Hi Everyone!
My first project for this blog comes from
Stampin' Up's Paper Pumpkin. Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription
where Stampin' Up will send you a surprise craft project every month. Usually
it is a card project but every once in a while, they send out a different kind
of project. This month's kit was called Adoring Arrows and it was 24 little
treat bags. I absolutely love getting Paper Pumpkin delivered to my door every
month and it comes with everything you will need to create the project as well
as an exclusive stamp set. You can only get this stamp set if you are a Paper
Pumpkin subscriber. Now I'm not a Stampin' Up demonstrator but I know that you
can find one through Stampin' Up's website (www.stampinup.com).
From this month's Paper Pumpkin kit, I will be
using the following items:
- Adoring Arrows
stamp set
- Heart die cut
- 1 wooden dowel
- 1 double heart
sticker
- 1 tail sticker
Additionally, I used the following items from my
own stock:
- Bird punch
- 1 piece of black
card stock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
- 1 piece of red
card stock cut at 5 1/4" x 4"
- 1 piece of white
card stock cut at 5 1/4" x 4"
- 1 piece of white
card stock cut at 5" x 3 3/4"
- adhesive
- dimensionals
- red ink pad
*please note, I did not use the heart punch that
is pictured. I thought I would use it but decided the did not need it.
The first thing I did was make the arrow that
appears in the center of the card. To do this I put the double heart sticker on
one end, making sure that the pointed tip is in the center of one side the
heart and then fold over the other side. On the other end, I attached the tail
in the same way as the point.
The next step is to get the love birds all
situated. For this I took my red card stock and bird punch. I punched out both
of the birds from the center of the red card stock (don't worry, the smaller
piece of white card stock will cover up the holes that you just punched
out).
Your next step is to do some of your stamping. I
decided I wanted to use the heart stamp with the word love across it and
stamped it on the heart die cut.
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I always lay things out before gluing them down,
this way I can make sure my vision actually works on paper and not just in my
head. Taking the smaller piece of white, position the arrow so it is at a
slight angle with the point facing downwards. My next step was to position the
heart over the arrow. Finally I positioned the birds so that they were under
the heart and facing each other. I wanted it to look like they were sitting on
the arrow, kissing each other. Once you have the arrow, birds and heart in the
positions you want, glue them down. I used Elmer's glue for the arrow, dimensionals for
the heart and glue dots for the birds (for attaching their wings to their
bodies and for attaching them to the card stock). Once everything is glued onto
the front of the card, I did the last bit of stamping. I took the stamp that
had the three small hearts and stamped it above the birds' beaks. I only did it
twice so I had six tiny hearts but you can add as many as you want.
Before I put the rest of my card together,
I decided I would stamp the piece of white card stock that will go on the
inside of my card. For this, I took the same tiny hearts stamp and stamped it
once in the upper left hand corner and once in the lower right hand side. In
the center, I decided to stamp my "Happy Valentine's Day" but I think
it would also look good if you left the center blank.
My next step was to attach this piece to my red
card stock that I punched the birds out from. You should have a quarter inch
red border around the front of your card. Next you will take your black piece
of card stock and fold it in half so it measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".
Adhere the red card stock to the front. Again, you will have a quarter inch
border. Finally, you will adhere the piece of white card stock with the
"Happy Valentine's Day" stamped on it to the inside of your
card.
And there you have it. Now you have a beautiful
Love Bird's Valentine's Day card. It can also be used as a wedding or an
anniversary card.
I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope you will
join me next time in my creative haven.
