I needed an anniversary card for my husband and wanted it to be masculine, so I decided I wanted to use some wood grain paper for some hearts, and it evolved from there. I used paper from the Wood Grain Wonders designer series paper from Stampin’ Up, along with the Autumn Opulence designer series paper for the background with some stamps and dies from Natures Symphony.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Early Expresso card stock (Stampin’ Up)
- Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
- Wood Grain Wonders designer series paper (March 26 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
- Autumn Opulence designer series paper (September 26 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
- Natures Symphony stamp set and dies (March 26 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
- Timeless Love stamps (retired Stampin’ Up)
- Heart dies
- Crumb Cake ink (Stampin’ Up)
- Cajun Craze ink (Stampin’ Up)
- Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write marker (retired Stampin’ Up)
- Scoring board or blade from paper trimmer
- Paper trimmer
- Adhesive of choice
Take a piece of Early Expresso card stock and cut a piece to 4 ¼” x 5 ½” for your card base. Then also cut two larger size hearts with heart dies, find a size that one aligns with the top of the card base and the second will align with the bottom of the card base and will slightly overlap in the middle. From a piece of Basic Beige cut two hearts the next size down and then two more this size from the Crumb Cake wood grain paper from the Wood Grain Wonder DSP paper. With the wood grain paper also cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. The with the Autumn Opulence DSP paper find the Early Expresso with Mushrooms paper and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.
Take your Early Expresso card base and your two Early Expresso hearts and adhere one of the hearts in the upper right side adhering about ½” to the card, and then do the same with the second heart in the lower left corner, making sure the point meets with the bottom of your card base so that your card can stand. Use a scoring board or blade for your paper trimmer to score each heart so it folds to the front. Now adhere your 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” wood grain piece to the back panel and then the mushroom paper onto that.
Now take your two wood grain hearts and trim off the excess and adhere to the front of your hearts. Use a label die to cut out a label large enough for the “happy anniversary” greeting from Timeless Love and then stamp in Crumb Cake ink on your label. Now find the leafy branch stamp from Nature’s Symphony stamp set and ink with Crumb Cake ink and then use your Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write marker and color the leaves and then stamp, giving you two color stamping. Adhere the label on your front angled to your liking on the front of your lower heart and then use the die to cut out your leafy branch and adhere to the left side of your label.
For the inside of your card take the two Basic Beige hearts and trim them down to fit on the insides of the hearts and adhere to each heart. Use the “you make my heart smile” greeting from the Timeless Love stamp set and stamp in Crumb Cake ink on the upper heart. Leave the lower heart inside blank for a message.
I fell in love with how this card turned out. I like it so much I made a wedding card for a friend with the same design.
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