Hubby's Valentine's card 2022

This was Hubby's Valentines card this year. 

 I used Vanilla and really red card stock for this one and I dug out the retired Very vintage Wheel stamp and Cherry Cobbler ink to stamp the background layers.

 I also blended some ink around the edges to increase the vintage feel on this card.

To create the corset I needed to create a template... I folded a piece of card in half and roughly drew one half of the corset along the fold line. I punched out two circles using the 1  1/2 inch circle punch.

I used one of the circles to draw round on a second piece of  folded card. Then I drew  two curved lines to join the circle to the fold. see the photo below.

 

I wasn't entirely  sure this would  be the actual shape or size until I had cut out all the pieces and pieced them all  together. Once I'd cut out all the pieces, I trimmed away the top edge of the bra cups as I wanted to add some lace to this edge.  

The two punched circles will give the impression of the breasts. In the photo below,  I have cut the different layers in different colours to show the order of construction. 

                  I have also measured up, marked and punched the lacing holes using a 1/8th of an inch single hole punch. 

 I  drew the neck and chest area on vanilla card stock and cut it out. Then brushed a little ink over the entire piece of card applying more on the edges and  over the top of the breasts.

 If I had to do this again, I would change the shape of the upper body slightly.

You may also notice on the finished card,  I also altered the shape of the bottom of the corset.

Using a blending brush and a little fleshy coloured ink, ( I think, I used crisp cantaloupe.) I brushed a little ink around the edged of the vanilla circles to give a little dimension. 

I placed my template pieces on the really red card and drew around them. I cut out the pieces and  using the" I love Lace" background stamp and black ink I stamped  the lace pattern onto the corset pieces. I love how beautifully delicate the lace stamp is and just perfect for this project

As I was arranging all the pieces I noticed the top of the corset was poking out of the top of the bra, so I cut a small notch out of the centre...  see  photo above.

I brushed a little dark red ink on the bottom edge of the bra cups and a little on the edges of the corset.

I threaded some narrow ribbon through the eyelet holes and secured the ends with some sticky tape on the back of the corset . 

 I am sorry to say, I forgot to photograph the lace making section.  So I can't show you any photo's of this part.  So I'll explain it instead. I used a delicate lace edge die to cut a strip of lace. I snipped out little v shapes along the bottom edge of the strip of lace, this makes it easier to curve the lace around the curved edge of the bra. Adhere the bra in position using thin dimensional s, then position the breasts so they are just visible above the lace.  I added slightly thicker dimensional s  to the back of the breasts for some extra lift.  See the photo above.

To finish this corset off I added a bow in between the bra cups and a tiny gemstone. To the neck I added a little piece of ribbon and a rhinestone to create the choker.

Finally I adhered the finished corset onto my card base and added a sentiment.

Valentines Card.

This is Hubby's  card for Valentines Day this year. It was inspired by a card I saw on the S.U demonstrator  planning page. 

I changed a few things about it as I didn't have the dies and embossing folder the original creator used.

I started with a 6 x 6 base card. added a layer of Cherry Cobbler to the base then a  a layer of white which I embossed.

Then  I cut a  a square frame and attached it over the white embossed panel using foam pads to add dimension.

I die cut a heart in Cherry Cobbler using a heart die from the sweet and sassy  die set.

I cut the letters  using a large alphabet die and adhered them over the heart shape keeping the letters within the frame.

I added a trio of sticky back gems to each letter for a little sparkle.

Quick Valentines Card

Just a quick post tonight, probably about as long as it took to make this card.  I left it kind of late to make my hubby's Valentines card this year. Ummm, like this morning while he was walking the dogs. So this had to be a very quick and easy card to make.

 I started with a blank red base card topped with a layer of black, then another layer of red glittery paper. 

The topper was a layer of black 2  1/2  x  3  1/2 inches and a white  top layer,  in which I punched out two hearts slightly overlapping. I  used fast fuse adhesive to stick a layer of acetate over the  back of the heart apertures.   
Then I attached a strip of glittery paper  to the underside of the acetate  ( so that's six layers in total) and stamped the sentiment.  
The last step was to stick the topper on to the card with  foam pads.

A Michelle Last card

I have long been a fan of Michelle Last's work and when I saw this card on her blog I just had to have a go at making  it. 

It was Michelle s blog that introduced me to Stampin' Up.

I saw a beautiful stamp there, that I just had to have.

But there was a problem with her contact me button and there were very few demonstrators in the UK at the time to order it from.  So it was two years before I got that stamp. I have owned it for  two years now and it is still one of my favourites.  Bet you're wondering which stamp set it is now hee hee...... Well I'll tell you, It's the Baroque Motif set.

 It appears I am waffling  so I'll  go back to telling you about this card.

I changed this card a little as I don't own  the stamps Michelle used.  (If you want to see the original pop over and visit Michelle s  blog)

I  adapted the back of the card by cutting the back 2  3/4" longer than the front, then  scoring and cutting  to form the pocket to hold this chocolate love token.

It's held in place with a sticky foam pad to stop it moving round or slipping out.

I decorated the outside of the pocket with the worlds most expensive stamps.  They are a set of stamps I ordered from the USA and by the time I had paid all the charges to get them here on top of the price of the stamps they turned into some very expensive stamps.

Anyway there are a lot layers here and combined with the weight of the chocolate it turned out to be a pretty weighty card and farm too thick for an envelope, so a matching box was required for this one.

 

After these photos were taken I added my personal greeting on white card and stuck it opposite the token.

I have added a very rough sketch below so you can get an idea of how I created my pocket.  The red lines are the fold lines. I used the red line double side tape to stick this together.

Hope it makes sense if not feel free to ask questions.