Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Distressed Hearts

O.k....I know I get excited about so many projects but this one is soooooo easy but the results are so cool!

All you need are a few heart stamps (I used a set from Inkadinkado & one from See D's), one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 white cardstock, Distress Inks and your Ink Blending Tool!!!

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That's it!

Here's what you do....

Ink the piece of cardstock with a rainbow of Distress Inks and the Ink Blending Tool...\

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Now, stamp a variety of hearts till the sheet is covered. NOW, if you don't have any heart stamps, no worries...simply cut strips from the cardstock then cut a variety of hearts in different sizes!

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After you're all done stamping it's time to cut them all out - lol!! This doesn't take nearly as long as it sounds. You'll be done in no time at all!

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TIP: If you've got stamped hearts that have scallops along the edges you can use a pair of tiny scallop deco scissors to cut them out! Yes, it's cheating but it's WAY faster and sure beats cutting around each little scallop!

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After you have all the hearts cut out ~ it's time to create!

Here is a quick and easy Valentines Day card idea. I made one using white background and another with a black background just so you can see the difference....

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and here are several more ideas for Valentines Day cards using up the rest of the hearts...

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So there you go...a fun, quick and easy way to create LOADS of Valentine's Day cards with only a minimal amount of supplies!

15 comments:

  1. These turned out really nice. So easy too. Thanks Roni!

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  2. I love this idea!!! Thank you so much...I can't wait to have fun with all of that color!

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  3. Very cute. I love all the colors and so will my DGS!

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  4. Hello Roni! Once again you amaze me!! Now only if we had as many heart stamps in South Africa! i have only seen See D's ONCE in a shop here, and never again. DO you know where one can buy, steal or grab them from? LOL. they are such beautiful hearts!

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  5. Wonderfull cards and so easy to do!!! I love your blog and your tutorials. I visit here almost every day.

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  6. These look great, Roni - so simple and yet so very effective :) Thanks for the idea!

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  7. you ROCK woman!! those are SO cute!! my stamps aren't as fun as yours, but i may try it anyway!! enjoy your day!!

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  8. This is way cool! Don't you just LOVE distress inks!!! I do!! lol

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  9. Roni -

    This is fantastic! What a super idea, you genius! First, just color the cardstock with the Distress inks makes for a pretty background for a card. But then you went further. And the cards you made are so sweet. Thank you for the great tutorial.

    Elaine Allen

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  10. Really great cards. So colorful and fun.

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  11. Wow......so great and cute!
    Thank you for the inspiration!
    Angelika

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  12. another great tutorial! Thank you :)
    May i link back and use one of your photos to do so?
    best wishes, Dymphie

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  13. What a fab technique, I thought I was all valentined out but I'll have to give this a try - looks such fun to do
    Claire xx

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  14. Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing - This would work fab with stamped flowers too!!!

    Sarah x

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