Forget Me Not Valentine Card

Remind your sweetheart of your affections with this beautiful homemade Valentine's Day card with heart stamp and sentiment. Red and purple inks create a colorful card, complete with flower brad embellishment.  This card could also be used for an anniversary card or birthday card as well.  Anyone lucky enough to get this card will be so happy that you took the time to make it for them.

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Materials:

• Stamps: “Forget Me Not” by: Stampington and Company, “Diamond Background” by: ClubScrap
• Cardstock: cut a 4 ¾” x 10” in White, a 4 1/8” x 4 ½” in Pink, and a 4” x 4 ¼” in Tan
• Inks: Memories Dye: Ruby, Palette Red, Palette Purple
• Embossing Powder: Light Pink
• MasquePen
• Makeup Sponges
• Flower Brad
• Embossing Gun
• Adhesive: Helmar USA
• Hole Punch: 1/8” punch

Instructions:

1. On the white cardstock draw 5 or 6 flowers with the MasquePen, set aside to dry.
    
2. Ink all edges of pink cardstock using Palette Purple and set aside. Stamp “Forget Me Not” at an angle onto tan cardstock with Palette Red, emboss with light pink embossing powder.
   
   
    
3. Stamp the Diamond Background in all four corners using Memories Ruby. Drab makeup sponge into Palette Purple ink pad and apply directly to all of the design except for Heart.
   
   
    
4. Punch small hole in center of flower on “Forget Me Not” stamp design and insert flower brad.
   
   
    
5. Adhere Stamped design to pink cardstock, set aside.
    
6. When MasquePen is dry, using direct to paper technique apply Ruby over all of the cardstock. After you have covered all of your cardstock with ink, peel off MasquePen to revile flower design. Fold cardstock in half to make a card, adhere stamped design. You have a masterpiece.