Rows of Hearts Card

Here's another stamped card.  I just can't help myself.  I'm obsessed with stamping these days.  I swear I still love die cutting and such, but I just can't stop playing with ink.  :)

For this one I used a stamp from Close to My Heart's Key to My Heart Set.  I decided I wanted to use 3 colors and have them go from light to dark.  So I chose purple, blue, and green and found colors in my stash that worked.

To get my stamping straight I drew horizontal lines lightly with a pencil.   I had to eyeball the space with the hearts next to each other on the top.  To line up the hearts below I looked at the center bottom of the heart and tried to place the indent in the center heart I was about to stamp directly below it.  I think the key is to move slowly and not rush it.  I think they lined up pretty well.

After everything was stamped I cut my paper to fit.  The white layer ended up being 4 and 3/4 by 4 and 10/16th's.  I would have preferred a perfect square, but this was close enough.

I used Diamond Stickles to outline the hearts and go over the swirly designs. 

For the card base I used a light gray.  When the card is folded it measures 5 and 1/4 5 and 1/8.  After attaching the white layer I made 2 rows of faux stitching with a white gel pen. 

All done :)