Easy Embossing Valentine Card

Created and presented by Deborah Spofford, CCD
Author and Designer for the Creative Industry

Create elegantly embossed Valentine cards in just a few simple steps.

 

Supplies

 

4 ¼” x 5 ½” blue card

Two pieces of light green striped card stock:
4 ¼” x 5 ½”, 3” x 4 ¼”

Two pieces of purple card stock:
 3 ¼” x 4 ½”, 2” square

Fiskars® Mini-ShapeBoss

Embossing stylus

Mini-ShapeBoss™ stencils sets:
Swirl and Victorian

Fiskars® Heart Border Punch

Small heart punch

Pop dots

Glue

 

 *All supplies can be purchase at Craft Warehouse*

 

 

Instructions

1.  Punch hearts along the front edge of the card with the border punch. 

2.  Glue the 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of green paper to the inside of the card.

3.  Follow the three step embossing instructions that come with the Mini-ShapeBoss™.  Emboss the scallop borders from the Victorian stencil on the top and bottom edges of the 3” x 4 ¼” piece of green card stock.  Remove the Victorian stencil and replace it with the Swirl stencil.  Emboss three hearts between the scallop borders.

4.  Punch three small hearts out of the purple paper.  Glue the hearts to the center of each embossed heart. 

5.  Glue the green embossed paper to the 3 ¼” x 4 ½” piece of purple paper. 

6.  Apply Pop Dots to the back of the purple paper.  Adhere the paper to the center of the card.    

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