Romance Cards - Page 20

1. Cut 4 rectangles of complimentary decorative paper and outline with gold Krylon pen.
2. Outline size H cream card with gold pen and tape decorative papers on.
3. Computer generate Gibson Girl (actually a font, not clip art) in brown ink on tan paper and tear edges. Outline with Gold pen.
4. Attach with foam dots
5. Punch two small holes in top of card and tie sheer gold ribbon bow
6. Glue a gold heart charm at the top of card

   Stamps: None. Gibson Girl is a dingbat font from House of Lime

Dragonfly Paris Rose (R43H)

1. Stamp Paris Rose on white card with white ink and clear emboss
2. Brayer shades of blue and green over top, and wipe with tissue to remove ink from embossing
3. Attach to black card cut a little larger with foam dots
4. Stamp size H turquoise card with small and large dragonflies in white ink, then overstamp in blue ink a little darker than the card.
5. Stamp one blue and one green large dragonfly on white shrink plastic and shrink
6. Glue gold cord to the card as shown and glue dragonflies on top of each end
7. Tape black card to turquoise card

   Stamps: Hero Arts Paris Rose; Anita's Large Dragonfly; Inkadinkado 8422-L Sm. Dragonfly

1. Computer generate the collage on vellum and tear around edges.
2. Water color girl, using dove blender pen
3. Sponge pink and purple ink over entire piece; add touches of dark green.
4. Tear cream card a little larger than vellum and outline both pieces with gold Krylon pen
5. Tape cream piece to size H purple card
6. Attach vellum piece with foam dots
7. Use E6000 glue to attach string of pearls
8. Glue some purple silk flowers to bottom of card

   Stamps: My collage design. Email me for the image.

1. Tear tan decorative paper on an angle and stamp poetry with dark blue ink.
2. Tape to size H cream card and outline card with gold Krylon pen
3. Computer generate photo of girl and outline with gold pen.
4. Tear dark blue card a little larger than photo and outline with gold pen
5. Tape photo to blue card on an angle, and attach blue card to main card with foam dots
6. Computer generate pen and ink on cream card and cut out, leaving small border. Tape to bottom of card as in sample
7. Computer generate scrabble letters on tan paper, cut out and glue to dark blue card. Tape to card
8. Tape postage stamp to card
9. Stamp butterfly in dark blue ink
10. Tie sheer gold ribbon around card and tie in bow

    Stamps: Hero Arts Italian Poetry, Vickie Enkoff's butterfly. Photo - I scanned in an old photo and colored with "sepia" in graphics program.

1. Tint Ellis Island clip art in purple, green and blue and print on cream card.
2. Stipple purple, blue and green ink on blank spaces on card
3. Outline size H cream card with gold Krylon pen and tape on Ellis Island photos piece
4. Computer generate photo of couple in "sepia" on cream card and cut with deckle scissors
5. Cut four corners off an old envelope, wipe with clear embossing ink and gold emboss
6. Tape corners to back of photo and attach to card with foam dots
7. Computer Generate Visitor's Guide to Ellis Island, tear and brush edges with brown ink. Tape to photo
8. Using E6000 glue, attach gold heart to top right corner
9. Glue bow to heart, with streamer running down left edge of card, under photo

   Stamps: None. Email me for the images. (This photo is of my great-grandparents)

1. Tear a sheet of decorative paper, outline in gold, and attach to size H cream card with foam dots
2. Computer generate photo of couple in "sepia" on cream card and outline with gold Krylon pen
3. Attach to decorative paper with foam dots
4. Cut two strips of shiny gold card and attach at top and bottom of photo
5. Punch two holes in top of card and thread sheer gold ribbon through-tie in bow
6. Glue heart charm to bottom of card

   Stamps: None. This photo is from my Grandparent's wedding day

1. Stamp background stamp on size H lilac card with purple ink and clear emboss.
2. Stamp iris on vellum with purple ink and clear emboss
3. Using water color pencils, color in Iris and blend with Dove Blender
4. Lightly brush on glitter
5. Cut vellum into a tag shape, punch hole in top and use wave scissors to cut the bottom
6. Dry emboss design at bottom
7. Layer vellum to purple tag and tie ribbons through the hole. Attach to card with foam dots
8. Stamp two butterflies with purple ink, clear emboss, cut out and brush with glitter. Attach to vellum tag with foam dots

   Stamps: All Night Media Leaf Pattern; Anita's Iris; Vickie Enkoff's Butterflies

   You have to stamp the background stamp 8 times to cover the card; I found that if you stamp sideways (holding the stamp by the 4" side), you get better coverage.