Hey there! It's Caryn here today with a couple of cards I created
using the fantastic Embellished Heart Die. I love when I can get more
bang for my buck so this die is a great investment as it can give you a
multitude of looks. The die cuts an embellished aperture from your
material leaving the "positive" heart die cut. Simple to create to
totally different cards with no waste!
I
started by die cutting a piece of self adhesive wood veneer paper. This gave me
the negative part with the aperture and detailed border and also a heart
from the centre. I used similar supplies for both cards so whipping
them up didn't take very long at all.
For
the first card I started with an A2 card base and carefully centred the
die cut wood veneer to the front. From the card I created last week
using the Three Hearts Die I had the white hearts left over so
used a couple of them on these cards (tip - always keep your die cuts -
you never know when they'll come in handy). I lightly brushed some
Orchid pigment ink around the smaller heart to let it pop off the card a
little - it's subtle but it adds a lot of texture. To bring the
elements together I bunched some gold thread and held it down with some
adhesive and popped the inked heart die cut onto it with foam tape. I
created the sentiment using the new Simple Sentiments stamp set, heat
embossed with white powder and then die cut using one of the
co-ordinating dies. I added a few tiny black gems to tie the black
sentiment in.
For
the second card I used the Embellished Heart die again and die cut it
from a white panel off-centre. I popped this onto a white A2 card using
foam tape and then adhered the wood veneer heart into the space and
trimmed off the overhanging edge. I grabbed another of my leftover
hearts from my last card, the same gold thread and another white
embossed sentiment and finished off this time with some gold Stickles
around the edge of the heart to accent the thread.
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