Romance Cards - Page 15

1. Stipple the front of a size H oatmeal speckled card with brown ink
2. Tear decorative paper and tape to the left side of the card
3. Glass Slide:
   1. Make a collage from torn papers to fit a glass microscope slide. I computer generated the photo of the couple, and the word Together, and rubbed torn edges with brown ink
   2. Attach copper tape to the edges of the slide, with only a little of the tape showing on the front (most of it is wrapped around on the back).
   3. Rub the tape with a wooden dowel or paint brush handle to be sure it adheres to the glass
4. Tag:
   1. Cut a tag shape (3" x 7") from sage speckled card stock
   2. Ink poetry stamp with brown ink, stamp once onto scrap paper,then stamp on the tag (this will give a lighter impression).
   3. Attach torn edge decorative paper and yellow vellum to the tag
   4. Cut another tag of the same card stock, 1/4" larger and tape tags together
   5. Punch hole in top, thread through fibers
   6. Attach microscope slide to tag with foam tape
5. Attach tag to card with foam tape
6. Cut a postage stamp out with decorative scissors, and a small piece of sage card stock a little larger.
7. Tape the stamp to the sage piece, and tape to the card

   Stamps: Italian Poetry (Hero Arts)

1. Cut two hearts from gold polymer clay and bake according to directions.
2. Computer generate the words Soul Mate in brown on golden cardstock
3. Layer cream card to red card and tear bottom edge
4. Layer to golden card and tear bottom
5. Thread fibers through the centers of the two hearts and bring around to the back of the golden card - tape securely
6. Attach hearts to card with foam tape
7. Attach golden card to a folded quarter-size brown card

   Stamps: None

1. Cut a piece of beige parchment cardstock and stamp right half with poetry stamp in cranberry ink
2. Tape to a torn edge piece of black cardstock
3. Stamp leaf stamp on vellum with clear embossing ink and white emboss
4. Tear vellum and tape to beige/black piece, overlapping at top and left edge
5. Wrap gold floss around piece, taping in back
6. Tape piece to a folded quarter-size dark red card
7. Computer generate the word LOVE in Brush Script font and print on vellum.
8. Tear letters apart, rub edges with cranberry ink, and attach with vellum tape
9. Prepare clay frame:
   • roll black polymer clay fairly thin and cut out 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 rectangle
   • Cut a 3/4" square from center
   • Dampen leaf stamp (so it won't stick to the clay) and press into the clay
   • Paint top with a gold Krylon pen and bake
10. Computer generate flower on heavy vellum and tape behind the clay frame
11. Attach the frame to the card with foam tape

    Stamps: Italian Poetry (Hero Arts); Left Background (All Night Media)

The larger background is just a flat piece and does not open. The small card attached to the center that is tied with the ribbon is what opens
1. Cut a 4 3/4" square piece of lilac cardstock and layer to 5" square purple card
2. Cut two pieces of decorative paper 2 1/4" square and tape to card as shown
3. Cut a piece of dark purple card 6" x 3" and fold in half; tape to larger piece
4. Cut a piece of lilac card 2 3/4" square and tape to small folded card
5. Attach UTEE tile with foam tape to small lilac card (see directions below for making tile)
6. Set two purple eyelets on either side of small card
7. Thread sheer purple ribbon through from the back and tie in a bow.
8. Verse is computer generated on vellum and attached with vellum tape

   Stamps: Filagree heart (New Generation Crafts)

   The pictures to the left show the card closed with the ribbon tied, open with the verse, and the front without the ribbon so you can get a good look at the tile

To make the UTEE tile: (I don't have a Melting Pot, so I used an old electric fry pan set at 340 degrees to melt the UTEE)
1. Cut a square of mat board 2 1/2" square and sponge with purple pigment ink
2. Pour on clear UTEE and lay on a hot sheet in the frying pan
3. When UTEE is melted, remove from pan with a spatula and place on something that will protect your work surface
4. Immediately stamp into the hot UTEE, being careful not to let stamp slide, and holding stamp until UTEE hardens - jut a minute or two
5. Rub tile with Pearl-Ex powders (I used purple interference and silver) and spray with acrylic sealer

   You can sprinkle on the UTEE and heat with a heat gun, adding several layers, but the UTEE always flys around. Using the frypan gave the tile more of a rounded top that I didn't get when using a heat gun.

1. Spray a piece of black card stock with gold webbing spray and put the piece through a paper corrugater. Set aside
2. Outline quarter-size folded black card with gold Krylon pen
3. Layer corrugated piece to a blue piece to the folded black card
4. Attach a small piece of blue card stock with foam tape
5. Glue black heart tile (see directions below) to blue piece with E6000 glue
6. Thread three beads to gold artistic wire, curl the ends, and attach to the card with E6000

   Stamps: Filagree heart (New Generation Crafts)

Technique for this tile is from Suze Weinberg's web site:

1. Stamp directly onto a hot sheet with clear embossing ink and sprinkle with gold embossing powder
2. Using a heat gun, emboss directly on the sheet
3. Melt black UTEE and pour over the embossed image on the hot sheet
4. When cool, peel tile off of sheet