What you will need…
- Whispers Archival Ink – Rich Plum, Rio Purple, Violet, Grand Cranberry, Whisper Pink & Black
- Fiskars Cloud 9 Design – St Valentine Stamp Set
- Fiskars Heidi Grace – Cheerful Bee Stamp Set
- Rangers Liquid Pearls – Platinum
- Adhesive Pearls – White
- Permanent markers – Red, Purple & Yellow (Letraset Tria V564, R465 & Y567)
- Fiskars Paper Edgers – Clouds
- Foam Squares
- Kindy Glitz – Crystalina (Clear glitter glue)
- Red and White cardstock
- Acrylic Stamp block
- Clear/tinted ink pad
- Embossing powder – Clear & Gold
- Heat gun
- Make-up sponge or ink blending tool (i.e. Inkssentials)
- Paper Trimmer
- Precision Scissors
Method
- Score and fold down the center of the A5 white card stock to make the card blank.
- Using another piece of white cardstock cut out four 5x5cm squares.
- Using the heart from the St Valentine stamp set, stamp the heart onto one of the 5x5cm white squares, using the clear ink and clear embossing powder. Heat the embossing powder.
- Repeat step 3, using the flower, love, bee mine and the small heart on the other 3 white squares
- Using Rich Plum, sponge ink on the square with the flower, covering just the flower, then using Rio Purple, sponge the rest of the square, and ink the edge of this square using Rio Purple.
- For the love square, sponge with Whisper Pink and ink edges.
- For the heart square, sponge with Grand Cranberry and ink edges.
- For the bee mine square, sponge using Violet and ink edges.
- Attach squares to card, leaving a 2mm gap border between the squares.
- Using the blank ink, stamp the bumble bee on a piece of white cardstock, and emboss using gold embossing powder and heat powder. Using a yellow marker colour in the body of the bee.
- Cut around the image and attach two pieces of foam squares to the back of the bee, then attach the bee to the card in the center of the four squares.
- Stamp “Happy Valentine’s Day” sentiment on a piece of white card stock, cut around using the Clouds paper edgers, then attach to a piece of red card stock measuring 9×2.7cm, then attach to card on the bottom leaving and even border on all sides.
- Apply an adhesive white pearl to the center of the flower. Using clear glitter embellish the love square and the bee.
- Using the Liquid Pearls place a drop on the “i” on bee mine, the sentiment, as well as 5 drops on each on two of the corners. Allow to dry.
- Once dried, using a purple marker colour the “i” on bee mine. Using a red marker colour in the liquid pearls on the corners of the sentiment.
Note: If you don’t have clear embossing powder you may use white as a substitute.
When using liquid pearls to get rid of the tip that forms on the top, tap or flick the underside of the card