Happy Valentine's Day! Today I am sharing another CHA project today. This project has a love theme so I thought it would be perfect for sharing today for Valentine's Day.
Using the new Matchbook Set die, I cut one of the taller matchbooks from grungepaper. I colored the grungepaper with Worn Lipstick and Barn Door Distress Stains. I applied 2-3 coats of the two colors of stain randomly on the grungepaper, drying with a heat tool between each coat. After the grungepaper was dry, I sanded the surface of the grungepaper with a sanding block. Sanding gave the surface a very worn soft velvety finish. After sanding I brushed all of the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
I cut a lace strip from manila cardstock using the Vintage Lace die. I dabbed Old Paper Distress Stain onto the paper lace strips to add color variation. After drying the strips, I brushed the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I adhered on piece of the paper lace to the underneath side of the front lower flap with SuperTape. I added a machine stitched line through the grungepaper and paper lace.
After adding my cardstock pages to the inside of the matchbook, I pierced three holes through the assembled book using a Crop-a-dile tool. I placed brads through the holes, flattening the brads on the back of the book. I added a strip of paper lace adhered with SuperTape to the back of the book to cover the brads.
I die cut a heart from grungepaper. I colored it as before with Distress Stains. After it was dry, I sanded it a bit more than I did the cover so that it would look more worn and stand out from the cover. I inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Stain. I adhere the heart to the cover of the matchbook and sewed around the edges. On top of the heart, I used my Tiny Attacher to adhere a ticket I made with manila cardstock, the Ticket Strip die, and a blank ticket stamp from the Odds and Ends stamp set. Like the paper lace, I colored the manila for the tag with Old Paper Distress Stain and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I used my {beloved} Hero Arts alphabet stamps to add a title to the ticket.
I attached a ticket to each inside page with a different redeemable gift stamped on each.
Each of the cardstock pages inside has a row of Xs and Os embossed and stamped along the top edge. I used the X stitch embossing folder from the Patterns and Stitches Texture Fades set to create the row of Xs. I used a small letter O stamp to stamp the Os in between the Xs with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
I brushed Walnut Stain Distress Ink along the edges and on the raised X border of each page.
I love the way this little matchbook turned out. It was simple to make and would make such a fun and heartfelt gift for someone. I am thinking about pretending that the hubby gave me this booklet and trying to redeem the tickets from him! I really would love to have the maid service and spa day on those tickets!
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