STAMPIN' UP! ADORING HEARTS WEDDING CARDS

 I am consciously building up my stash of wedding, engagement and congratulations cards.  The new Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder and dies are just beautiful for these types of cards.  

Today I have two cards to show you, in Crumb Cake and Basic White, with touches of gold.

CARD #1:

Using Crumb Cake Card, I used the 3D embossing folder on its own, to emboss six hearts (along with tiny hearts in the background).  A second Crumb Cake panel was then inserted in the embossing folder, with the dies locked in place inside - this meant that in one pass through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, I embossed and die-cut the hearts.

I used a small Blending Brush and white craft ink to add subtle colour to two of the hearts.  Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, I stuck them onto the top right and bottom left heart on the embossed panel.

Some little hearts were cut from Gold Foil and Basic White card, and dotted around the background.

After sponging white ink around the outside edges of the Crumb Cake panel, I matted it on Gold Foil.  White Herringbone Ribbon was wrapped around these layers, and everything adhered to a Thick Basic White card base.

The sentiment was created with the Heartfelt Hexagon bundle.  I first stamped the dotted outline in Crumb Cake ink on Basic White card.  (It looks more like a dashed outline, as I found the photopolymer stamp moved, even when being pressed down very gently.)  The sentiment was then gold heat-embossed, and the label punched out.

I raised the sentiment hexagon up on Stampin' Dimensionals, then added a couple of leafy sprigs in Gold Foil and Basic White.  A few Basic Rhinestones, and a bow, finish off the card.  I found Tear & Tape adhesive good for sticking down the bow (being such wide ribbon).

CARD #2:

The starting point for this card was the second Crumb Cake panel that I'd embossed and die cut already.  I glued two Crumb Cake hearts back in place (from where they were cut), after blending white craft ink over the raised surfaces.

From Basic White card, I die-cut three detailed hearts, using more of the gorgeous dies in the Adoring Hearts Die set.  After mounting the Crumb Cake card panel on a Basic White layer, I glued the white hearts in place.

Here are some close-up pics of the details:

I again used the Heartfelt Hexagon bundle for the sentiment, but used a different frame stamp in Crumb Cake on Basic White card.  I gold heat-embossed the sentiment, punched it out, and raised it up on Stampin' Dimensionals.  I added sprigs in Crumb Cake, Basic White and Gold Foil, along with a few Basic Rhinestones.

Listed below are all the products I used to make these cards.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

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Product List

Heartfelt Hexagon Bundle (English) [162889] $66.50	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $18.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $54.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder [162569] $68.00	Small Blending Brushes [160518] $21.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.75	3/4" (1.9 Cm) Herringbone Ribbon [161636] $15.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $12.25