Heart's Delight Cards: dry embossed

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Saturday, November 20, 2021

CCM Saturday Blog Hop - Giving Thanks

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is Thanksgiving and gratitude. Although I count my blessings year-round, this is the time of year I really appreciate my many blessings. A roof over my head, family and friends nearby, good health, and a new puppy that's a sweetheart of a handful.... *wink*

I wanted to keep it fairly simple today, so I chose the Love of Leaves stamp set and Stitched Leaves dies. A quarter sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock was embossed with the Timeworn Type folder, then die cut with a Stitched Rectangle die and the Stitched Leaves outline die.

I heat embossed (gold) the large leaf on another piece of Very Vanilla and trimmed it down to fit behind the die cut layer. The top layer was adhered with dimensionals to the heat embossed layer and then glued to the Soft Suede card base.

I'm so sad to see that the Heartfelt Wishes greeting set is going to retire! I love its large scripty font; it really makes a statement. The greeting was stamped on Very Vanilla with Soft Suede ink, matted on some more Soft Suede cardstock and popped up on dimensionals. (I'm happy to see the Brushed Metallic Dots are carrying over!)

That's my share for today. Click the Next button to jump over to Debbie at Debbie Henderson Designs, or the Back button to see what our new Design Team member, Lori at Loritamarie Crafts has made!

Stampin' Up! products used:

Stamps: Love of Leaves and Heartfelt Wishes
Paper: Very Vanilla and Soft Suede cardstock
Ink: Soft Suede and VersaMark
Accessories: Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Heat Tool, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder, Stitches Leaves Dies, Brushed Metallic Adhesive-backed Dots, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Twelve Days of Christmas TAGS, Day 5

Today's tag is a combination of snowflake embossing folders and snowflake dies. I just can't seem to get enough of them! Maybe if we had a really, truly snowy winter, I'd change my mind, but I doubt it! I just love snowflakes (the good kind, not the ones that get offended over the least little thing) and snowmen!

The bottom layer is embossed with the Winter Wonder folder from Stampin' Up! and the greeting from Snowflake Sentiments (naturally!) is heat embossed in silver. The next layer is a strip of Silver Foil Sheet, and the top embossed layer was done with the Darice Snowflake Swirl embossing folder.

Since one can never have too many shiny snowflakes, I added Dazzling Diamonds and Silver Glimmer die cuts on top. They really were spectacular in real life! These were the dies used.

The top of the tag was cut with the Lots of Labels Framelits and punched with a 1/8" Circle Punch.

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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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Monday, July 18, 2016

I'm Bringing Back Happy Mail

Another batch of happy mail cards were sent out today! It does my heart good to know that in a few days, some special people will be opening their mail boxes and finding something fun, instead of bills and junk mail. And it also makes my heart happy that I am using some Designer Series Paper and embellishments that I have been ~~hoarding~~ collecting for a few years. I can't think of a better use for it!

This is a one-off card, but most of the others were variations of this in different colors and with different stamps. I hope it brings a smile to the recipient!

Here's the "How To" Image panel: Shimmery White 2-3/4" x 4" Mat: Dapper Denim 2-7/8" x 4-1/8"
Embossed panel: Whisper White 4" x 5-1/4"
DSP: Marina Mist (Subtles DSP Stack) 1-1/2" x 4" Card base: Whisper White 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" and folded

Emboss Whisper White panel with Petal Burst embossing folder and adhere to card base.
Add DSP to bottom of embossed panel, and a strip of Washi Tape to cover seam. (I used the retired Metallics Glitter Tape.)
Stamp flower outline in Dapper Denim, filler in Marina Mist, and stem in Garden Green on shimmery white. Paint leaves with Aqua Painter or Blender Pen.
Stamp greeting from Flourishing Phrases.
Adhere image to mat, and mat to card base.
Tie a bow with silver twine (also retired) and adhere with Glue Dot.

NOTE: I used the Cross-Stitched Rectangles die from Lawn Fawn on the image panel.

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