Timeless Amour

Hello bloggers!  I thought I would show you one of the new sets that will be on the shows this week (starting today at 8am!)  This is the Timeless Amour set from Heartfelt Creations.  Isn't it gorgeous!  I am a real heart lover and I use them all the time, not just for Valentine's Day either.  This is a good sized heart set and it has beautiful  matching stamps too!  I started with a piece of white card and cut my heart out of the centre.  I used the Floral embossing folder from Creative Expressions to emboss that piece once I removed the die cut. I extended the pattern to do the entire background.   Now that left me with a white heart cut out that I saved to use on another project.  I stamped one of the matching stamps on to blush card using a clear perfect medium pad.  I heat embossed it with white powder for a soft finish.  I lined up my die then cut the heart out of the blush card.  I used the Tim Holtz markers to add a bit of colour to the flower and leaves, then used the distress pad in Spun Sugar to edge the images softly.  Now the edge of this die actually cuts out apart from the inside heart giving you so many options.  I wanted a tone on tone look for this so I glued the frilly edge back around the heart I coloured.  I mounted my background over the heart with 3D foam pieces for dimension.  I decided to keep it simple so I just cut two borders out of blush card using the edgeability dies.   I mounted them on white strips so that I could easily add some foam pieces to raise them on my card.  I finished the card with some flatback pearls on the borders and paper piercing around the edges.  You could easily add a messy bow and a sentiment tag if you wanted it to be for a specific purpose.  Finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x 8 1/2" in size.

As promised, I have also done the drawing for the card giveaway that I posted on Saturday.  The name I drew was:                                 Lynne Mills!!!         Congratulations!   Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address  so I can post the card to you on Thursday.  Please check my show hours on the right hand side of my blog.  They are listed in the C & C schedule as "Stamps To Die For"   All for now, Sue x