Masking

I wanted to make a card using the Masking technique so I thought what better stamp set than A Happy Heart to use for it. The heart in this stamp set is perfect for masking. Here is the card I made:Stamp sets: A Happy Heart and Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red and Choc Chip
Accessories: Dimensionals, Choc Chip Taffeta Ribbon, Ginger Blossom paper and Dotto

This is a really simple card. The thing that took the most time was cutting out the hearts. For this technique you need to stamp the heart image onto a piece of paper and cut it out slightly smaller that the image; this makes sure you don't get white spaces in between the hearts when you do your stamping. Then I started in the middle with the red heart and stamped it onto white cardstock. I then placed the piece of paper I cut out earlier over the image and stamped another heart in pink on either side of the first heart, take the piece of paper away and repeat process as many times as you would like. I wanted 5 hearts in total so I repeated the process another 2 times. I then cut the entire heart image out and mounted it using dimensionals. I then attached a piece of Ginger Blossom paper (now retired) as it went so well and added a little ribbon and greeting - too easy.

Back with more from A Happy Heart

Here are another 2 cards I've made using this set:

I've used the same colour combo for all 3 cards because I loved them so much. The colours of the new ribbon in the summer mini catalogue was what inspired me to use these colours.

Accessories: Jumbo eyelet, Cropadile, wide choc chip grosgrain ribbon, 1" choc chip double stitched ribbon, dimensionals, markers and word window punch.

Using the markers on these cards to colour in the flower reminded me that the promotion Stampin' Up! was running in November where you could purchase single markers at $4.95 each has been continued until the 15th December!!! If you would like to purchase any let me know.

Happy Anniversary Matty

Today is my 7th wedding anniversary to by beautiful husband Matt (Matty or Matthew when he's in trouble - just kidding) so I can't talk long as he is on his way home. Here is the card I made for him using the A Happy Heart stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue. I loved this stamp set as soon as I saw it - perfect timing!!!

I love these colours together, they are Rose Red, Close to Cocoa, Choc Chip (my favourite) and Very Vanilla. This ribbon is also from the new mini catalogue - how nice is it??? The layout is pretty simple.

I've made 2 other cards using the same set but I will have to put those up tomorrow for you to look at.