Petal Cone Die exclusively from Stampin' Up!

Valentine's day is fast approaching so I have a project to share with you made with Stampin' Up! 's petal cone die in the big shot.  It uses the gorgeous glimmer paper from our Spring Mini  ( click spring mini to view the catalogue) and also the stamp set You Are Loved.

To create the scalloped border around the heart I used a straight strip of cardstock (basic black) and the scallop border punch along one side.  Then cut from the opposite side small slits towards the point between each scallop making sure not to cut too far. This then allows you to shape the piece of card around a curved border.  I've added some pearls to the heart design and using a versamarker was able to mark and heat emboss the bird with clear embossing powder to give some texture. 

The top is tied closed with some of our basic black striped grosgrain ribbon which I cut in half along its length and then sealed the cut edge with a heat gun.  I didn't want to use the full width of the ribbon and now have a spare piece for another project.

Hope your day of love is filled with just that..........

Zx

Challenges

Simon Says - Love is in the Air

Season of Joy

Here are a couple of ways to use the Season of Joy stamp set. The above card is one that I demonstrated at Maria's workshop. She wanted me to show uses for the Many Marvellous Markers she had bought. This is very simple, but can take some time as you colour each part of the stamp. It could be enhanced by putting brads in the centre of each of the flowers or for an even simpler use you could emboss the whole image in gold on perhaps red or black card.

Here I've used the tree, greeting and swirl and embossed them in white. The tree is embossed on designer series paper which gives an instant background. It's easy to do you just need to be careful not to overheat so as not to burn the paper! In real red I've stamped the little flower to link in with the real red card matt. The scallop punch adds some texture and although not very clear I've used the 1/16th inch punch to put a pattern down the scallop and show the green underneath. I think embossing on DSP would probably look even better if the DSP were a darker shade.

The options are numerous. Over to you! More Christmas cards coming soon.

Bye for now

Hugs

Zx