An Easter card with Heritage Frames & Hold on To Hope

The "Hold on to Hope" stamp set and coordinating dies are held over from last year.  Today I put this stamp set together with the Heritage die and embossing folder to make an elegant Easter card in Vanilla and Gold.

Before starting on the card, 10 flowers were punched using the small bloom punch (SAB) and then spritzed with a homemade spritz made using alcohol and champagne shimmer mist.  Each was crumpled and left to dry.

The top fold base card of  Thick Very Vanilla card stock was matted with gold foil.  Before adhering this to the card base the center was die cut with a stitched rectangle die, and that piece was used to die cut the cross. An embossed Very Vanilla layer was added to this.

The oval center piece was created by die cutting and embossing gold foil using the Heritage die and embossing folder. Strips of adhesive foam strips were used to adhere this oval to the card front.  Some foam adhesive strip was also used to adhere the vanilla lattice covered gold foil cross to the oval center.

After embossing with gold embossing powder, two vines were die cut and adhered to the focal image as shown in the picture above.

As a final step, the now dried flowers that were spritzed and crumpled, are uncrumpled and shaped.  Two flowers, off set and adhered together make one flower. Crystal effects and dazzling diamonds was added to each flower after which they were added to the oval. Two flowers were added to the upper right; three to the lower left. Some foliage, die cut in Very Vanilla using the Noble Peacock die, was added around the flowers.  A gold rhinestone was added to the center of each flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Hold on to Hope
Inks:  Versa Mark
Papers:  Very Vanilla, Gold Foil
Accessories:  Heritage frames 3D Die and Heirloom Frame Embossing Folder, Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder, Small Boom Punch, Gold rhinestones, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Noble Peacock dies, Cross of Hope dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, gold embossing powder, Homemade spritz

Hold Onto Hope

More snow last night, and the forecast is snow on and off all Weekend.  It's been a very snowy winter so far and it's provided perfect opportunities to "craft"

Yesterday I made an Easter card, featuring the Hold onto Hope stamp with its coordinating Cross of Hope framelits found in the Occasions catalogue. Love the way it turned out.

A circle was die cut in the upper part of the top folding card front after the DSP had been added.  A Iridescent glimmer circle was adhered around this circle.

On a separate piece of thick Whisper White card stock I used masking and sponging to create the background against which the Cross is placed. The Cross was made by first stamping a cross with Soft Suede ink, die cut, and then a gold patterned Cross was added over top of that.  A die cut vine is arranged around the larger Cross. A smaller cross is added off in the distance. The entire art piece was die cut it with the largest of the layering circle framelits and adhered  the inside of the card.

The gold embossed sentiment was die cut and added to the card front using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Hold On To Hope
Inks:  Soft Suede, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Versa Mark
Papers;  Thick Whisper White, Almost Eclectic DSP, Iridescent Glimmer Paper, Gold Foil
Accessories:  Layering Circle Framelits, Gold embossing powder, Cross of Hope Framelits, Dimensionals.