Encre, papier, ciseaux: Fly, Fly, Angel Wings

This was a tough card to design. This card was intended for a coworker's friend who lost her baby mid-pregnancy. I wanted to do something soft and kept picturing a heart with wings over a sky background. I first thought of making the heart out of chipboard and wanted to add paper wings I had in a Primas die-cut kits, but as it turned out, I only had one wing left. (Bummer.) Then, as I was shuffling sets around, the Affection Collection set caught my eye and what do you know - it includes a heart with wings image!

I embossed the image with gold powder on Confetti Ivory cardstock, then added Dazzling Details on the wings. I stamped the heart a second time on Pink Pirouette cardstock and popped the heart up in the center of the wings, then added a small pearl on it.

The yellow scallop square is a chipboard piece, which I covered with cardstock before sanding off the edges. The sky paper is a patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket I found in my stash. I punched the corners with the Ticket Corner punch and added a row of embossed hearts at the bottom using the Adorning Accents folder, and then I added handstitching around it. (Wish I had a sewing machine, that would definitely be faster, but I do like the touch the sewing adds to the project even though it was time-consuming.)

I used the new Bitty Banners Framelits die along with the Petite Pairs set to add a sentiment at the bottom, held in place with a glimmer brad from the Neutrals collection.

Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Affection Collection, Quelques lignes (Petite Pairs)
Cardstock: Barely Banana, Petite Pirouette, Confetti Ivory
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket
Inks: Versamark, Soft Suede
Accessories: Embossing powder (gold, clear), Dazzling Details (clear), pearls,
chipboard scallop square, hearts folder, Ticket Corner punch, glimmer brad,
Bitty Banner framelits, vanilla satin ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Embroidery thread, paper piercer