Heart's Delight Cards: Big Shot

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Add a Little Glitz with Snowflakes! (Sneak Peek)

Well, you KNOW I just HAD to get every snowflake-related item in the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog, didn't you? If it sparkles, or if it's shiny, or if it's snowflakes or snowmen, you can bet it will end up in my craft room!

And ESPECIALLY if it's snowy-somethings that can be used with Mr. Big! So the Winter Wonder embossing folder was a no-brainer, as was the snowflake die in the Trim Your Stocking Thinlits Dies. And they happened to coordinate beautifully with the snowflakes in the Seasonal Layers Thinlits, too!

You just really can't go wrong with snowflakes, and the silver sparkly ones paired beautifully with the greeting in Add a Little Glitz!

Here is a helpful hint for the Winter Wonder embossing folder: I was having trouble with wrinkles in the regular Whisper White cardstock after running it through the Big Shot. I tried a quarter sheet of Whisper White Thick cardstock and lightly spritzed the back of it with water, then blotted it with a paper towel. While it was still damp, I embossed it, and then let it dry before trimming it down for the card front. It worked perfectly; no wrinkles at all!

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Friday, August 18, 2017

Hearts Come Home Bundle, Five Minute Christmas Cards

The Hearts Come Home bundle in the Stampin' Up! 2017 Holiday catalog makes hand crafted Christmas cards so quick and easy, I whipped these out in no time! The three building outlines are part of the Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies, and can all be run through the Big Shot at once, so just one pass makes three cards.

There are several options for the background "sky." These three use patterns from the Delightful Daisy, Naturally Eclectic, and Eastern Palace Specialty DSP packs. But you could just as easily do a quick watercolor wash. Hmmm, I think I'll try that next time!

So, once the outlines were cut, it was a quick job to adhere them to the DSP, and then to the card bases. The greetings are all in the Hearts Come Home stamp set (wood or clear mount). The only thing I added that wasn't part of that bundle was the Dazzling Diamons Glimmer Paper star, which was cut with a die from the Starlight Thinlits. Oh! And the moon was made with the 1" circle punch. Super simple!

Altogether, including cutting the cardstock and DSP, I spent maybe 15 minutes on these. I'm sure it would go even faster if I got an assembly line going!

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Mom

I've seen several cards lately that have large letter die cuts, with just the bottom portion stamped. I thought it was a cool look, so I made this Mother's Day card using the same technique. It really couldn't get much easier.....just stamp along the bottom of some white cardstock, use the Large Letters Framelits to cut out the greeting, pop it up on dimensionals for some visual interest, and boom - you're done!

You can use DSP for the background, or emboss it, as I did here. You could even leave it plain, so the greeting would really pop!

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Saturday, March 11, 2017

Hello Sunshine

I resisted the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits for as long as I could, honest I did! But resistance was futile, and I finally weakened and ordered them. (The Borg were right.) I've just seen so many cute and beautiful cards that use them and besides, one can never have too many dies, right? Gotta keep Mr. Big happy!

When my son was a little boy, I called him Sonshine. That was several decades ago, but he will always be my little boy. I made this card to send to him, for no particular reason other than to say "Hi" and I miss him. I hope it gives him a smile when he opens it.

I love the combination of black and white with a pop of color (red, yellow, or turquoise are great examples), so the sunburst design in the Cupcakes & Carousels DSP stack worked perfectly for this card. The black chevron pattern is in the Pop of Pink DSP pack. I have a hard time using chevron patterns, because looking at them makes my eyes feel wonky. But in small doses, like on this card, it can be tolerable.

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