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Summary: Learn how to apply sparkles for an embossed Valentine's Day card with expert tips on Valentine's Day crafts in this free video.
Janet Casto is an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator. She offers classes and home parties to teach her decorating techniques. She's also able to sell both stamp and scrapbook...read more
"Alright, you've stamped your cute little mouse and you've colored him in with your markers. The next thing we're going to do is go ahead and add that sparkling brad to give this card a little pow. What I need is I need my 1/16 inch punch. What I'm going to do is line it up the best I can to the center of that flower. Give it a little squeeze. Take my brad, poke it through. Lay my card down. I find that's the easiest thing to do, work on a flat surface. Separate the 2 prongs and you've got a little pow to your card, a little pizzazz, a little bling. Now, we're going to add this card onto the pink card, but I want to put a little background. On the background, I chose to use here is the same color of his shirt. We're using this punch. Whenever you use punches, again, you always have the bottom to you so you can see exactly where you're punching. Both hands, squeeze it. Then I like to dry fit and make sure. He's fitting in there good, so now I can go ahead and take a little adhesive on the back of my card, slide him into that corner slot. This a cute punch. It gives it kind of like the old photo tags like you used to have in the older albums. He's ready to go there. Final step. I'm just going to put a little adhesive on the back. Stick it to the front of my card. Again, just eyeball these. They will have a little border. They're usually about a 1/4 of an inch. There's your last valentine card. I hope you enjoyed this series. It was a lot of fun for me. Happy Valentine's day!"
eHow Article: Adding Sparkles for an Embossed Valentine's Day Card