This year, Stampin' Up! offered two special Valentines stamp sets offered for a limited time. They were cute, so I jumped on the chance to add them to my collection and I am afraid to admit that they hadn't seen ink until this week! Dreadful, I know! Today's set was perfect to use with the cute Mojo Monday Sketch (#332), so my card features the Follow My Heart stamp set. The clear-mount version is already sold out, but the wood-mount is still available (item 134611, CAD $19.95) if you are interested. Just send me an e-mail and I'll make sure to order it for you.
I created my own tag out of Whisper White cardstock and stamped the Eiffel tower in Coastal Cabana ink. I used the same ink to add the sentiment on the Soft Sky strip. Since Valentines' Day is almost here, I decided to create a card that would be more useful for the upcoming months and stamped "congratulations," as I think this could make a great wedding card.
The hearts were created with the Hearts a Flutter stamp set and the matching Framelits dies. The big heart was embossed with white powder on vellum cardstock and the small heart was embossed with white powder on Real Red cardstock, then they were layered on the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
TIP: Adhesive shows up under vellum, so the best way to adhere it, whenever possible, is to apply the glue underneath something that will be hiding it. In this case, I glued the red heart in place over the vellum heart, flipped the vellum over and applied glue underneath the red heart, where it would be hidden. The vellum cardstock we carry is thicker than vellum paper and so it will hold in place even though I have not put glue everywhere.
The top of the tag was stamped with an image also from the Follow My Heart stamp set, in Real Red ink, and a piece of Natural Chevron ribbon (from the Occasions catalogue) was folded in half at the top.
The adorable pattern paper is from the Fresh Prints paper stack. It's well hidden on page 33 of the Occasions catalogue, but you should check it out because it's beautiful and have a variety of patterns that will work well for many occasions. I cut my piece of paper to size and add a leftover strip that was the perfect width to do my middle band, so I simply flipped it over and used the reverse side of the first piece. I then added a piece of gold sequin trim (another item I LOVE from the Occasions catalogue - it adds a little of shine and flair to my projects) at the top of the paper band.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Follow My Heart, Hearts a Flutter, Notes de saison {retired}
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Vellum
Designer paper: Fresh Prints
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Real Red, VersaMark
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Natural Chevron Ribbon, Hearts a Flutter Framelits dies,
Whisper White Envelope, Gold Sequin Trim, Buttons
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