Journaling Note Card - Love

Hi and welcome to another card created using the Making Memories Journaling Spiral Bound pads.  I love these die cut pads because I get some pretty patterned paper form not much money and a whole lot of creativity.

Today's card is using the white, beige and red paper below.

Since I tore it out of a spiral journal, I needed to trim the edge off.

 Once I did that, I decided to edge it in gold. (You can see a couple of boo boos but never fear, there is always a way to fix them!)  I wanted to use some red suede paper and a white card base.

I knew that my card would be shorter than the card base I was using (I wanted to start out with a little more than what I needed - just in case!)  Below you can see that I used some double sided tape to adhere my journal note and my suede paper.  NOTE that I only put enough tape on the back of the suede paper to adhere to the journal sheet (also pictured).  That's because I plan to mat the journal sheet.

Once the suede paper was adhered to the front of my card base, I used Red Liner tape to adhere my journal sheet to the suede paper.

I started to cut my mat by cutting completely through the top left and right corners.

Then I cut a 1/8 border around the journal sheet.

Now its time to cover the inside of my card.  I chose some pretty paper from Pebbles - "From Me to You.  -lovely for Valentine's.

 After I covered my card I decided to trim the back of the card also 0 on the sides only to match the front.

Here you can see it better.

Then I trimmed the bottom off.  My card dimensions ended up 6 inches high x 4 1/4 inches across.

 Next I used the LOVE die from Frantic Stamper (new for Valentines) and the backing from a Prima flower package to cut out my LOVE die cut.  I adhered it to the suede paper with dots of glue on back and then cut around the word to mat.

I have to tell you that when I first started to try out the "hand cutting a mat" I was skeptical.  I have never been a good free hand artist.  I NEED a ruler!  But with a small pair of sharp scissors and patience I've done fairly well.  It does look great when its done!  I encourage you to try it for yourselves.

Here is my finished card!  The flower on the left is from Prima and yes it is a lovely white with FEATHERS!!

Here is a close up of the LOVE die cut.  I added one gold heat which I think turned out really well.

Here is the border I made at the bottom of my card.  I used DAZZLES stickers (Hot off the press and yes, Fran carries them).  I think I must be addicted.  I love love love these stickers, especially the borders and the jewel dazzles.



I hope that you enjoyed my card today and that you try some of these techniques to make a card.

Lis