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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Coffee & Friends sheetload of cards

 Hiya!  Welcome back to my blog!  Today I've got projects that I created using Crafty Al's February Sheetload of cards.  I love here templates and this month is no exception.  You can find her video HERE if you're interested in checking it out.

I used papers from Echo Park's Coffee and Friends 6x6 paper pad collection.  Enjoy!

Thanks so much for swinging by today!  #SUYSFeb2022 #ShowUsYourSheetLoad #SheetLoadOfCards #handmadecards #cardmaking

~Kristina

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Sweet Hugs

Hello again!  I'm continuing on with the Valentine's Day themed cards.  Today's card features the Sweet Treats and Sweet Bear sets from Scrappy Tails Crafts.  Lets dive right in!

Now, let me walk you through a quick tutorial.  First I stamped the heart shaped cake pop all over a panel of Neenah Solar White cardtock using a Copic safe black ink.

Then I added color with Copic markers.  I used R59, R39 and R35 to color around the cake pops.  I used T5, T3 and T1 on the shadow spaces on the sides of the cake pops.  

To add some texture to the red areas, I used a cloth scrap with colorless blender refill.  I just randomly dabbed over the red areas.

I also colored in the sprinkles with R32.  I took some large letter dies and cut out the word "hug" from the colored panel.  I also cut it out three times from black cardstock.  I glued all of the letters together.  I put the colored panel on a white card base and added the letters back in.  I added a layer of Nuvo Aqua shimmer pen to the letters.

I covered up the letters and splattered the panel with silver acrylic paint.  Then I carefully added Glossy Accents over the letters.

Once everything was dry I added a small sentiment.  I stamped "love you" from the Sweet Bear set with Versamark ink onto black cardstock.  I sprinkled it with silver embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool.  A little liquid glue and adhered it to the panel.  And we're all done!

As always, thanks SO much for stopping by!

~Kristina

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