Thursday, January 23, 2025

Lots of Love

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Today's card features some oldies but goodies.  I was able to get together with some friends several months ago, and one of them cut this background panel (an older cover plate by Poppystamps) from Simon Says Stamp Color Blend cardstock.  She was inlaying the individual hearts into another panel, and was getting ready to toss the piece, but challenged me to use it on a card.

This was really quite easy to put together.  I simply adhered it to a white card base, and then added a bold die cut sentiment.  

The sentiment, from The Stamp Market, is retired, but you could really substitute any large sentiment here.

I actually created an inlaid sentiment for this card.  It's very simple, and I have a few very bad pictures to show you how to do it.  It really just involves cutting one extra piece.  You'll cut your sentiment and shadow piece as normal, but then cut an extra shadow piece:


Then place the die for the sentiment itself on top of the shadow piece:


This is what the piece looks like when you are done on the cutting plate and removed:



Be sure to keep the extra inside pieces as you'll need those for the inlay.  Cover the original base piece you cut with adhesive, place the outline piece on top, and then inlay the individual sentiment pieces within.  It's pretty simple, you just need to keep track of all those little inside pieces.

For my card, I used black cardstock for the shadow piece and inlay outline, and Matte Gold cardstock for the  sentiment/inlay itself.


So easy, and really it's that Color Blend cardstock that really makes this one special.

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