Inspirational Flowers

Greetings! It's Tuesday which means it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week is "Anything Goes".

We've had a real winter here in the Northeast and everything is cold, grey, and dreary (including my mood). So, I decided to brighten things up a tad with this card featuring the beautiful Steampunk flowers from the Tracy Scott TS095 Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set by PaperArtsy with the Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium, and a sentiment from the Uplifting Sentiment Stickers by Lavinia Stamps.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Tracy Scott TS095 Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set by PaperArtsy.

Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

Uplifting Sentiment Stickers by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: B66, B63, B60, Y28, Y26, Y23, E18, E07, YR21, T8, T7, T5, T4, T2, BG57, BG49

Gold Uni-Posca Paint Pen by Mitsubishi Pencil

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Pigma Black Pigment Pen by Sakura

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 12x12 Raven Cardstock in half. Score at 6" and fold to form a 6" square card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Steampunk flowers from the Tracy Scott TS095 Rubber Cling Mounted Stamp Set.
3. Color the flowers with Copic markers, fussy-cut them, then edge them with a black marker. 
4. Use a white gel pen to add highlights. 
5. Trim a piece of black brick paper from the Brick Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad to 5.75" square. 
6. Edge with a gold Posca paint pen. 
7. Adhere the patterned paper panel to the reserved black 6" square card.
8. Adhere the three flowers on a diagonal as shown. 
9. Adhere two black sentiment stickers from the Uplifting Sentiment Stickers to the lower left corner to finish the card.

I do believe those are the briefest instructions I've written in ages! Thanks for visiting today!

Happy Birthday Card

Greetings! Here's my second card for this month's Fruit and Flowers Challenge at Lost Coast Portal To Creativity which was created with the lovely Mucha Fan Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs. 

Products Used:

Mucha Fan Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Grey Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

 Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E000

 Cheek: R20

 Lips: E04, R32

 Hair: E49, 47, E44

 Dress: RV93, RV91, RV11, RV10

 Flowers in her hair: RV91, RV11, B95

 Fan: B95, B91, <B91, N5, N4, N2, RV93, RV11, RV10

 Background: B91, <B91

 Frame: N5, N3

Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Funky Fossil Designs

A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons by Funky Fossil Designs

Flag Cutting Die: Source Unknown

Small Talk Occasions idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holt for Advantus

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Make a 7" x 5" card from grey textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Mucha Fan Girl Rubber Stamp onto white cardstock.
3. Color the image, background, and frame with Copic markers. Set it aside
4. Fussy-cut the framed image, edge with a dark marker, and set aside.
5. Trim a piece of patterned paper from the Vintage Patchwork 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad to 6.875" x 4.875".
6. Use a craft or exacto knife to cut around the left edge of one of the flowers.
7. Slide a piece of scrap cardstock under the edge of the cut flower and use E43, E41, and E40 Copic markers to edge it.
8. Slide the colored Mucha Fan panel under the edge of the cut flower on the patterned paper and adhere it.
9. Use a flag cutting die to cut the top left of the trimmed off piece of patterned paper from step 5.
10. Choose a sentiment sticker and color it with B91 and <B91 Copic markers, then edge it with the E41 Copic markers.
11. Adhere the sentiment sticker to the patterned paper die-cut flag.
12. Edge the flag die-cut with the E41 Copic marker.
13. Edge the patterned paper panel with N2, E41, and B91 Copic markers.
14. Adhere the patterned paper panel to the reserved grey 7" x 5" card.
15. Add Rub-On Jewels from the A6 Vintage Patchwork Rub-Ons by Funky Fossil Designs to the sentiment die-cut, the upper left, and upper right corners of the card as the finishing touch.

Thanks for visiting today!

You should definitely partipate in this month's Fruit and Foliage Challenge #194 for a chance to win Lost Coast Cash!

Life is full of Beauty

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs. Their newest collection is the Mixed Media Compendium and it's absolutely fabulous! Click HERE to see what's new! However, I will tell you that you really ought to check out the bundled Mixed Media Compendium Collection which includes the A5 Beauty In Bloom Clear Stamp Set, the A5 Wings of Change Clear Stamp Set, the  Mixed Media Stencil Pack, the 8x8 Mixed Media Compendium Patterned Paper Pad, and the Checkmate Stellar Paste. It's a fantastic deal!

However, I opted to go fairly clean and simple with my first project using the Mixed Media Compendium products, though I channeled my inner magpie and made it sparkly.

Here's my card!

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Beauty In Bloom Clear Stamp Set 

Flowerful Mask

Winged Mask

Other Products Used:
Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Obsidian Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs

Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Tranquil and Serene Dye Inks by Catherine Pooler Designs

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers: BV000, BV0000, E21, E000

Shinhan Touch Markers: Dark Blue Light, Pale Blue, Coral Red, Deep Red

Pigma Black Pen

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform 

Notes:

• Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock is an off-white shimmery cardstock that is compatible with alcohol markers. When dye inks are applied, they acquire a lovely shimmer, which appeals to my inner magpie. I hope you can see the shimmer on my card.
• My "go to" Memento Dye Ink smeared horribly and corrupted a completely innocent Copic marker. so I tried Amalgam ink instead and heat set it. 
• I did not want to risk contaminating my beloved Copics, so I used older duplicate markers for the skin and Shinhan Touch markers for the flowers and her lips. I had purchased a few Shinhan Touch markers when I first started my alcohol marker journey addiction over 15 years ago. The ones I used were still mostly okay, but I discovered a red one whose nib just broke off. 

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 12x12 black cardstock in half, score at 6", and fold to form a 6" square card. Set aside.
2. Use Obsidian Amalgam Ink to stamp the left gazing face from the Beauty In Bloom Clear Stamp Set twice — once onto a 6" square panel of Cryogen White Curious Metallic cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Heat set the image on the Cryogen White cardstock.
4. Use alcohol markers to color the face and the flowers. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Beauty In Bloom face and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
6. Brush Lost Shadow Distress Ink over the image panel.
7. Place the Flowerful Mask over the left side of the image panel and secure with magnets. 
8. Brush Tranquil over the Flowerful Mask onto the image panel.
9. Remove the mask from the image panel. 
10. Move the image panel and clean the Glassboard.
11. Place the Winged Mask over the image panel, secured with magnets.
12. Brush Serene over the Winged Mask onto the image panel.
13. Remove the mask from the image panel. 
14. Move the image panel, clean both masks, and the Glassboard.
15. Remove the sticker paper mask from the stamped image.
16. Trim the image panel to 5.75" square.
17. Use a black pen to edge the image panel.
18. Heat set the image panel.
19. Place the image panel back onto the stamping panel and secure with magnets.
20. Place the "Life is" sentiment facedown on the lower right of the image panel as shown.
21. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
22. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
23. Heat-set the image panel.
24. Adhere the image panel to the reserved black 6x6 card.

Thanks for visiting today!

Owl You Need Is Love

Greetings! It's Tuesday which means it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week the team's focus is on Lavinia Stamps' wonderful products. I've used their Ginger Clear Polymer Stamp, Bijou Clear Polymer Stamp,  Tree Den Clear Polymer Stamp. and Fairy Charms Clear Polymer Stamp Set for my images. I also used their Acetate Circle Masks and the Replenish Stencil with their Blue Lagoon and Dark Denim Elements Inks.

Here's the card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Ginger Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Bijou Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Tree Den Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Fairy Charms Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Circle Masks by Lavinia Stamps

Replenish Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Blue Lagoon and Dark Denim Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink Pen by Sakura

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Classic Blue and Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Owl You Need Clear Stamp Set 156 by AALL and Create

Copic Markers: 

 Ginger (on left): E77, E74, E71, E70, BG34 , BG23, BG11, Y38, Y35, Y06

 Bijou (on right): RV95, RV93, RV91, C3, C1, Y18, Y06

 Tree Branch: E39, E27, E25, E23, E21

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Classic Blue cardstock. Set it aside.
2. Place a sheet of white cardstock onto your stamping platform secured with magnets.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Bijou Clear Polymer Stamp twice — once onto the image panel and again onto repositionable sticker paper. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over Bijou on the image panel.
5. Place the Ginger Clear Polymer Stamp to Bijou's left and stamp it twice with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 
6. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of Ginger and place it over his counterpart on the image panel. 
7. Place the Tree Den Clear Polymer Stamp, used as a tree branch,  under both Ginger and Bijou's feet. Stamp it twice with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 
8. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Tree Den and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.
9. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and place it onto the STAY-tion secured with magnets and/or low-tack tape. 
10. Place the smallest circle from the Acetate Circle Masks above Ginger and Bijou.
11. Lightly brush Dark Denim Elements Ink over the masked images onto the image panel. 
12. Brush Blue Lagoon Elements Ink over the darker blue to create a richer blue. 
13. Place the Replenish Stencil over the image panel and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape. 
14. Brush Blue Lagoon Elements Inkover the stencil to add a tone on tone heart pattern to the background.
15. Remove and clean the stencils and acetate circle mask.
16. Remove the masks from the stamped images.
17. Color the images with Copic markers.
18. Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform secured with magnets.
19. Place small pieces of low-tack tape over Ginger and Bijou's beaks. 
20. Position the two heart charms from the Fairy Charms Clear Polymer Stamp Set so it would look as though the owls were carrying the heart charms. 
21. Ink both stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain good impressions.
22. Remove the heart charm stamps.
23. Remove the two pieces of low-tack tape.
24. Position a sentiment from the retired Owl You Need Clear Stamp Set 156 over the moon.
25. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain good impressions.
26. Use a Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink Pen to add a glittery outline to the moon.
27. Trim the image panel to 4.375" x 6.375" and edge with a black marker.
28. Adhere the image panel to a piece of white cardstock.
29. Adhere the matted image panel to the reserved blue 5" x 7" card. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Love Anchors The Soul

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs. Here's a very large card created with the Vintage Ink Collection by Belinda Basson. It's a retro tattoo themed collection with fabulous imagery which I just love. I've used the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set, the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad, and the three-piece Rope Frame Die Set. 

By the way, the Vintage Ink Core Collection, which is comprised of Forever True Clear Stamp Set, Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set is on sale right now, and so is the Rope Frame Die Set!

Here it is!

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set

Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad

Rope Frame Die Set

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Brown/Mustard Yellow Cardstock from the Chocolate Box Core'dinations Pad

Patterned Vellum: Source Unknown

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Azure StazOn Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Uncharted Mariner, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, and Tea Dye Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers:

 Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R20 (cheeks)

 Hair: E71, E47, E44

 Nails: R21, R02

 Tattoo: R45, R35, YG45, B29

 Hat/Jersey: E42, E41, E40

 Tie: B97, B37, B34, B32

 Undershirt: B23, B21

 Ship: W2, W1, E81, E77, E74, E71

 Rope: E84, E81, Y28,  Y26

 Anchor and Knife: T7, T5, T4, T3, T2, Y28, Y26, Y23

 Roses: R46, R39, R37, R35, R27, R24

 Leaves: YG67, YG45, YG41

 Thorns and Stems: YG95, YG67, R35

 Sea: B95, B52

 Sunset: Y02, Y00, R81

Flag Die by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-Tack Tape

Sookwang Tape

Tape-runner Type of adhesive

Stipple Brush

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an 5.5" x 8.5" card from black cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Sailor image from the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color the image on the cardstock.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
5. Place the center die from the Rope Frame Die Set facedown over the image panel and secure with low-tack tape. Run this combo through your die-cut machine.
6. Place the image panel die-cut onto a STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
7. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the image panel where the sun's rays stop and the roses begin.
8. Brush Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink over the tape and the masked image onto the die-cut.
9. Remove the low-tack tape from the image panel. Replace it horizontally so that it's covering the top part of the image panel.
10. Brush Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink over the tape and the masked image onto the bottom part of the image panel die-cut.
11. Edge the image panel die-cut with a black marker.
12. Use the Solid Rope Frame Die from the Rope Frame Die Set to cut mustard yellow Core'dinations Cardstock. 
13. Use a sanding block to rough up the surface and the edges. 
14. Use the Rope Frame Die to cut another piece of the mustard yellow Core'dinations Cardstock. Be sure to retain all the pieces that pop out of the die.
15. Randomly sponge and edge both yellow die-cuts with Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, and Tea Dye Distress Inks to add a touch of grunge to both die-cuts.
16. Use a tape-runner type of adhesive around outside .5" of the solid frame die-cut.
17. Adhere the open rope frame atop the solid rope frame.
18. Place all the bits of inlay on a sticky mat and use a stipple brush to add splats and splotches of Distress ink to them.
19. Inlay all the bits into their counterparts on the combined Rope Frame Die. It's fiddly, but worth it.
20. Heavily edge the entire rope frame die-cut with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
21. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the center of the Rope Frame.
22. Realize that it's not straight. Be bummed out. Shrug it off. 
23. Cut two .5" strips of blue polka dot paper from the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad. Trim them to 6" wide.
24. Adhere them to a piece of cardstock cut to 6" x 8.5".
25. Trim the floral patterned paper from the Vintage Ink 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad to 6" wide. Edge both the top and bottom with a black pen.
26. Adhere the floral patterned paper between the polka dot paper.
27. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the layered patterned paper.
28. Trim the layered paper to 5.5" wide which will cut off part of the rope frame. Alas. Alack. Poor planning on my part. Be more bummed out. Shrug it off again.
29. Use a black marker to edge the 5.5" x 8.5" panel.
30. Adhere it to the reserved black card.
31. Back a piece of vellum with Sookwang or any other strong two-sided tape.
32. Secure the vellum to the base of a stamping platform with tape, magnets, etc.
33. Using a stamping platform and Azure StazOn Ink, stamp the "Love Anchors the Soul" sentiment from the Hello Sailor Clear Stamp Set. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
34. Use a flag die to cut the sentiment.
35. Trim the sentiment flag die-cut a tad.
36. Remove the backing of the tape and adhere the sentiment as shown to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

Best Wishes * Good Luck * All the Best

Greetings! Here's my first card for this month's Fruit and Flowers Challenge at Lost Coast Portal To Creativity.. I've created a slimline card with all three of the gorgeous ATC Hamsa Hands Rubber Stamp Set. 

Here it is!

Products Used:
ATC Hamsa Hands Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Back and front of one piece of Kaleidoscope 12x12 Patterned Paper by Graphic 45

Class A Peels/Starform Foil Sentiment and Corner Stickers

Copic Markers: B41, B29, B28, B24, B23, B21, BV17, BV11, FV2, R01, YG45, YG41, G07, RV95, RV93, RV91, RV77, RV63, E77, E74, N6, N5, N4, C00

Stamping Platform

Notes:

• Here's some information from Wikipedia about the Hamsa. 

"The hand, particularly the open right hand, is a sign of protection that also represents blessings, power and strength, and is seen as potent in deflecting the evil eye.The hand can be depicted with the fingers spread apart to ward off evil, or as closed together to bring good luck".

• I like to use A10 cards for most of my slimline cards. They measure 9.5" x 4.125". 

 Instructions: 

1. Cut a piece of Raven (black) cardstock to 9.125" x 8.25". Score at 4.125" and fold to form a 9.125" x 4.125" card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp all three Hamsas from the ATC Hamsa Hands Rubber Stamp Set onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut them, color them with Copic markers, and edge them with a dark marker. Set them aside.
4. Trim the sheet of 12x12 floral/solid-ish patterned paper from the Kaleidoscope Collection to 8.875"" wide.
5. Cut one piece to 8.875" x 3.875"and a second one to 8.25" x 3.25". Edge both piece with a black marker. 
6. Adhere the smaller sheet of patterned paper panel solid-ish side up onto the larger sheet of floral paper.
7. The layered papers then were adhered to the reserved black card.
8. Adhere the fussy-cut colored hamsas  to the card front as shown.
9. Adhere gold foil sentiments and corner stickers to complete the card. 

You should definitely partipate in this month's Fruit and Foliage Challenge #194 for a chance to win Lost Coast Cash!

Lovebirds XOXOXO

It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. It's an "Anything Goes" week and I've made yet another Valentine's Day card with the Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Hobby Art, Ltd., the Heart Layered Stencils/Masks by Studio Light, the Ink Drops - Candy Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium, Strawberry VersaFine Clair Ink, and a sentiment from the JM 20 Mini Love Birds Cling Mounted Stamp Set by JOFY for PaperArtsy.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Hobby Art, Ltd.

Heart Layered Stencils/Masks by Studio Light

Ink Drops - Candy Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

JM 20 Mini Love Birds Cling Mounted Stamp Set by JOFY for PaperArtsy

Strawberry and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Red Devil Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: N5, N4, N3, N2, N1, N0, V15, V04, BG72, BG57, BG49, R17, R14, R02, Y02, Y00, T2, T1, T0

Pebbles Inkpad by Catherine Pooler Design

Pigma BB Black Pen by Sakura

Hearts Nestabilities Dies by Spellbinders Paper Arts

XOXO Dies: Source Unknown

Repositionable Sticker Paper

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Red Devil cardstock to create an A6 card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Inkto stamp the pigeon pair from the Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Color the Funky Pigeons pair with Copic markers.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart as a mask.
5. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the pigeon's feet to mask them and the bottom of the image panel. 
6. Sponge or brush grey ink over the masked pigeons. Set the pigeon panel aside.
7. Remove the tape and use Copic markers to color the bottom of the image panel. Set the image panel aside.
8. Use StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the polaroid frame from the Funky Pigeons Clear Polymer Stamp Set onto a piece of predominantly red patterned paper from the Ink Drops - Candy Patterned Paper Pad. 
9. Fussy-cut the outside of the frame. 
10. Use a craft knife to cut out the inside of the frame. Edge the exterior and interior of the polaroid frame with StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink.
11. Place the Heart Layered Stencils/Masks over the fussy-cut frame.
12. Brush StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the frame. 
13. Move the stencil and continue to brush ink over the stencil until you're happy with the amount of hearts on the frame.
14. Adhere the Funky Pigeons image panel behind the stenciled and fussy-cut frame. Set aside.
15. Use a heart die to cut a heart from the top left of the remaining piece of patterned paper left over from the frame. 
16. Place a piece of low-tack tape over the back of the heart-shaped aperture in the patterned paper. Place the heart die-cut onto the tape. 
17. Place the piece of the patterned paper onto a stamping platform. 
18. Position the "lovebirds" stamp from the M 20 Mini Love Birds Cling Mounted Stamp Set by JOFY facedown onto the heart die-cut. 
19. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift. 
20. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
21. Edge the heart with StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink then use a black pen to edge it again.
22. Take a piece of the same patterned paper used for the frame and the heart and trim it to 6" x 4.25".
23. Edge the patterned paper with StrawberryVersaFine Clair Ink, then use a black pen to edge it a second time. 
24. Use a yellow Copic marker to slightly deepen the pale yellow veins in the patterned paper on the frame, heart, and background panel to a darker yellow.
25. Adhere the 6" x 4.25" patterned paper to the reserved red A6 card. 
26. Adhere the sentiment heart die-cut and the framed image panel to the patterned paper. 
27. Use an "XOXOXO" cutting die to cut red cardstock. 
28. Adhere the letters vertically to complete the card.

Thanks for visiting today!