My Cards and Tags: Dina Wakley's Collaged Hearts

"Love is in the air" is our heart-happy theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and we're also featuring the fab products of Carabelle Studio.  I made two matchbook cards to celebrate all things love:

I started by cutting the matchbook shapes out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and Tim Holtz's Matchbook die set.  Next, I heat-embossed some Carabelle Studio stamp images with white embossing powder.  The circle images are from an "art texture printing plate," but I use them as stamps all the time.  The only consideration is that your images will be backwards (notice my backwards number 2, for example), but that doesn't bother me much.

Confession time!  I've had Jane Davenport's Mermaid Markers for several months but was too dang chicken to give them a try.  I hope I'm not the only one who gets excited then intimidated by cool crafting products!  Anyway, I finally gave them a whirl and they are fantastic!  A little color goes a long way, so I touched around the images with the Mermaid Markers then blended the colors together with a paintbrush and some water.  Once the covers were drying, I decided to make some pages out of paper bags, which I cut to size and sewed down the center.

The next step was to sew the pages into my matchbooks, which you can see here:

The last step was to add a little more decor to the fronts of the matchbooks.  I glued on some Washi Tape and made tabs (cause I love me some tabs).  I added a heart and then stamped some Dina Wakley sentiments onto tissue paper, which I glued on top of everything else.

I got out the trusty Sharpie and sketched around the edges for some faux stitching to finish these off.

One thing is for sure: since our theme was love, I have to say I LOVE Mermaid Markers once I finally played with them.

Here are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Carabelle Studio Ronds Art Printing Texture Plate	Carabelle Studio Frise Nuage Edge Cling Stamp	Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE WHITE EPJ36678	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet
Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers	Jane Davenport Shimmering Sky Mermaid Markers	Dina Wakley Collaged Hearts Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Sizzix MATCHBOOK SET Dies	Sizzix Big Shot
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

How will you show some love this week?  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.