2012-01-20 One Layer with homemade heart sticker

I need some one layer cards and this was my first experiment to come up with a pleasing design. It’s way more work than it looks like. Here are the supplies I used to create this design.

Heart vine by Annette Watkins, Nestability largest scallop circle die and the smallest Spellbinder heart.

I cut out the largest Nestability scallop circle making sure to not cut through the fold. The heart really is centered although I didn’t take into account that the heart is somewhat lop-sided. The center top and center bottom are exactly where they are supposed to be however; the vine is heavier on the top left. Next time I will have to ignore the obvious center and shift the design over a bit. I shaded the the scallop circle with antique linen distress ink, stamped the vine in Memento brown, colored with colored pencils and dotted with a stardust glitter Jelly-Roll pen.

I debated on whether to add a sentiment or the homemade heart sticker to the vine heart center. The sticker won out. It is a Spellbinder heart that has been embossed & shaded with brick red distress ink. Before removing the die I outlined the sections with the stardust Jelly-Roll pen. I added 3-d mounting tape and then a tiny scrap of white organdy ribbon.

I used the same verse on the inside as I did yesterday. I kept with the one layer theme here too. I added a Hero Arts heart and stamped the verse over the top. See the tiny punches (top center)? I added adhesive and positioned the punch pieces so they would act as reinforcements for the card fold. It felt really delicate and I’m sure it would have torn by the time the recipient received it.

Next I’m going to try a square version and see what that looks like.

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