Creating Keepsakes

If I Was a Tree Card Designer: Michelle Clement

SUPPLIES:  Patterned paper: (Bottom Line, Fast Track, Outside the Box from Office Lingo collection) Pink Paislee; (Woo + Woo from My Dearest collection) Sassafras Lass; (green dots) Me & My Big Ideas  Clear stamps: (bracket from Needful Things set, circle from On Schedule set, heart, lovebirds) Pink Paislee  Rubber stamps: (Letter alphabet) EK Success; (ledger lines) Purple Onion Designs  Solvent ink: (Timber Brown) Tsukineko  Accent: (chipboard tree) Maya Road  Fibers: (blue floss) DMC  Adhesive: (foam tape)  Tools: (corner rounder punch, decorative-edge scissors)  Finished size: 6 1/2" x 5 1/2"

1 Make card from patterned paper; ink edges. Cut bottom edge with decorative-edge scissors.
2 Cut patterned paper panel edges with decorative-edge scissors; ink edges.
3 Round top corners of patterned paper; adhere panels together.
4 Adhere patterned paper to inside of card.
5 Stitch around patterned paper panel.
6 Stamp bracket, hearts, and lovebirds on patterned paper; cut out. Adhere  bracket to card.
7 Adhere patterned papers to chipboard tree; sand and ink edges. Adhere to card. Adhere birds and flowers to tree.
8 Stamp ledger lines on card. Stamp quote using individual letters. Stamp circle on card; adhere heart and lovebird.

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Arithmetic of Love Card Designer: Dee Gallimore-Perry

SUPPLIES:  Patterned paper: (Licorice Dot from Double Dot collection) Bo-Bunny Press; (Wild Thing Stripe, Wild Thing Heartbeat) KI Memories  Color medium: (pink chalk) Craf-T Products  Accents: (white chipboard circle, frame, heart, numbers, plus sign) Bo-Bunny Press  Font: (Type Right!) www.dafont.com  Adhesive: (foam tape) Therm O Web  Finished size: 6" x 4"

1 Make card from patterned paper; distress edges.
2 Distress edges of patterned paper; adhere to card.
3 Cut circle from patterned paper; adhere behind chipboard circle. Adhere circle to card.
4 Adhere chipboard numbers and plus sign.
5 Print quote on cardstock; trim and adhere behind chipboard frame. Adhere to card with foam tape.
6 Apply chalk. Adhere chipboard heart with foam tape.

Unlock the Key Trend
Just the right words can brighten up anyone’s day. Check out the “Quotable You” feature in our January/February 2009 issue for more projects created around encouraging, inspiring, or uplifting quotes.

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