Statement of the Heart Shaker Card - a catalogue sneak peak

It's been a while since I've made a shaker card and the stamp set "Statement of the Heart" lends itself well to that technique.  I've also had a request to do a class on shaker cards in 2 weeks time so this was a perfect time to refresh my memory.

Using the Hearts Framelits, I die cut an aperture large enough in the Bundle of Love DSP, so the entire sentiment would be visible.  Some Window sheet was adhered on wrong side,

On a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock the sentiment was stamped with the assistance of the Stamparatus. The heart was coloured with a red marker.

After adding some tiny glitter pearls (non SU) as shaker elements, the two layers were adhered together to form a shaker.

Some 3/8" Very Vanilla stitched satin ribbon and a bow was adhered to the left side of the card before the two layers were added together.

Die cut flowers from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and coordinating Bouquet Bunch framelits were used to decorate around the heart.  The colours were kept soft and muted, using Blushing Bride and Soft Sky on the flowers, and leaving the leaves in Very Vanilla.  Small pearls were added to the center of each flower.

To finish the card I added some Clear Wink of Stella to each bloom.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Statement of the Heart, Beautiful Bouquet

Inks:  Black Memento, Blushing Bride, Soft Sky

Papers:  Very Vanilla, Bundle of Love DSP

Accessories:  Hearts Framelits, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Glitter pearls (non SU), Foam tape, Window Sheet, 3/8" Very Vanilla stitched ribbon, pearls, Clear Wink of Stella

Valentine Treat Holder using Fry Box

 The focus of my class this week is Valentine's day, so I designed different treat holders.  The one I did today uses the Fry Box die.  It was really fun to decorate it and fill it with chocolate hearts (shhh!!! a few did not get into the holder).

• The box is die cut using the Fry Box die - in Real Red cardstock.
• Two pieces of Love Blossoms DSP are also die cut - one for the front and one for the back.  These are adhered to the Fry box and the box is folded and the edges adhered together.
• The front was a lot of fun to decorate.
• A doillie was crumpled to fit on the front, and a red glimmer heart die cut using the Hearts framelits was adhered to that.
• Two rosettes of different sizes were made.  Flower field DSP was used- the small one using 3/4" by 12" strip of DSP; the larger one a 1" piece.  They were attached to the heart with each rosette showing a different DSP design.
• A 1" Real Red circle was adhered to the rosette top; the sentiment "love" was die cut using the sentiment framelet and dazzling diamond glimmer paper.
• A larger red glimmer heart was die cut and adherred to the back of the fry box.
• Some chocolate covered hearts were placed in a small plastic bag and tied with white seam binding.  MMMM those chocolates are good.

Supplies Used:
Papers: Real Red, Love Blossom DSP, Field of Flowers DSP, Dazzling diamond glimmer paper, Red glimmer paper
Accessories: Fry Box die, 1" circle punch, doillie, hearts framelits, scoring tool, hot glue gun, white seam binding.
     

Gatefold Heart Wedding Card

I have another craft show this weekend and I was in need of some wedding cards.  This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.
It's a gatefold card with a heart edged in flowers in the middle of the card.

• After making the gate fold card using Blushing Bride cardstock, Whisper White cardstock embossed with Boho Chic embossing folder was adhered to the two front panels.
• A piece of Whisper White cardstock was also adhered to the inside.
• A heart was die cut using the Hearts collection framelit.
• On a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock, 28 Petite Petal flowers were stamped using Blushing Bride ink, and punched out using the coordinating punch. Using a Blushing Bride marker, the center of each flower was highlighted, These flowers were adhered around the periphery  of  one side ofthe heart, and then the heart was turned over, and flowers were also placed on the backside.
• A piece of Whisper White organza ribbon was adhered to the back of the card and brought along the front.  
• Half of the heart was attached to the card front using dimensionals.
• The organza ribbon, tied, closed the card.

Supplies Used:

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Greeting Card Kids Valentine- Hand Stamped Sentiments

Ever notice that if you start off the day late, you're late the rest of the day?  Today I thought I would do the color challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments here, and after the card was finished, I thought that I had missed the linkz deadline!  ARGH!!  However, I was wrong! Whew! The colors for the challenge:  Primrose Petals, Pool Party, and Basic Black.

Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Delightful Dozen
Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers
Papers: Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Basic Black Pool Party
Accessories: Hearts Framelits, Adorning accents (hearts), Build an Owl punch, Small heart punch, Dazzling diamonds

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Stampin' Queen's Sketch Challenge #23

For today's card I thought I would make a St. Patrick's Day card as I have enough Valentine's Day card for my craft show.
I used the sketch challenge with Stampin' Queen's sketch challenge #23 here  I will make a card with sketch #24 later.

Here is the sketch:

Stamps: Every Little Bit, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Garden Green
Papers: Garden Green, Whisper White
Accessories: Paper Doily Large Sizzlits Die, Hearts framelets, Polka dots embossing folder, Square lattice embossing folder, Finial Press embossing folder, Modern word label punch, 1 7/8 by 3/4" oval punch, Sewing maching (non su), Dazzling details, Garden green brads,