Heart's Delight Cards

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Still In The Pines

I may have an addiction... I can't seem to resist tree stamps. I love florals, and can't resist them, either, but it doesn't seem to matter how many tree stamps I already have, I need to get new ones when they come out. Because they're different than what I already have. Hey, there are far worse things I could be addicted to, right? Right???

Case in point: In The Pines photopolymer stamps and coordinating Pine Woods Dies. I have so many ideas for this beautiful set that I'm having a hard time picking one and following through before starting the next! Today's card is another CAS beauty utilizing two of my favorite things; plaid patterns and negative die cuts.

I die cut the tree, embossed it, and then used a stitched rectangle to cut it out. The tree was then backed by the Shaded Spruce plaid pattern in Plaid Tidings and popped up on dimensionals over the Crumb Cake colored plaid. I fussy cut the Shaded Spruce greeting and popped it up, too, then added the star and Shaded Spruce rhinestones from the Holiday Basic Jewels.

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In The Pines Bundle

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Plaid Tidings 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Star Designer Elements

Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Sympathy for a Friend

My friend's pet rabbit died a couple days ago and she's heartbroken. He had been her buddy for a long time, and I don't care what species the fur baby may be, they have a way of working their way into our hearts, and losing them is almost like losing a family member. My own heart aches for her because I've felt that loss.

I wanted to keep her card simple, and the rabbit image in Nature's Beauty was perfect for this. Since the card colors were a somber black, white, and gray, I didn't even need to color the bunny. (Puggy was black & white anyway.) The greeting is from Pampered Pets.

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Monday, September 28, 2020

CAS Holiday

Changing things up a bit today with this CAS In The Pines card. NO bling, NO shiny stuff, NO embellishments of any kind. Whaaa?! And no, I'm not running a fever, LOL.

I just wanted to see if I could actually do it. I think it turned out pretty well, but I may have gone overboard with the texture. What do you think?

After watercolor washing the background, I let it dry, then stamped some spatters. It was embossed with the Tasteful Textures folder, matted on Just Jade, and adhered to the card. I cut the rectangle and embossed it with one of the Wrapped in Texture folders, then the tree was die cut from Just Jade and glued to the rectangle. After stamping the greeting (Shaded Spruce) it was die cut and glued over the tree trunk, then the whole thing was popped up on dimensionals.

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