Christmas in the Heart

When I saw the challenge at Merry Monday was hearts

I knew right away I was going to use the 

Super Heart Border wafer die from Simon Says Stamp

and do an inlaid die cutting technique.

It's such a cool technique - choose your die cut and run

it through your big shot twice - once on the paper that is

going to be 'inlaid' and once on the paper that you are

going to inlay the pieces into. Wow - does that even make sense?

I sure hope so.

I like the sparkle that the red glitter paper adds.

I recently discovered a great blog called Dies R Us and of

course the main theme is to use dies and I LOVE dies so

I decided to play along with their Christmas in July challenge.

The stamp is an oldie but a goodie from Stampin' Up! 

It's called Heart of Christmas and I love the message - it's

one of my fav's.

After that I didn't know where I was going to go with the 

card. It sat on my desk for a week while I went out of town.

I sat down this morning to finish it and it all just came together.

I saw the embossing challenge at CAS-ual Fridays and 

grabbed the Falling Snow stencil from Simon Says Stamp! and

some embossing paste to make a background. I sprinkled on

some iridescent ice embossing powder and heat set it. It adds

just a hint of sparkle - like when the snow is actually falling.

I love it!

I finished it off by rounding the top corners of the stamped image.

The ribbon was a complete afterthought.

 

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Merry Monday - hearts

CAS-ual Fridays - embossing

Dies R Us - Christmas in July

Crafty Boots Challenges - Christmas in July

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

supplies:

from Stampin' Up! unless noted

cardstock: whisper white (reg & heavy), red glitter paper

stamp set: Heart of Christmas

ink: cherry cobbler, wild wasabi

big shot: Super Heart Border wafer die (Simon Says Stamp!)

stencil: Falling Snow (Simon Says Stamp!)

embossing paste (Dreamweaver)

Iridescent Ice embossing powder 

lace ribbon: (Craft Decor)

corner rounder punch

Happy Stampin'

and thanks so much for visiting!