All Geared Up Birthday Card

Hello, Friends, and welcome to Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.  I have a fun All Geared Up birthday card to share with you today.

This card uses papers, stamps and dies from the fabulous All Geared Up Collection.  One of the things I love about Heartfelt Creations is the many thoughtful bits and pieces they include in their paper collections.  All these tags and tickets are part of the art work on the cut apart pages.  I just cut them out, layered them onto my card and added the whimsical mechanical flowers and this card was pretty much done.  I  simply added a few vintage buttons and a bow tied with Delicate Stitched Satin ribbon!  It doesn’t get much easier than that, does it?

These gear flowers are loads of fun to create.  On this flower, I’ve tucked the “petals” from the white layer between the brown layered flowers to add great lift and dimension.  I also love using the cogs as doilies.  It’s a surprisingly feminine die when you cut it from white or soft pastel papers.

The inside was also a cinch to create.  I just stamped the greeting from Tarnished Gears onto one of the many pre-designed card fronts.  Sometimes, you just don’t have all day to make a card, and it’s lovely to have supplies that allow you to make a great looking card in a short period of time.

That’s it for me today, folks!  You’ll find a complete supply list and tutorial for making this card below.  Be sure to visit the HC BLOG where you’ll find loads of inspiration from the rest of the team.  This collection really unleashed my creativity, and I find myself using the word “FUN” over and over again when I talk about this collection! I can’t wait to share more with you in the coming weeks.  Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

TUTORIAL

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried by HC:
PAPER: HCDP1 248 All Geared Up Paper Collection:  STAMPS: HCPC 3634 Tarnished Gears PreCut Set; Dies: HCD 745 Luggage and Tags Die, HCD 754 All Geared Up Die; 159223 Paper Blossoms Molding Mat; 459222 Paper Blossoms Tool Kit; Grand Calibur
Other Product: Paper: Pool Party Cardstock, Bronze Metallic Paper, Pearlized White Paper; INK: Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, Adirondack Cloudy Blue Ink, Ranger Archival Coffee Ink; Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, aqua buttons; red line tape, hot glue gun.
Directions: Create a side fold 5″ x 7″ card base from Pool Party cardstock. Ink the edges with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. Cut a 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ panel of the teal flourish designer paper. Ink the edges. Use red line tape to run a 7 1/2″ piece of ribbon up the left hand side, tucking the ends onto the reverse. Glue onto card base. Die cut the tag, journal card, ticket, tab, 3 gear “doilies, and 2 sets of gear “flowers” from cardstock, as seen. Layer these elements onto the card, as shown. Create the bow and attach to the side ribbon using a hot glue gun. Stitch button centers and add to card as seen.
For the interior of the card: cut out the card front and stamp the birthday greeting in Cloudy Blue ink. Then stamp with coffee ink to create a shadow effect. Glue into card as shown.