Stitched Love

Stitched Love

Are you ready for Valentine's Day?   It's getting so close!  Today's card is one for not only Valentines but for anyone you want to show love to or even for weddings or wedding showers.

For this card I started by cutting the Forever Heart Die Layer 2 into dark gray cardstock.  I really like how this die stitches the heart and border around the card base!  It also has a coordinating die called Forever Heart Die Layer 1.  I die cut the "Love" from the Love is Love die into the bottom of the card base.  The little hearts in the center of the Love and coming up from the top of the "O" are from the extras in that die set.

For the background of the Love I stamped and embossed in white the wreath from the Love & Honey stamp set and then colored it with Zig Real Brush pens.  I popped the entire gray cardstock up with dimensional tape.  

Thanks for taking a peek!

You're the Best

You're the Best
Today's card is one that is a little different for me.  I did a lot of ink blending on the base of this card using inks from Catherine Pooler.  Have you tried these inks yet?  If not, you're missing out! :)  And hold on to your seats because there are 8 new colors coming to the line February 13th that coordinate with the colors I've used here!

I die cut three of the Small Doily Dies from Masking Paper and then adhered them to the white cardstock.  I blended Royal Treatment, Peppermint Scrub, Daydream, Mandarin Spice & Sauna inks onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock using a foam blender.  I then took the script stamp from the Birds of a Feather stamp set and spritzed it with water and then stamped it onto the card panel to create the watermark look on the background.  I removed the masking paper so that the white doilies stand out nice and bright.  

I die cut the doily out of the indigo cardstock and then stamped the sentiment from the Simply the Best stamp set (one of my favorites!).  I die cut the Best die out of white cardstock that I had inked with Mandarin Spice & Peppermint Scrub inks.  I dipped the entire thing in VersaMark ink and then embossed it with Wanderlust Embossing Powder (coming back to the store soon).  I attached the entire panel to the card with dimensional tape and cut off the pieces hanging over the edge of the card.  Last, I added three sequins around the sentiment.

Thank you for joining me today!  I hope you have a great day!

New Frantic Stamper Stencil

Frantic Stamper has a new release out and it includes lots of items for the women in our lives, including our moms.  They even have a new product out this month, their very first stencil which I've used on this card.

Happy Birthday Mom 

I started by using the new Vintage Floral Stencil (6" x 6").  To create this look I used Deco Foil Transfer Gel and spread it over the stencil.  After letting it dry I applied white foil to the top of it and ran it through a Minc machine.  

I used the Elegant Sakura die to create the large floral piece.  I then die cut the new "mom" die with the For Mother die set.  The "happy birthday" was stamped with a stamp from the Many Happy Birthdays stamp set.

Here's a closeup of the foil on the card from the stencil.  You can achieve a similar look with embossing or texture paste.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Winnie & Walter Leading Lady: Take One

Hello!  I am so excited to be Winnie & Walter's February Leading Lady!  I was so fortunate to meet Shay at a craft retreat almost a year ago and I can't say enough wonderful things about her kind & generous spirit!  I'm always amazed by the products that she puts out through the Winnie & Walter line!  It's an honor to be able to share with you each Saturday this month.

My first theme this month is using the overlooked stamps in our stamp sets.  Basically, take a look at the tiny stamps in your sets and make them the star of the show.  I challenged myself even further and used Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets to make non-holiday themed cards.

Wishing You a Bright, Brilliant Birthday

For this first card I wanted to make a bright, fun, party card.  I loved the little solid circles in the Winter Wishes with Evelin T Design stamp set. I also really liked that the circles had outline stamps to match as well!   So I pulled out a palette of bright inks (listed in the supply section) and started to randomly stamp the little circles with the largest size at the top, working my way down to the tiniest of circles.  I used a gray ink and the coordinating outline circle stamps to outline a few here and there.

The sentiment is from the Wishing You with Evelin T Designs stamp set.  After stamping the second sentiment strip in bright colors I attached it to the panel with dimensional tape.

I wanted to add a little more dimension to my card so I die cut some of the circles in different sizes using the Winter Wishes with Evelin T Designs Cutaways, stamped them with the coordinating sized circle stamps and popped them up with dimensional tape.

On Your Special Day

For my second card I wanted to focus on the adorable steam hearts in the Warm Wishes to You stamp set (this set will be released in 2018 and was the free gift with purchase stamp set during the last release).  To start I created the background paper using the smallest & largest heart and stamping with VersaMark ink.  For the rainbow panel, I chose my ink palette and then started stamping the hearts in a row. I embossed the sentiment from Sentimental: Gift with white ink onto black cardstock and then hand cut the ends of the banner to make a pointed end.  I placed the sentiment banner onto the heart stamped panel with dimensional tape.  The heart panel is also adhered with dimensional tape to the card base. I added some colorful sequins to finish the card off.

I hope you've been inspired to take another look at some of those tiny stamps in your collection and think of ways to use them as the star of your card or project!

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Supplies

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Wishing You Card

Paper: Raspberry Fizz (PTI)

Ink: Party Dress, Be Mine, Flirty Fuchsia, Sweet Sixteen, Orange Twist, Bellini, Tiara, Grass Skirt, Lime Rickey, All that Jazz, Aquatini, Black Jack (Catherine Pooler)

On Your Special Day Card

Paper: Brights Pack (Michaels), Midnight (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: VersaMark, It's a Girl, Party Dress, Rockin' Red, Orange Twist, Sauna, Something Borrowed, Fiesta Blue, All that Jazz, Aquatini, Lime Rickey, Garden Party, Pixie Dust, Flirty Fuchsia (Catherine Pooler)

Sequins: Taylored Expression & Pretty Pink Posh