More Creative Ideas Using January 2021 Release - Week 1

There is just a lot of hearts and love happening this month with our Hearts & Roses release!

Dana's card color combination is so lovely.  I like how she used a the vellum scallop heart behind her sentiment.  It helps to create a focal point without blocking any of that gorgeous stenciling.

--Supplies--
Heart Blooms Stencil Trio (background)
Scalloped Hearts Die (vellum heart)
Oversized Heart Combo (sentiment)
A2 Layers Die

Rebecca's pastels and touches of glitter make this card so very sweet.  

--Supplies--
Heart Blooms Stencil Trio (background)
Oversized Heart Combo (sentiment)
A2 Layers Die

Jeanne's graphic valentine card is in the traditional colors of pinks and reds.  She used all 3 dies from the Heart Frame Die set along with some skinny stripes.

--Supplies--
Heart Frame Die
Skinny Stripes Die
Sending Love Sentiments Stamp Set (sentiment)
Enamel Dots - Botanical

Rebecca's encouragement card is soft, sweet and simple.  The glitter word die cut is a sparkly focal point.  She created some dimension with the enamel dot border around the outer scalloped circle.

--Supplies--
Oversized Heart Combo 
Scalloped Circles Die
Enamel Dots - Unicorn

Galina uses several different techniques in this card.  The glitter paste adds such a great sparkle.  Be sure to check out her video here: https://galachko.blogspot.com

--Supplies--
Heart Frame Die
Oversized Heart Combo (sentiment)
Spotlight Heart Stencil (focal heart)
A2 Layers Die (to create a window panel)
Water Media Mat

I love that the Oversized Heart Combo is not just for love cards, but can also be used for encouragement cards.  Channin's sky is filled with rainbow glittery heart balloons. She used a glitter paper for her focal sentiment.

--Supplies--
Oversized Heart Combo (sentiment)
Heart Balloons Stencil Duo
Keeway's Sky Scene Stencil (clouds)

Galina used both the mask and the stencil to create this card.  She masked the heart and then stamped the background with the large sentiment stamp from the Love Letter stamp set. She then used the stencil with pink ink to color in her heart.  She used clear glitter paste over it to create the sparkle.  Her sentiment is heat embossed in white on black cardstock.

--Supplies--
Spotlight Heart Stencil
Love Letter Stamp Set (background sentiments)
Oversized Heart Stamp Set (sentiment strip)
A2 Layers Die

JJ has given us a couple examples of ways to use the Heart Frame Die for all occasion cards.  She layered a white cardstock heart frame over a striped rainbow pattern paper for her outside border and then she used a rectangle die to cut out a window. She stamped her image in black and just added a touch of pink on the bear's nose and stamped a sentiment. Quick and easy!!

--Supplies--
Heart Frame Die
JJ's Rainbows Paper Pad
Bear Hugs Stamp (focal image)
Sending Love Sentiments Stamp Set (sentiment)
A2 Layers Die (window panel)

Here JJ stamped and Copic colored a sweet cat.  The heart balloon is from the Heart Balloons stencil set, she used the stencil as a guide with a black pen to outline her balloon and then Copic colored it in.  She free handed the balloon's string and bow. The panel is layered over a pattern paper, which is a quick way to add in a bit of color. 

--Supplies--
Heart Frame Die
Be Her Stamp Set (cat)
Heart Balloons Stencil Duo (balloon)
Sending Love Sentiments Stamp Set (sentiment)
Half-Half Lines - Christmas Paper Pad  (pattern paper)

Galina die cut a white cardstock panel with the Heart Frame die. To create the background she then masked off the edges and added pink and yellow inks.  She stenciled over that with reds and greens using the Heart Blooms Stencil Trio.  She cut out the "Hugs" and ink blended to coordinate with her background colors.  

--Supplies--
Heart Frame Die
Heart Blooms Stencil Trio

Wow! That is a whole lot of sweetness.  

Be sure to join us next week when we show off some great examples from our design team where they used the Love Letter collection, Heart Blooms Stencil Trio and Rose Bouquet Stencil-n-Stamp.