Romance Cards - Page 7

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R is for Rachel (R114H)

Print lower case "r" in Time New Roman font size 650 on dark purple paper (save the page as you'll need the "r" later)
Cut out letter with an exacto knife
Stitch around letter with mini-sewing machine
Trim piece to 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" and set aside
Fold an 8 1/2 x 11" piece of lilac cardstock to make a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" card
Ink the edges with purple
Tear decorative paper to fit the front, leaving a little border, and attach with double-sided tape
Using a thin strip of tape or other glue, attach dark purple "r" to card along both sides and the bottom, leaving the top open for the tag
Prepare the tag:
In your graphics or word processing program, draw a 3 3/4" x 5 7/8" rectangle around the "r." I changed the color of the "r" to a very light grey
Type the words you want to appear in the opening in dark purple Angelina font (I used Rachel, loving, kind, sweet, beautiful). Arrange them on the "r" in appropriate places
Type various quotes or other text using a lighter purple and smaller font, and fit these in between the other words you typed
Print on scrap paper, cut and insert into "r" pocket on card to see if you need to make any adjustments
When all is lined up, print on lilac cardstock, cut into a tag, and sponge the edges with purple ink
Cut a small square of dark purple and attach to the top and punch a hole through
Thread various fibers through hole
Insert tag in "r" pocket - the light grey "r" on the tag helps to line it up in the opening.
Glue a small silver heart clip to the pocket

Passion of the Soul (R115S)

Cut blue textured paper 5" square and glue to 5 1/2" square cream card
Ink edges in blue
Cut blue cloud cardstock 4" square and cream cardstock 3 3/4" square
Computer generate verse on vellum, tear and ink edges with blue
Lay the vellum on the cream cardstock piece and fold over two opposite corners
Insert gold brads in the corners, catching the vellum piece
Attach to cloud cardstock
Attach to card with foam tape.
Stamps: None
Based on a card by Susan Neal in Stamp It! Cards magazine

Shall We Dance? (R116Q)

Fold maroon cardstock into a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card and attach black cardstock, cut 1/4" smaller on all sides
Print Love Definitions Paper in maroon, trim height to 5", tear the right edge and attach to the left side of card
Print silhouette couple (approximately 4" high) on maroon cardstock
Cut around woman as shown and tape to card
Highlight woman's dress with glitter paint and attach a faux jewel as an earring
Fold two pieces of black and white dotted ribbon and one piece of gingham ribbon and attach to left corner of card with black brads
Stamps: None - Silhouette clip art; Love Definitions paper

Green Love Definitions (R117S)

Print L-O-V-E in Firenze font on vellum and outline with gold leafing pen
Attach to white cardstock with 4 gold eyelets
Print Love Definitions Paper in green shades on white cardstock
Attach vellum LOVE piece to the center with double-sided tape
String two beads, then the gold heart, then two more beads on cream sheer ribbon
Wrap the ends around the back of the Love Definitions piece and tape
Fold green speckled cardstock into a 5 1/4" square card and outline with gold leafing pen
Attach Definitions piece with double-sided tape.
Stamps: None - Love Definitions paper

Birthday Definition (R118Q)

Cut a 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" tag from cream cardstock and set aside
Fold an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of cream cardstock in half, and cut 1 3/4" down the folded edge
Fold down the front piece to make a flap, and trim to 1 1/2"
Cover the inside right side of the card and the flap with striped paper. (You don't need to cover the entire inside since only about 2" will be showing - and I hate to waste!)
I used pink digital paper and I placed a flower dingbat font* in black ink on the paper on my computer screen before I printed it. You can either print the font on purchased scrapbook paper, or stamp any design you wish. (I also printed enough pink paper to cover the tag.)
Attach the pink paper to the front of the card, making sure the top edge is covered by the flap
Stick the flap down with double sided tape, and sew along the right, bottom and left edges of the card, making a pocket
Print "Happy Birthday" on 2" x 1 1/4" cream cardstock and ink the edges with olive ink
Press a pink brad into each side of the piece, and catch pink and green ribbon under the brad
Attach to the flap with foam tape
Ink the edges of the entire pocket with olive ink
Cover the tag with the pink paper
Add a small square of solid olive cardstock to the top and punch a hole
Add a pink leaf and eyelet
Tie olive striped ribbon through the hole
Ink the edges of the tag
Print the Birthday definition on vellum, cut out and ink the edges with olive
Attach to the tag with vellum tape.

*The largest size I could get to print of this font was 136 pt. When I tried anything larger, the printer acted like it was going to print, but the paper never went through. I didn't get an error message - it just didn't print. I'm sure every printer is different, depending on memory, etc., so if it doesn't print at first, reduce the size of the font.
Fonts: Birthday definition - G F Halda
Happy Birthday - CAC Shishoni Brush
Floral Garnish dingbat font - letter j, size 136 (Darrian's Dingbat Fonts)

Stamps: None - Pink Digital Paper - original was purple, I recolored to pink (Laurie Farrar, Shabbyesque Design); Striped Digital Paper - I recolored some of the stripes to match my card (Kay Eflin, E-scape and Scrap)

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