Happy New Year everyone!!! I know it's been awhile....I purposely took some time off because I was working so many hours I was getting burnt out and needed to step away for awhile and spend some time with family doing other things. It was a wonderful holiday - my son and his fiance came to spend the holidays with us, and they also went to Tahoe with us so it was a wonderful couple of weeks! Needless to say, life is slow in returning to normal but this week has been my transition back to the "real" world, lol! I am stamping again after taking a hiatus, and, although I don't feel that my mojo is completely back, I did manage to stamp a card yesterday using the fun new stuff from the
Occasions Mini! I am hoping that as I stamp more today, the magic will come back and I will be in my element again, lol! In the meantime, I will share this card that I am okay with showing in public (I have many discarded attempts in the trash can, lol!) The
Occasions Mini catalog went live on the 3rd of January, and there are soooo many beautiful things in this catalog that I don't know what to share first. so, I decided that I would play with the
Take it To Heart Stamp Set so that I could show you how fabulous the new
Hearts Framelits are with the images - there are several different heart shapes that cut the images out or you can just cut out hearts! It works on the
Big Shot and they are so much fun to play with! That is how I cut out the image on this card - too fun!
I also knew I wanted to watercolor as I find that to be very relaxing so I picked an image I thought would work well with that technique....and, I was right! I love how this turned out, sooo pretty, right?? I used several different colors here and used my
blender pens to apply the shades and coloring. I had such fun with this. I embossed the
Pool Party card stock in the background with the
Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder - doesn't it look nice with the image? The patterned paper you see in the back of the image is from the
new designer series paper pack called
Attic Boutique! I am loving all the pretty, vintage paper that SU! put in this new mini, they are right up my alley :-)
The sentiment piece is also from the
Take it to Heart set although the sentiment itself is from the
With All My Heart set. I just stamped it, cut it out, and popped it up on dimensionals. The ribbon is
Poppy Parade twill and looks gorgeous up against that image. The other ribbon is the
Soft Suede Taffeta, which is soft, gorgeous, and perfect for this card! I added a few pearls and then used a little bit of
Dazzling Details to the heart in the sentiment itself - I am so glad that item is still available!
It is a carryover from the Holiday Mini! There were several items that were carried over from that catalog so if you would like to see what they are,
click here and it will take you right to them! It felt good to stamp again; this card made me smile when it was all finished! I plan on playing with lots more of my new goodies today so stay tuned for lots more coming your way! If you like any of the products here (of course you do, lol) you can order them from
my online store OR you can
email me and I will be happy to place your order for you! Have a wonderful weekend, and I hope you all have time to do something creative!
Card Recipe:
Paper - Soft Suede, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla card stock, Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper
Inks - Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight classic inks
Stamps - Take it To Heart, With All my Heart(sentiment only)
Tools - Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Big Shot, Hearts Framelits, Dimensionals
Accessories - Poppy Parade Twill ribbon, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dazzling Details
