Stand Up Happy Heart

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's project, I challenged myself to create a stand up character so I can participate in the Lawnfawnatics challenge on Anything But A Card or Tag. It took me a while to plan this out since I was hoping to make the heart stand with just the die cut legs. But it keeps falling down so I have to create a ground for the heart and an invisible support to keep the heart stable while upright. 

I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Happy Heart die set for my project. I die cut two pieces of the heart on red cardstock. I die cut the arm/hand on purple cardstock. I die cut the legs using the stick die on the set. For the feet, I used the cheek dies on the set. I die cut two pairs of the arms and legs, and 3 pairs of the feet on purple cardstock. I will layer these die cuts to make the heart character more sturdy.

On one of the hearts, I adhered the arms and legs. I scored a pair of the feet die cuts, about two-eighths of an inch from one end. I adhered the scored portion to the end of the legs. I adhered the other die cuts underneath these scored feet to add dimension and hopefully, some stability. Unfortunately, there is some struggle in making the heart stand up. To solve this problem, I created a base to keep the stand up heart stable when upright.

I die cut the eyes and mouth on black cardstock. After adhering it to the heart, I added details to the eyes using a white Sakura gel pen.

I die cut two pieces of oval shapes on heavy weight cardstock. To add more support to the stand up heart, I trimmed a strip of thick acetate. I scored this at 1/2". Using a craft knife, I cut a slit on the oval piece where I inserted the folded end of the acetate. I stamped a sentiment on the oval piece using a stamp from LF On The Mend stamp set. After I treated the area with anti-static powder, I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Onyx black ink and clear embossing powder. I curved the stamp using the oval die as a guide to add a bit of interest to the base.

I inserted the scored end of the acetate through the slit and adhered this to the other side of the oval piece using a double adhesive tape. I adhered the other oval die cut for a clean base. 

I added double adhesive tape to the other end of the acetate. I squirted dots of glue to the bottom side of the feet of the stand up heart. I adhered the back side of the heart to the acetate. 

For the other heart die cut piece, I stamped the sentiment using stamps from the LF Happy Everything stamp set. After treating the area with anti-static tool, I embossed the sentiment with Versamark ink and white embossing powder. 

I am planning to mail this to Mrs. Fitzwater's 3rd Grade class in Oklahoma. Her class is collecting hearts for Valentine's Day from all over the country and hopefully, from all over the world. I hope this arrives in time. My stand up heart, when folded in its feet, does not fit an A2 envelope. I will either have to create my own envelope for it or mail it using an A4 envelope. This is something I will keep in mind if I plan to recreate this in the future with the intent of mailing it.

I hope you like today's project. I hope this happy heart made you smile. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this project at

Challenge #190~Anything But a Card or Tag

 

Challenge #323~This Makes Me Smile

Scrapbook & Cards Today FB Challenge