This week I received a mahoosive package of new goodies from the new Spring/Summer (Yes, yes I know. It's snowing here as I type this) catalogue. It's full of lovely new stamps, papers and embellishments so go take a look.
This card came together quickly and easily. The Stacked With Love paper stack is great for Valentines day projects, but it's not so wet & soppy that you can't use it for other cards too. It's double sided and at £6.25 it's a great way to inject some fresh colours into your stash, without breaking the bank. The Happy Heart embossing folder is great too. It gives a really deep, crisp impression.
I made the frame for the sentiment by die cutting another in black, cutting it in half & mounting the sentiment on it so that the black just peeps out top and bottom. Same with the glitter card, which was the artisan label punch cut in half. You can use whatever punches and dies you have to hand to get the same effect.
The black paper lace is made with an Edgelits die. You must layer a sheet of wax paper between the die and the cardstock or it will embed itself mercilessly into your card! And run it through your die cutting machine narrowest part first - this puts much less pressure on your machine. Follow these two rules & you get a crisp and delicate die cut, every time.
The Thanks stamp is from the Simply Wonderful stamp set, which is free during Sale-a-bration (that is, until the end of March) with every spend of £45 (excluding p&p) from the Stampin' Up! catalogues.
Click on "Shop Now" on the right hand side bar to go shopping now!
And if you live in or around Stockport, I hold a regular card class on the last Thursday of the month. Details here.
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