I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Today I want to share with you a card that although in Valentine’s colors, is not intended for Valentine’s.  I find that with every season, I tend to stick to the colors of that season in my paper crafting. Hence the pink and brown LOL.

You can download a pdf handout on how to make the card HERE.  The pdf includes a photo, full supply list, dimensions and step-by-step directions.

The video on how this card was made is below:

Directions:

1. Take a 4 ¼” x 11” piece of Chocolate Chip CS and fold it in half with your bone folder to create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card.
2. Take a 3 ¾” x 5” piece of Whisper White CS and dry emboss it using the Big Shot and the Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions folder.  Center and stick the Whisper White CS piece to your card front using Snail adhesive.  Set aside for a moment.
3. Take a 1 ⅜” x 4 ¼” piece of Pretty in Pink CS and scallop the edge using the Scallop Trim Border punch.  Center and stick a 1” x 4 ¼” piece of DP from the Sending Love DP collection onto the Pretty in Pink CS border.
4. Stick the matted DP border to your card about a ½” up from the bottom edge of the card.
5. Cut a 3 ⅞” piece of ⅝” Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon.  Trim one end on an angle.  Place Snail adhesive on the back of the ribbon piece, on both ends.  Stick the ribbon to the card front – you want the straight edge of the ribbon to be aligned with the right edge of the card front.  The bottom of the ribbon should be about ¼” down from the top edge of the Pretty in Pink CS strip.
6. Stamp the label from the Great Friend stamp set onto a scrap of Whisper White CS in Chocolate Chip Classic ink. Stamp the “for you” greeting inside the label also using Chocolate Chip Classic ink.  Use a Stamp-a-ma-jig if necessary.  Cut out the label using your paper snips, being sure to leave a very small border of white around it.
7. Die cut a matching label out of Chocolate Chip CS using your Big Shot and the Stampin’ Up! Matchbox die.  Set aside for a moment.
8. Pierce a hole in the top and bottom of the greeting label and insert a small clear rhinestone brad into each hole.  Open up the prongs at the back. 
9. Center and stick the greeting label to the die cut Chocolate Chip label using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Stick the matted label to the card front (towards the right edge of the card, slightly overlapping the ribbon) with Snail adhesive.
10. Stick the flower and the leaves shown from the Sweet Pea stitched felt collection to the left of the label (as shown in the picture) using mini glue dots.
11. Die cut a butterfly out of Pretty in Pink CS using your Big Shot and the embosslit Beautiful Wings.  Stick the butterfly to the label (just to the right of the rhinestone brad) with a mini glue dot.  You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project!

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Stamps: Great Friend (113792)
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic ink (100908)
Paper:  Whisper White CS  (100730), Pretty in Pink CS (100459, Chocolate Chip CS (102128)
Accessories: Sticky Strip (1104294), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Snail adhesive (104332), mini glue dots (103683), Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder (117335), Stampin’ Up! Matchbox Bigz XL die (114890), Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Wings embosslit (118138), Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (117266),  extended cutting pads (113478), Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144), 5/8” Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (109051), paper-piercing tool (116631), mat pack (105826), bone folder (102300)