Hanging Hearts

by Joanne Wardle

Hanging Hearts

The structure of this card came about by accident, when I messed up the white background that I had mounted the pink onto. I decided to cut down the card and was left with a square wondering what to do with it.

Materials

• Paper and Cardstock
• 4.5 inch square white card x2
• Basic Grey Green at Heart, 6x6 pad, Dark pink     ( BG-6x6-GREEN   $5.99)
• Basic Grey Sugar Rush, 6x6 pad, Dark pink     ( BG-6x6-RUSH   $5.99)
• Stamps
• Sassafrass lass Stitched Borders 2     ( SAS-CS-50011   $12.99)
• Clear choice mini Royal Clear Stamp Mini I Love You     ( ROY-CS-105   $1.99)
• Inks and Embossing Powders
• Ranger Archival Jet Black ink pad     ( RAN-ARCP-jet   $5.49)
• Embellishments
• 3/4“ organdy ribbon, Pink w/ black dots     ( CR-ORG-DOT-PKBK   $0.80/yard)
• 1.5” sheer velvet dot, Pink/black     ( MA-QD-17   $0.79/yard)
• Tools
• acrylic block, such as     ( SUN-AB-2.5x3.5   $3.50)
• Scissors, such as     ( Fiskars NON-Stick 8" Scissors   $15.990
• Adhesives
• Glue, such as Aleene's Acid Free Tacky glue     ( ALE-glue-acidfree   $4.99)

Instructions

• On a 3 inch square of pale pink paper stamp 3 of the stitched borders from the top and stamp the hearts so that they appear to be hanging.


• Distress edge of paper with scissor blade and then run edges along black ink pad.


• Tie a knot in a piece of ribbon and glue to middle heart string.
  Using some waste ribbon, attach between the light pink layer and a 4.5 inch square dark pink layer.


• Stamp cross stitch border and I love you on dark pink card.


• Back with white card.
  Cut another piece of white card and a piece of pale pink paper the same size as the card front.
  Crease these ¾ inch from edge and glue to the front.
  Punch two holes and tie with wide spotty ribbon.

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