Add Layers of Texture with the Heart Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder by Jean Okimoto

The new 3D Heart Bouquet Embossing Folder adds texture, dimension and a great backdrop for the Scribble Rose Trio and Tall Sketch Heart. There's a lot happening on this card - let the pink, gray and white balance the mixture of textures.

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a soft, subtle design for Valentine's Day. Switch the greeting and it's ready for weddings, baby cards or a thinking-of-you message.

Cut a 4-¼" x 5-½" rectangle of watercolor paper. Give it a light spritz of water on the back side. Pressure-emboss it with the Heart Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder. Trim the corners with a corner rounding punch.

Cut Tall Sketch Heart from light pink cardstock - save the skinny offcuts from the top left corner and the right edge/bottom point. Cut it again fron dark gray cardstock. Stamp "xoxo" - from the Big and Little Valentines Clear Stamps Set - on the pink heart with Brilliance Starlite Black.

Cut the Scribble Rose Trio outline from dark gray cardstock. Cut the solid background from light pink cardstock and pressure-emboss it with the detailed outline die.

Round the corners of a top-folding white A-2 card and attach the embossed layer. Add the heart and rose diecuts.

Try this design with fuchsia and gray diecuts too - or red and black - for a different look. Hope you've been inspired to create an assortment of Valentines this year. Make a few extras and have them ready for other occasions and everyday greeting too!

Special thanks to everyone from last week's LOVENOTES class at Impress! Thanks for the pretzel chips Jan and Jenny! Hope you liked the cards and enjoy making them for the special people in your life. Thanks too - Ann, Erin and Lynne - for once helping everyone fill those shopping baskets.

In the Seattle area and need birthday card ideas? See you at Impress on January 11th for the BIRTHDAYS HAPPEN - SO MANY CANDLES class. Create cards, laugh and share the joys of growing better, not older.

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