SECRET CRUSH 6 pages of SWEET project inspiration
Framed 3D Flowers BY JESS MUTTY Secret Crush: Love Notes, Polka Dance & Endless Love Paper Paper Goods & Element Stickers Artisan Circles & Squares White frame with an 8" x 10" opening, glass removed 1. Cut an 8 ½" x 10 ½" piece of the graph side of the Endless Love paper and adhere it to the photo mat. Add small lengths of the Artisan frame along the sides. 2. Hand cut or die cut various sizes of hearts from the papers. Fold the hearts in half and adhere them in clusters of 6-8, openings facing the same direction, to form a flower shape. Adhere the heart flowers in a pleasing arrangement in the center of the frame. 3. Add the small die cut hearts from the Secret Crush Paper Goods pack to fill in and expand the clusters of flowers. 4. Use foam tape to adhere the "xoxo" sticker in the bottom right corner. 5. Adhere and cut the Artisan circles so they are nestled around the clusters of flowers.
LOVE CARD & I YOU CARD by Diana Fisher SECRET CRUSH: First Kiss & Endless Love Paper, Photo Frames, Photograms & Paper Goods ARTISAN: Chipboard Hearts & Arrows OTHER SUPPLIES: adhesive, paper trimmer or scissors LOVE CARD 1. To make this card, start with a 8 ½" x 11" piece of white card stock. Cut the card stock to 4 inches wide and then folder in half from top to bottom. Take the top off of a mist bottle (like Heidi Swapp s Color Shine in Primrose) and sprinkle a few dots on the card s front. Put it aside. 2. Cut a background piece of paper to 4 inches wide and 5 ½" high. Affix to the front of your card. I used a piece of paper from the 6" x 6" Secret Crush paper pad. 3. Cut a smaller square to fit in the Photo Frame of your card. Affix the love sentiment from the Artisan Words Cherish Collection inside the photo frame. 4. Attach some Artisan Ribbons Scallop Collection to the inside bottom of the frame. Now you can add foam adhesive to the edges of your frame facing up and affix it to the card front. 5. Put that aside and get an arrow and two hearts from the Artisan Chipboard collection. Using more of the mists, take the top off and drip some mist onto the chipboard pieces. I also spread some mist on, too, as well as letting it drip on. 6. Attached the chipboard pieces to the frame. Add some die cut pieces from the Secret Crush Paper Goods in the corners to finish off the card. I YOU CARD 1. To make this card, start with a 8 ½" x 11" piece of white card stock. Cut the card stock to 4 inches wide and then folder in half from top to bottom. Take the top off of a mist bottle (like Heidi Swapp s Color Shine in Primrose) and sprinkle a few dots on the card s front. Put it aside. 2. Cut a background piece of paper to 4" wide and 5 ½" high. Affix to the front of your card. I used a piece of paper from the 6" x 6" Secret Crush paper pad. 3. Cut a smaller square to fit in the Secret Crush Photogram on the front of your card. Affix to the front of your card. I used a piece of paper from the 6" x 6" Secret Crush paper pad. 4. Attach some Artisan Ribbons Scallop Collection to the inside bottom of the frame facing down. Now you can add foam adhesive to the edges of your frame and affix it to the card front, making sure that the paper shows through in the circle and the words. 5. Layer some die cut pieces from the Secret Crush Paper Goods to the top right corner and the bottom left corner of your card. 5. Using two different sized hearts from the Artisan Chipboard collection, adhere them to the front of the card near the opening in the Photogram to finish off your card.
PRINCESS LAYOUT by Christin Gronnslett Secret Crush: 6 x 6 Paper Pack, Bouquet, First Kiss, Polka Dance, Love Notes, Endless Love Papers, Paper Goods, Photo Frames Portfolio: Label Stickers, Alphabet Stickers Artisan: Resistable Hearts, Scallop Ribbon Color Shine: Primrose, Tinsel & Black Velvet Other: Twine, Paper Doilies, Vellum COOL TIP Create lines with punched heart shapes! 1. Use a white cardstock for the base of the layout. 2. Add random drops of Color Shine (Primrose and Black Velvet.) 3. Cut out lots of hearts using a punch or Cameo. 4. Sew the hearts together using a sewing machine. You can either glue the hearts to the paper and sew directly on the cardstock or tape the back of the hearts with washi tape (remove later) since they easily slip away. 5. Cut parts of patterned paper in slightly different colors, patterns and sizes. 6. To add dimension cut a piece of vellum slightly wider than the rest of the patterned papers and add paper doilies and a frame. 7. Slight wrinkle the paper, to give the project even more dimension. 8. Layer all the pieces, and use a stapler to adhere the pieces of patterned paper together, don t glue all the corners or side of the project and place the photo on top of the papers. 9. Adhere cut out pennant pieces, round edge pieces and Artisan Elements Borders in between all the layers. 10. Embellish with Photo Tab behind the photo and a ticket attached to twine onto the photo, use Portfolio Alphabet Stickers for the title, Portfolio Label Stickers for subtitle and Artisan Hearts with Color Shine (Tinsel). 11. Adhere the layered pieces to the cardstock and heart garland.
VALENTINE GARLAND by Betsy Veldman Secret Crush: 6x6 Paper Pack, Photo Tabs, Element Stickers, Ephemera Artisan: Flowers, Zig Zag Ribbon, Resistable Chipboard Arrows & Hearts Other Supplies: heart punches, red ink, pink ink, pink mist & red baker's twine 1. Machine stitch chipboard hearts and arrows to zig zag ribbon to create desired length of garland. (If you prefer not to stitch you could use a hot glue gun instead) 2. Punch hearts from assorted 6 x 6 Crush papers. 3. Ink Resistable Chipboard Hearts with red and pink inks. 4. Mist flower with pink spray mist. 5. Use punched hearts, chipboard hearts, flower, ephemera die cuts and stickers to embellish garland as shown. 6. Tie twine at ends of garland and hang as desired.
Still The One Layout by Jen Kinkade PINK PAISLEE PRODUCTS: Secret Crush: photo tabs, paper goods, element stickers & photogram Artisan: Paper Flowers, Papers & Zig Zag Ribbons Other Supplies: Sewing Machine, Scissors, White Cardstock, Baker's Twine, Doilies, Arrow Wood Chip & Letter Stickers 1. Select photo(s) to use. 2. On white cardstock begin begin framing one photo with "I Love YOU" photogram 3. Wrap some baker's twine around the photogram twice. Add the "Love You More" ticket from the paper goods pack by punching a small hole at the top of the ticket and threading the twine through the hole. 4. Layer under the photos using cards from the paper goods pack for more texture and depth. 5. Use Artisan mistable paper with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Tropical Teal and Primrose beneath the layers before it is all adhered. 6. Mist Artisan zig zag trim with same colors before attaching with sewing machine to mistable papers. This creates the base of the layout. 7. Layer one large heart doily for added dimension. 8. Use any extra pieces of mistable trim and cut into triangle to create a pennant-type border for the top of the page. Attack a "Be Mine" photo tap with a sewing machine. 9. Mist Artisan flower with Color Shine Tropical Teal and place in the lower right corner where the photo and trim meet. 10. Add element sticker to accent the layout along with hearts cut with a die cut machine. 11. The title is created using various letter stickers on a small doily. 12. Finalize the layout with ink droplets using Color Shine Tropical Teal. 13. To add a distressed look to the edges of the papers, use the edge of scissors or a file.
MINI PRESENT BY ANDREA BUDJACK Secret Crush: Bouquet, Endless Love, Love Notes & First Kiss Papers, Element Stickers, Photograms, Resistable Chipboard Hearts Indigo Bleu: Boutique Trinkets City Sidewalks: Ephemera 1. Cut 12" paper (Bouquet) to the width of the box. Trim border from paper (Bouquet) and adhere to first paper strip. Stitch together. Adhere around box. Apply stickers to front right corner of box. 2. Cut two (2) 1" x 9" strips of paper (Endless Love) and (2) 0.75" x 9". Adhere together and stitch. Adhere each strip to box, front to back and side to side. 3. Apply a small amount of pain to edges of box, covering the edges of the paper. 4. Die cut scallop square and square label from paper (Love Notes). Adhere to top of box using foam adhesive. 5. Use fold paper tag from paper goods for box closure. Adhere to top. 6. Use paper tag (City Sidewalks Ephemera), spool button (London Market), denim brad (Indigo Bleu Boutique Trinkets) pinned together using the brad and adhere to end of tag. Add heart sticker (Secret Crush) to brad. Apply gloss and glitter to heart. 7. Create bow for the top of box using paper (First Kiss). 8. Ink chipboard hearts (Resist-Able Artisan Chipboard Hearts). Create wire springs using pink wire and end of small paint brush (wrap around brush to desired length). Adhere hearts to one end. Bend bottom of wire in "L" shape and adhere to top of box.
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