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Designer Series Distress Stickles “Heart’s Desire” Card

Skill Level: *

Use Designer Series Distress™ Stickles to make an elegant card to give to your sweetheart.

Created by Tim Holtz
 

Materials List:
• Designer Series Distress Stickles - Fired Brick
• Tim Holtz ® Distress Ink Pads - Fired Brick, Walnut Stain, Black Soot
• Adirondack® Metallic Paint Dabbers - Silver, Gold
• Inkssentials™ Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Inkssentials™ Ink Blending Tool with Foam
• Inkssentials™ Glossy Accents™
• Grungeboard™ Elements, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Long Fasteners, Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
• Definitions stamp, Tim Holtz® Collection by Stampers Anonymous, www.stampersanonymous.com
• Rub-ons, Hambly, www.hamblyscreenprints.com
• Rub-ons, Making Memories, www.makingmemories.com
• Cardstock
• Adhesive
• Scissors
• Scrap music paper
• Stapler
• Ribbon

Instructions

(1) Remove Grungeboard Heart, Key and Keyhole from sheets.

(2) Ink heart with Ink Blending Tool by tapping it onto Fired Brick Distress Ink Pad and swiping it across Grungeboard piece until covered.

(3) Apply Fired Brick Distress Stickles over inked heart by squirting it on and smoothing it out with your finger. Let dry.

(4) Paint Grungeboard key and keyhole using Metallic Paint Dabbers. Let dry.

(5) Cut red cardstock to 8½" x 5½" and fold in half to 4½" x 5½".

(6) Cut black cardstock to 3½" x 5" and tear bottom edge.

(7) Cut grey cardstock to 3" x 4½" and tear bottom edge.

(8) Cut black cardstock to 2¼" x 3¼".

(9) Stamp definition onto left edge of grey cardstock with Black Soot Distress Ink.

(10) Apply flourish rub-on to right corner of grey cardstock.

(11) Ink edges of folded cardstock using Ink Blending Tool with Walnut Stain.

(12) Tear a strip of music paper and ink edges as well. Secure to card with stapler.

(13) Assemble card by layering and adhering the torn cardstocks grey over black.

(14) Adhere smaller black cardstock in center of grey.

(15) Apply “Hearts Desire” rub-on to bottom of grey cardstock.

(16) Adhere Grungeboard™ heart to smaller black cardstock with Glossy Accents.

(17) Secure Long Fasteners through holes in keyhole and adhere to heart with Glossy Accents.

(18) Adhere key over heart with Glossy Accents.

(19) Tie ribbon around card.
 

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