Stretch your heart themed dies!

Hi friends!  Kristina here with some brand new Scrappy Tails Crafts inspiration to share with you today.  Scrappy Tails Crafts had an absolutely fantastic release in January with tons of heart themed products.  You KNOW I had to add several of them to my collection!  And now, Valentine's Day has come and gone.  I don't want to pack up these heart themed goodies.  I want to show them love year round!  Time to get those creative juices flowing.  There may have been a supply of coffee to help my brain along...

Hearts for St. Patrick's Day you ask?  Why not?  

Let's chat about my card.  I fell in love with the A7 Lace Heart Cover die after seeing the video my teammate Sharon posted over on YouTube.  That die was the starting point for my crafty session.

First I cut several hearts out of green and gold glitter cardstock with the hearts from the Slimline Heart & Rose Spinner add-on die.

I also cut out three green solid hearts out of cardstock that I had covered with Stick It adhesive sheets.  I popped out the inner bits from the green rose hearts and added them to the solid green heart.  Then I took all of gold glitter rose pieces and fitted them into the green hearts.

I took the A7 Lace Heart Cover die and cut out all of the pieces from white cardstock.  I set aside most of the pieces except for the inner lace rectangle.  I used it as a stencil to add detail with Pine Needles Distress Oxide ink to a 5 x7 card base.  I also went around the edges with a blender brush and Pine Needles ink.

I took the A7 Lace Heart Cover die again and cut it out of gold foil cardstock.  This time I only kept the outer frame.  I popped out the tiny gold hearts (saving for a future project) and added strips of green cardstock behind the frame.  I also added foam tape and then adhered it to the card base.

I decided the white was still too bright so I added Pine Needles Distress Oxide ink splatters.  Next I adhered the three green and gold hearts in a shamrock shape.  I used the rose die from the Slimline Heart & Rose Spinner add-on to cut out the green stem and leaves.  For the final touch I added several metallic gold pearls.

Well, I couldn't stop there.  I had left over pieces from my first card and I set to making use of them.  Which means not one, but TWO bonus cards!

Mini slimline card.

A2 card using the leftover panel from the A7 Lace Heart Cover die that I had used as a stencil.

It's amazing how much versatility you can get out of the A7 Lace Heart Cover die.  Not just Valentine's Day and not just 5" x 7" cards!  I look forward to seeing what else I can create with this fantastic die!

Thanks for visiting today!

~Kristina 

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Teflon bone folder Shop at: EH	Popping Poppies stamps Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SBC	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	VersaMark Watermark ink pad Shop at: SBC | EH
Tonic Studios-Retractable Craft Pick Shop at: SBC | EH	Stick It Adhesive sheets Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Distress Oxide-Faded Jeans Shop at: SBC | EH
White Gelly Roll pen Shop at: SBC	White embossing powder Ranger Shop at: SBC | EH	Heat Tool Shop at: SBC	Natural White Neenah cardstock Shop at: EH
Glitter cardstock - Hero Arts Shop at: SBC | EH	Silver Brush Black Velvet Round 4 Shop at: EH	Gold metallic cardstock - Lawn Fawn Shop at: SBC | EH	Fairy Sentiments - Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT
Blender Brush - Studio Katia Shop at: EH	Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop at: SBC | EH	Metallic Gold pearls - Pinkfresh Studio Shop at: SBC | EH	Pine Needles - Distress Oxides Shop at: SBC | EH
Starry Colors watercolors - Gansai Tambi Shop at: SBC | EH	Slimline Heart & Rose Spinner add on- Scrappy Tails Shop at: SCT	A7 Lace Heart Cover die - Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT

Scrappy Tails Baby Card Crazy hop

I don't know about you but I love getting more out of my supplies.  A fellow Scrappy Tails Crafts design team member came up with an awesome idea.  Using non baby themed stamps to make a baby card!  The Sweet Bear stamp set is just perfect for a baby card!

I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and stamped the bear all over using a light gray dye ink.  I then took the trio of hearts and stamped those to fill in the areas between the bears.  I did some dirty masking using scraps of paper.  No need to get fancy!

Then I grabbed a paint brush, water and some Distress Oxide inks.  Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw, Bundled Sage, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot.

Next I stamped several bear masks.  I cut them all out and placed them on the colored panel.  Then I took a blender and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.  I used a very gentle hand to add color over the entire panel.  Once I was happy with the coverage, I peeled off all of the masks.  There was a tiny area that I chose not to fussy cut out of the mask.  I grabbed a BG000 marker and colored it in.  It is a great match to Tumbled Glass.  

I cut the panel down using a scalloped rectangle die.  I added foam tape to the back and added it to a top fold, A2 sized gray card base.  Next I grabbed Crystal Stickles.  I added the Stickles to all of the big hearts.  I also chose to add glossy accents to that cute bear nose.

While those pieces were drying, I grabbed the dies that spelled love from the Flower Vase Pop Up die set.  I cut the letters out four times from the same gray cardstock as the base.  I even remembered to add Stick It adhesive to the cardstock before I cut the letters out.  This made it so much easier to glue all of the layers together.

I added the letters in a jaunty layout.  I thought this made it look more whimsical.  I also dabbed on some Frost Shimmer stix to add a little more sparkle.  That's it!  One super cute baby card complete.

The good news is that my card is part of a hop.  Some of us have videos and some of us have blog posts to share.  I hope you'll join in on all the fun.  And a little added bonus - if you comment on every blog post & video along the hop, you'll be entered into the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Scrappy Tails Crafts store!  Your next stop is Teresea Plunkett right HERE.

Inspired to shop right now?  You can get 10% off in the Scrappy Tails Crafts store if you use the code STCBLOG10.

Toodles!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

Compensated affliate links may be used - I may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you should you make a purchase using my link.

Teflon bone folder Shop at: EH	Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC	Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC	Black Soot Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH
Frost Sheer Shimmer Stix Shop at: SBC | EH	Scalloped Rectange dies - Lawn Fawn Shop at: SBC	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Tonic Studios-Retractable Craft Pick Shop at: SBC | EH
Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: SBC | EH	Stick It Adhesive sheets Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Distress Oxide-Hickory Smoke Shop at: SBC | EH
Therm O Web Masking Magic Sheets Shop at: SBC	Distress Oxide - Tumbled Glass Shop at: SBC	Crystal Stickles Shop at: SBC	Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper Shop at: EH
Copic Marker BG000 Shop at: EH	Bundled Sage - Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH	Silver Brush Black Velvet Round 4 Shop at: EH	Replacement blending foam - Ranger Shop at: EH
Sweet Bear dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT	Sweet Bear -Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT	Flower Vase Pop Up dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT