! Love it! Have a great week!
Hi Amanda. So glad you enjoyed the visuals. If you ever saw me coloring, you would laugh… I hope you try that little tip. It’s fun and easy. Enjoy your week, also.
Love this card Debbie – so beautifully clean and simple with hearts galore. A great tutorial for your ombre linking hearts too – what a fun way to use up scraps!
Fabulous, Deb. I love those ombre hearts and thanks for the great tutorial. Hope you had a wonderful week
Jaydee
Here I’ve been resisting buying this bundle and your colorful strip technique was just the push I needed to “add to cart”. Lol! I love how the hearts pop on the clean design and that striped detail steals the show. So cute! Thanks for rocking my challenge this week! -xoxo