True Love valentine card

Why are flowers always considered to be feminine?  I made this Valentine card for my husband - he likes flowers too!

True Love Valentine Card for my true love

As soon as I looked at the Mini Catalogue, the True Love Designer Series Paper went straight to the top of my wish list!  I LOVE the elegant black and white designs and the vesatility!  One side has beautiful floral images that can be coloured, if you wish, with your favourite medium.  The other side has gorgeous and multi-functional geometric designs - suitable for any gender and any occasion - which can also be enhanced with the addition of colour if desired.

For this card, I coloured one of the posies with my Stampin' Blends alcohol makers and fussy cut it.  

The layer beneath the flowers is a leftover piece from this card, made with a mask, glue and Gilded Leafing.  I used it because it was on the desk but could just as easily have used another pattern from the paper pack (and it would probably have looked better!).

The other decorative layers are more pieces from the True Love paper pack, combined with Real Red and Basic Black cardstock.

The greeting, from Forever Blossoms, was stamped with Real Red ink and cut out with one of the Tasteful Labels dies.

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

True Love Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

$54.00

Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English)

$40.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Basic Black 12" X 12" Card Stock

$12.25

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Enjoy The Moment with Gold

Enjoy The Moment - masculine card with a hint of Gilded Leafing

I made this card to use up a test piece that I had done on a scrap piece of cardstock when I was experimenting with Gilded Leafing for this card.

I cut out my image with a Stitched Nested Labels die, extending the size of the die cut to fit the image (see below for instructions - scroll down) and used the same method to cut some So Saffron card with the next size up in the die set.

I cut a piece of Early Espresso card and stamped it with Whisper White Craft Ink, then layered it onto my So Saffron base card.

I stamped some more of the images with Early Espresso ink onto So Saffron card and added a bit of shading with Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend alcohol markers.  I fussy cut these and adhered them to the card front.

I stamped the greeting with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and applied Gilded Leafing before cutting out with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies.  I made a mat for this by cutting a rectangle of So Saffron card just a bit bigger, adhering the label and then snipping the ends of the So Saffron piece to match the banner shape.

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

How to adjust die cut size - In this case, I want to enlarge the length of the cut

Enlarging size of die cut Fig. 1

1.  Position the die as usual but only place the top  cutting plate over the first part of the die to be cut (see Fig.1).  Run through your cut/emboss machine.

2.  Remove top plate and die.  The result will be a partial cut (see Fig.2)

Enlarging size of die cut Fig. 2

3.  Turn the piece 180 degrees on your bottom cutting plate.  Position the die as required, wiggling the die until you feel that the blade has slipped into the existing cuts.  Secure with washi tape.  Place top cutting plate over just the first part, as in step 1 (See Fig. 3) and run through your cut/emboss machine.

Enlarging die cut Fig. 3

When you remove the piece from the die cutting machine, you will have extended the die cut (see Fig.4)

Enlarging die cut Fig. 4

To reduce the size of a die cut, the process is very similar - simply adjust the 2nd placement of the die accordingly.

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Enjoy The Moment Cling Stamp Set

$40.00

Gilded Leafing Embellishment

$15.75

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

$7.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

$54.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

$61.00

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

$15.25

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

$16.50

Gilded Dandelion Wishes & Leftovers

A pair of cards featuring Dandelion Wishes stamp set, Basic Pattern Masks, glue and Gilded Leafing

I stamped the Dandelion Wishes image with Multipurpose Liquid Glue before adding Gilded Leafing (see instructions here) and I'm really pleased with the results!

I also took the opportunity to use up some leftover scraps of gilded masked backgrounds.

The decorative panel to the right is a leftover piece of Gilded Leafing applied to glue sponged
through a decorative mask/stencil

I decided to include the rough edges where my sponged glue went over the mask.  

To achieve the very straight horizontal line of gilding on the card below, I applied a piece of Tear & Tape double-sided adhesive tape to adhere the Gilded Leafing.

The ribbon-like straight line of gilding is achieved with double-sided adhesive and Gilded Leafing

The final card includes a gilded butterfly (same glue stamping method).

The butter was also stamped with liquid glue to adhere the Gilded Leafing before cutting out with the coordinating punch

If you look carefully, you'll see that these dandelions were part of the large "stash" that I stamped and gilded a few weeks ago.  When the glue and gilding flakes are out - I like to make the most of it!

I like to make a lot of gilded images while the glue and Gilded Leafing are out

 Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - all available for purchase from my online store

Dandelion Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

$10.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

$7.00

Gilded Leafing Embellishment

$15.75

Stamping Sponges

$7.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

$10.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

$11.50

Gilded Boho Indigo set

 

A very quickly created set of cards using the Boho Indigo medley and Gilded Leafing

Here I am - still completely hooked on the Gilded Leafing!

This time I've made a set of cards using the gorgeous Boho Indigo product medley.

Gilded Leafing also works well on Very Vanilla (or white) backgrounds - it's less dramatic, more subtle

The cards look (I think, anyway, but I may be biased!) elegant and attractive, especially with the addition of that beautiful soft but rich gold.  They are, however, incredibly quick and easy to make!

I stamped the image with liquid glue and applied Gilded Leafing

I did all the gold work at the same time, so only one clean up!  

I stamped with Multipurpose Liquid glue and applied the glue as described here.

Boho Indigo - elegant, stylish, simple!

In fact, I did a lot of gilding that morning!

When I work with Gilded Leafing - I tend to work in bulk and only have the one clean up!

Then it was just a matter of layering the cards with the beautiful Boho Indigo papers and Night of Navy cardstock and adding a few embellishments.

The flowers are included in the medley.  I gave some of them a darker centre with the addition of some sequins.

The birthday greeting is from the new Enjoy The Moment stamp set and I cut them out with a stitched Rectangle die - shortening the piece like this.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All products available for purchase in my online store

Boho Indigo Product Medley (English)

$122.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

$7.00

Gilded Leafing Embellishment

$15.75

Whale Of A Time Sequins

$11.25

Enjoy The Moment Cling Stamp Set

$40.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

$61.00

Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack

$17.50

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Enjoy The Gilded Moment

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  This month, as befits a new year, our theme is "What's New?"

You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.  I hope you enjoy my card and then click on the next person in the list to enjoy all of the other great projects in the hop!

This masculine card uses several techniques, the Enjoy The Moment stamp set 
and some Gilded Leafing Embellishment

I have chosen to use the new stamp set Enjoy The Moment from the Jan-June 2021 Mini Catalogue.

It appealed to me for it's beautiful images as well as it's useful and versatile greetings.  It can suit masculine or feminine cards and a range of occasions.

The base card is of Granny Apple Green followed by a layer of Early Espresso before the stamped piece of watercolour paper.

The birthday greeting was stamped with liquid glue before adhering Gilded Leafing Embellishment (also in the Mini Catalogue) and was then cut out with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies.

This was my process:

• Mask off part of the watercolour paper
• Sponge on Granny Apple Green and Early Espresso inks
• Sponge through one of the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks with Old Olive ink
• Clear heat emboss the image
• Use a damp sponge and some paper towel to remove much of the sponged ink
• When dry, use a small brush to apply a few strokes of liquid glue diluted with a few drops of water
• When dried to tacky stage, apply Gilded Leafing Embellishment
• Remove masking tape and reapply to form a narrow strip
• Sponge with Early Espresso ink
• Remove masking tape
• Stamp greeting with Early Espresso ink
• Stamp remaining images with Granny Apple Green ink - stamped off first
• Adhere the birthday greeting banner
• Assemble the card layers

It was the first time I'd used my new Blending Brushes - WOW!  They're fantastic!  They make it soooo easy to achieve a smooth application of ink.  

I hope you've enjoyed this card.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer.  

Please click on the next person in the list below in order to hop through all of the people on the list to see all our projects.  You don't want to miss any!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List  - All available for purchase from my online store

Enjoy The Moment Cling Stamp Set

$40.00

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

$10.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

$54.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

$7.00

Gilded Leafing Embellishment

$15.75

Blending Brushes

$21.00

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

$10.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

$15.75

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

$15.25