Valentine's Day is exactly one day away - are you ready? Do you celebrate Valentine's Day? Have you made plans? How about a blue Valentine's card with lots of glitz and gold? I stamped this card over the weekend and couldn't stop adding Gold elements! This card uses some images from new sets in the
Occasions Catalog from
Stampin' Up! The heart image is from
Peachy Keen and the sentiment is one of many in the
Perfect Pennants stamp set. And of course the background is the ever versatile
En Francais background stamp.
The card base here is
Baja Breeze. For the background, I stamped the
En Francais background stamp in
Gold Encore ink onto the
Island Indigo cardstock pieces. Then I embossed parts of the stamped background in
Gold Embossing Powder. I intentionally left some of the stamped image un-embossed. The
Paper Doilie was covered in
Gold Encore ink and then dipped in the
Gold Embossing Powder before I heat it to set. The thin doilie made the
Embossing Powder melt very quickly. Another gold element is an
Antique Brad, which I heat with my
Heat Gun and dipped in
Gold Embossing Powder, then heat it again to set the
EP to create this shiny beautiful gold brad. (Remember to use a clothes pin when embossing metal as it gets very hot - also let it cool down before using.) This gold brad is wrapped around two loops of
Victoria Crochet Trim to create the bow accent.
The heart image from
Peachy Keen is stamped in second generation
Island Indigo. I used my
Embossing Buddy over this then stamped the sentiment in
Gold Encore ink. The sentiment is also
Heat Embossed in
Gold Embossing Powder. I embossed the oval frame from
Designer Frames TIEF around the images, then die cut it with one of the
Oval Framelits. I swiped the
Gold Encore pad over this ti highlight the dotted edges and to create an Gold mat edging. Finally, I added an arrow from the
On Film Framelits, another new product
from the
Occasions Catalog, cut from
Baja Breeze Core'dinations
cardstock. This is piece is sanded a little bit for a lot of texture - love that!
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Recipe:
Stamps: Perfect Pennants, Peachy Keen, En Francais, Delightful Dozen
Ink: Gold Encore, Baja Breeze
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Brushed Gold, Island Indigo, Baja Breeze Core'dinations
Accessories: Paper Doilies, Designer Frames TIEF, On Film Framelits, Ovals Framelits, Gold Embossing Powder, Victoria Crochet Trim, Antique Brads
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Mary Rindal is an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Greenwood Village, Colorado.