When I looked at my email this morning I noticed I had attracted a boatload of followers to my Take it to Heart/Heart Framelits Pinterest board even though I haven't posted anything there for quite awhile. I got to thinking that it really was too bad that the Take it to Heart set that I used so much last year didn't make it into this years catalog. I'm sure others who fell in love with it last year would like to see a few more ideas for this lovely though retired set. So today I did two cards: one featuring Take it to Heart and another featuring the framelits with current Stampin' Up! materials.
First up: The Shabby Chic bird and other Memories of 2012
There is a color challenge over on SCS today involving Soft Suede, Calypso Coral and Pool Party. Since I was already planning to to use a retired set, why not add some retired patterned paper. One of my all time favorites, Everyday Enchantment, features all of the challenge colors.
- I recently replaced my neutral ink pads with the new style foam pads which enabled me to clear emboss the images that I had stamped in Soft Suede. This made it easier to watercolor. I used the ink pads and my Aquapainter.
- I cut the heart out with the Heart framelits. Even though the Take it to Heart stamp set is retired, the heart framelits are still available.
- Since there was no green in the challenge I probably could have snuck in some Lucky Limeade which was also in the papers but I chose instead to mix Soft Suede and Pool Party for a color that was awfully close to Always Artichoke. In actuality, the green leaves and the brown wood do kind of blend together so it is kind of hard to see.
- I embossed the Ivory Naturals background with the Fancy Fan Folder.
- The Everyday Enchantment papers already have a Soft Suede sponged look to the edges but I added a little more the those that didn't already have it. I also added sponging to the Fancy Fan texture.
- The scalloped layer of patterned paper is done with Tasteful Trim.
- The heart is popped up with dimensionals.
- The pretty lace and filigree button are from the Artisan Embellishment Kit in the spring catalog. I topped off the button with one of the Pearl Basic Jewels since I didn't want to use thread in the button and decided to cover the holes. Check out the Artisan Embellishment Kit photo Album in my right sidebar to see more ways to use this awesome kit.
- Aside from the stamps and patterned paper in this card all other supplies are currently available from Stampin' Up.
This view gives a peek at the border I placed inside.
Once this card one done I decided to use the lightly embossed negative left from cutting out the heart to make my next card:
- I had stamped the image from the first card on a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of card stock.
- Since I wasn't thinking I would be using the leftover piece I hadn't bothered to stamp the image straight so the piece needed some trimming to straighten out my heart "window".
- Doing this gave me the idea to cover the whole front of my card with patterned paper from the Print Poetry stack so that I would have a border around my slightly smaller heart frame layer.
- Before attaching the frame layer to the patterned front, I stamped a message from Blooming with Kindness and added a Rose Red Seam binding bow.
- After adhering the frame to the card I added a heart cut with the smallest heart framelit adorned with a pearl.
There you go! Two more cards to add to my Take it to Heart board. Plus it was a great way to spend a frigid day off in Minnesota. My stamp studio is in the warmest part of the house!
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