Showing posts with label stacked with love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stacked with love. Show all posts

Friday, 13 February 2015

Pop up Valentine's card


 
Valentine's Day tomorrow.  I was going to give Mr B the card I made as a sample for my Valentine's card classes. To some, this will seem cheap. However, thrift is a quality my husband finds strangely arousing in a woman, so I was onto a winner! But I smudged ink on it & it couldn't be saved. So I made this one instead. Hearts, flying at your face from all angles! 
 

To get the fancy edge I took the large Framelit from the Apothecary Accents set, placed it against each edge of the card & just ran it partly through the Big Shot, so that it only cut half the die.


 















The I heart U stamp is from the Pictogram Punches set - I forgot to add that in the links below.

Have a fun & smoochy Valentines Day, whatever you get up to. And if it should turn into a washout - if he's sat there picking his feet & watching Match of the Day instead of gazing lovingly into your eyes - why not console yourself with a spot of craft shopping? Click on any of the pictures below to hop through into my shop. And remember, there's free product to be picked from the Sale-a-Bration catalogue if your order tops £45.


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Sunday, 18 January 2015

Hearty thanks!

 
 
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.