Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Quick and Easy Handmade Valentine Card - Red Heart and Gems






To make this card you will need:

  • White card paper (15 x 30cm)
  • Red card paper (15 x 15cm)
  • White card paper (9 x 9 cm)
  • Dark navy card paper (10 x 10cm)
  • Message outline sticker - "With Love", "Happy Valentine" or "Happy Anniversary"-
  • Double sided tape 
  • 5 x silver adhesive gems and 7 x  red adhesive gem
  • Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick) 



I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 3 parts; paper and scrapbooking supplies,  crafty kids (offering variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children) and sewing and patchwork supplies.


You can purchase following items in my online shop. Click on the image for more detail. The link will get you directly into my shop.

 RED HEARTS:

Craft For Occasions Embellishments Red Wooden Hearts. Craft for Occasions, Burgundy Satin Hearts 15Pcs, C443BG

Wooden Red Floral/Checked Heart Pegs
Craft for Occasions, Red Wooden Hearts 24pc. C0305


 CARD PAPER:

Textured Brights Cardstock Stack 8"X8"-2 Each Of 29 Colors (58 Sheets/Pad) Classic K Double-Sided Designer Paper Pad 12"X12"-McKenna, 36 Sheets -12 Designs/3 Each


Blossomwood Double-Sided Designer Paper Pad 12"X12"-42 Sheets Plus Die-Cut Stickers Best Of Brenda Walton Designer Paper Pad 12"X12'-150 Sheets


Life's Journey Double Sided Paper Pad 12"X12"-36 Sheets, 3 Each/12 Designs Blue Awning Double-Sided Specialty Paper Pad 12"X12"-24 Sheets


PAPER EDGER SCISSORS:

Paper Edger Scissors-ScallopCraft Border Edge Cut Scissors Pinking Shears Assorted Styles Wavy Zig-Zag etc

Paper Edger Scissors-Clouds
Paper Edger Scissors-Ripple

Instructions:

Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a red card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Take a white card paper (9 x 9 cm) and using paper edger scissors cut its edges. Attach the white card (9 x 9 cm) to the dark navy card (10 x 10cm) using foam pads and then attach the navy / white cards to the red card using double sided tape. Attach the red heart to the white card using foam pads (cut to smaller size). Attach the adhesive gems. Attach an outline message to the card.








Monday, 11 February 2013

Handmade Cards - Valentine - Decoupage Hedgehog







To make this card you will need:

  • White card paper (15 x 30cm)
  • Cream card paper (15 x 15cm)
  • Red card paper (10 x 10cm)
  • Piece of white card paper large enough to fit on the hedgehog 3x 
  • Message outline sticker - "With Love", "Happy Valentine" or "Happy Anniversary"-
  • Double sided tape 
  • 1 Red adhesive gem
  • Letraset promarkers (making this card I used set of 6 - Letraset Metallic Traditional Christmas and Mid Tones promarkers - which you can purchase from my blog's Craft Magic Online Shop)
  • Cute  craft stamp (you can purchase the same or similar stamp from my blog's online shop)
  • Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick) 
 


I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 3 parts; paper and scrapbooking supplies,  crafty kids (offering variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children) and sewing and patchwork supplies.


You can purchase following items in my online shop. Click on the image for more detail. The link will get you directly into my shop.

 CARD PAPER:

Textured Brights Cardstock Stack 8"X8"-2 Each Of 29 Colors (58 Sheets/Pad) Classic K Double-Sided Designer Paper Pad 12"X12"-McKenna, 36 Sheets -12 Designs/3 Each


Blossomwood Double-Sided Designer Paper Pad 12"X12"-42 Sheets Plus Die-Cut Stickers Best Of Brenda Walton Designer Paper Pad 12"X12'-150 Sheets


Life's Journey Double Sided Paper Pad 12"X12"-36 Sheets, 3 Each/12 Designs Blue Awning Double-Sided Specialty Paper Pad 12"X12"-24 Sheets



LETRASET PROMARKERS:

Letraset Promarker Collector's 6 Pen Sets - Mid TonesLetraset Metallic Traditional Christmas ProMarker Set (Pack of 6)



Letraset ProMarker Christmas Traditional and Contemporary Twin Pack (12 Pens Total)



SOME CUTE LOVE CRAFT STAMPS: 

Penny Black Rubber Stamp 2.5"X2.75"-Hearts Allover
Penny Black Cling Rubber Stamp 4"X5"-Hedgehog Kisses


Art Impressions Valentines 2013 Cling Rubber Stamp-Valentine Bear Set
Penny Black Rubber Stamp 2.75"X2.75"-Hearts Away


Penny Black Rubber Stamp 3.5"X3.5"-Heart Garland
Penny Black Rubber Stamp 2.75"X2.75"-Mimi's Heart



La-La Land Cling Mount Rubber Stamp 5"X4.25"-Heart Balloon Marci
House Mouse Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp 3"X4"-With All My Heart













Instructions:

Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a cream card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Stamp an image of hedgehog 3x on a white card and colour it in using letraset promarkers - blue (spines), yellow (letter) and brown (body) from Mid tones, red (hearts) from Christmas edition. To make the decoupage hedgehog, cut out the outline of the hedgehog (the 1st picture), then from the second stamped image cut out hedgehog spines, hand and letter and from the 3rd stamped image cut out hand and a letter. Using foam pads, attach the cut outs to the main picture of the hedgehog. Attach the decoupage hedgehog to the red card (10 x 10 cm) using foam pads and then attach the red card to the cream card, again using foam pads. Attach a red gem to the yellow letter and the outline message to the card.




 


Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Handmade Valentine Card - Hearts Hedgehog











To make this card you will need:

  • White card paper (15 x 30cm)
  • Dark red card paper (15 x 15cm)
  • White card paper (10 x 10cm)
  • Yellow card paper (9 x 9cm)
  • Message outline sticker - "With Love", "Happy Valentine" or "Happy Anniversary"-
  • Double sided tape 
  • 3 Red adhesive gems
  • Letraset promarkers (making this card I used set of 6 - Letraset Metallic Traditional Christmas and Mid Tones promarkers - which you can purchase from my blog's Craft Magic Online Shop)
  • Cute  craft stamp (you can purchase the same or similar stamp from my blog's online shop)
  • Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick) 


I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 3 parts; paper crafting and scrapbooking supplies,  crafty kids (offering variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children) and sewing and patchwork supplies.

You can purchase following items in my online shop. Click on the image for more detail. The link will get you directly into my shop.

LETRASET PROMARKERS:

Letraset Promarker Collector's 6 Pen Sets - Mid TonesLetraset Metallic Traditional Christmas ProMarker Set (Pack of 6)



Letraset ProMarker Christmas Traditional and Contemporary Twin Pack (12 Pens Total)



SOME CUTE LOVE CRAFT STAMPS:


Penny Black Rubber Stamp 2.5"X2.75"-Hearts Allover
Penny Black Cling Rubber Stamp 4"X5"-Hedgehog Kisses


Art Impressions Valentines 2013 Cling Rubber Stamp-Valentine Bear Set
Penny Black Rubber Stamp 2.75"X2.75"-Hearts Away


Penny Black Rubber Stamp 3.5"X3.5"-Heart Garland
Penny Black Rubber Stamp 2.75"X2.75"-Mimi's Heart



La-La Land Cling Mount Rubber Stamp 5"X4.25"-Heart Balloon Marci
House Mouse Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp 3"X4"-With All My Heart














Instructions:

Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a dark red card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Stamp an image of hedgehog on the yellow card (9 x 9cm) and colour it in using letraset promarkers. I used following colours - blue, pink, yellow and brown from Mid tones, red from Christmas edition. Attach the yellow card (9 x 9 cm) to the white card (10 x 10 cm) using double sided tape, then  attach the yellow / white cards to the red card using foam pads. Attach 3 red gems to the card as well as the outline message.