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Hi friends, Eloise here and for today’s project I have a wedding themed card for you all. This could even be used for a birthday card, or if you change up the sentiment – it can be used for so many occasions. I’ll be using the Time To Celebrate and Wishing You The Best stamp sets, along with the Perfect Hearts Dies and Squash Notecards for my base. For my inlay technique, I’ll be pulling in the Poppy Stamps Rose Frame Dies also, since I felt like it complimented my design well.

To begin my card today, I first took three pieces of watercolour cardstock, cut them down and ink blended some Distress Inks on to each of the pieces. I used Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry for the pink, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn for the Green and then Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean for the blue. Once they were all ink blended, I cut the Rose Frame die from each of them by running it through my Big Shot Machine. Once they were all die cut out, I also ran through a plain white piece for the border or frame of the die.

Next up, I took a piece of plain white cardstock, covered it in adhesive, removed the backers and adhered my white frame over the top. This way, I have adhesive showing through all the holes and it makes for adhering a lot easier. I then inlayed all my different pieces into the white frame, to create a multi-coloured panel for my card. I absolutely love in-lay die cutting, it creates for the most beautiful backgrounds.

Once my background was done, I added foam tape onto the back and adhered it to a Squash Notecard that I cut down to be square. Then, I took the Perfect Hearts Dies and cut the largest out of vellum. For my sentiment, I used the Wishing You The Best set, stamped and die cut the word smile and popped it up on foam squares and adhered it to my heart. For my additional sentiment, I used the Time To Celebrate set and white heat embossed the ‘It’s Your Big Day’ sentiment onto a thin black strip. I repeated the same steps to adhere, and then added foam squares on the back of my heart also, just behind the sentiment so it doesn’t show through and adhered the entire heart onto the centre of my card.

To finish up my project today I adhered a few of the extra ‘leaf’ looking green bits from my die cut background earlier, and adhered them around the sentiment to add a little more green onto my final card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed and got inspired. The video is linked down below for you all to watch, also.

Hope you enjoyed it and I’ll catch you next time!

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Hello!  Today I’ve got a video to share how I made this hanging heart Valentine’s Day card.

One of the sentiments from the Sending Love clear stamp set says, “You make my heart flutter,” and I thought that was perfect for a hanging heart card. Small pieces of negative spaces from the Caprice heart were glued to form hearts around the sentiment.

The largest die from the brand new Stitched Heart Set made the perfect cut-out for the Caprice Heart to hang from, and I love how the stitching added such a delicate, finished look to the window.

The layers were made using a gold, vintage gold, and a shimmer sheet for the mother-of-pearl look that changes color in the light as it hangs. Two Caprice hearts were made, glued onto a shimmery pink base, and then glued back-to-back so it looks dimensional from both sides.

Technically, this is called a “Four Fold Card.”  The design has been around for years, and I love how it functions as a stable table decoration that folds nicely into an envelope for mailing. This measures 5″ x 5″, but could have easily been made into an A2 size.

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!  Check out the video below, and I can’t wait to see you again soon.  🙂

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Hi there!  It’s Tuesday again, and that means we are sharing something creative with you here on the blog!

I’m sharing two of my favorite things with you – stitched die cuts and ink blending!  The new Party Balloon Dies is a wonderful set that is full of endless possibilities, and that stitching detail along the edge is the perfect detail!

 

I started by die cutting three different balloon sizes out of white cardstock.

 

I then applied ink to each balloon, making sure to blend darker color at the tops.  I also sponged ink onto a piece of watercolor paper for the background.  I used Distress Inks as they are very reactive to water, but other water based inks will work as well.

 

To create texture, I sprinkled on clear water to each layer, let it sit for a few seconds, and then gently dried it with a paper towel.  After each layer had dried, I splattered on some I coordinating watercolor paint.  I wanted just a bit more depth on the background layer so after the turquoise paint was dry I splattered on a bit of white paint.

 

I was on such a roll with adding texture that I just had to add some more!  :-). I applied some clear glaze to the tops of the balloons and then sprinkled with a fine prisma glitter.

 

For the sentiment, I used a couple of stamps from the Hooray for Everything stamp set.  The Hooray is die cut using the coordinating Hooray for Everything Die Set.

Thanks so much for joining me here today!