Combining Crafts for Valentines Day Card - Part II

My original plan was to make this year's valentines day card from scratch.  Why not, I have enough supplies to probably make endless amount of cards.  But, I also remembered I had some pre-purchased blank cards from a box kit.  I looked through them and found a beautiful heart themed card.  I added the Happy Valentines Day sentiment to the front of the card and I was on my way. 

The inside was totally blank.  Then, the inside sentiment came to me. So, the inside became:  "As always, you make my {insert embroidered, appliqued, rhinestone'd heart here} sparkle.  Happy Valentines Day!  I ran the embroidered applique heart through the Xyron machine to add permanent adhesive to the back of it. 

I also created a print out of the saying I selected and cut it out to match the card size.  I added a few glue dots on the corner and applied it to the inside card.  Here's the end result for the inside of the card.  Of course, my photography skills are not the best and you can't see the rhinestone sparkles.  But, they really shine!  Now, just add a hand written sentiment and I am completed. 

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~*~Trish~*~

Combining Crafts for my Valentine Day Card

I am working on my Valentines Day card for this year.  It takes me a couple days to decided what I want to do each year.  This year, I was wanted to use my AccuQuilt Heart Die but step it up even more.  I thought I would applique it to a background fabric first and then add a embroidered design on top of it.  It took me a couple tries to get the embroidery just right around the heart.  Then, of course, I needed to figure out how to put some bling on it.  I thought I would add a sparkle in the center of each flower embroidered with heat set rhinestones.  I just can't get a great photo of it but I'm really pleased with the outcome. 

Next steps are to send this cut out heart through the Xyron to add a permanent adhesive to the back and then I'll try and incorporate it into this years card.  More to come when the card takes more shape.  Hope you are having a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!  
~*~Trish~*~