Hello, crafty friends! I’m back with two cards using Spellbinders December 2023 3D Embossing Folder of the Month called “Two Hearts as One”! As I mentioned in my previous post, this month’s theme is geared toward love and Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day and there’s a beautiful floral theme. If you missed the November 2023 kits, all three of the ones I featured HERE are now available for individual purchase.
Two Hearts as One features two backgrounds which are beautiful enough to be featured on their own. You can do minimal ink blending or go all out and do some intricate colouring, which is what I did on the first card.
I used the Precision Layering A2 B Dies to cut my pants from Neenah white linen cardstock before spritzing them with water and running them through my Platinum Six with Universal Plate System. The details are really incredible!
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Even though this wasn’t watercolour cardstock, I was able to use tiny amounts of water with artist brushes and distress ink. The colours I used here are Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Spiced Marmalade, Bundled Sage and Speckled Egg.
I don’t colour much anymore and this took a lot longer than I thought it would but I love the results! I sprayed the entire panel with shimmer spritz and let it dry before adhering it to the card base with a white glitter cardstock frame layer.
The sentiments on both cards are from Spellbinders December 2023 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month called “My Heart Smiles”. They are just two of the sentiments included in the glimmer kit and I was ecstatic to see a Galentine’s sentiment because those are the kinds of Valentine’s cards I make and send the most.
I can’t help but be totally in love with this second card, which is one of the most monochromatic cards I’ve ever made. I didn’t expect it to turn out as well as it did and I’m so glad that I just went for it. I don’t often play but I was feeling inspired.
This embossed panel is from the other side of Two Hearts as One. I lightly ink blended the embossed panel using Salt Water Taffy ink and sprayed the entire panel with shimmer spritz. After it dried, I glued it on to a Salt Water Taffy card base.
I almost left it as is and simply placed the sentiment on top but it looked too plain. It suddenly dawned on me that it would be cool to have a number and 14 is perfect since that’s Valentine’s Day. This could also be customized with the number of Valentine’s a couple is celebrating.
I die cut the Stitched Numbers from Salt Water Taffy cardstock and ink blended them with Sugar Cube ink. Then I stitched them using white diamant thread and glued it to the embossed panel. After heat foiling the sentiment using Satin Pastels Hot Foil, I attached it using foam strips.
I wish you could see the shimmer on both cards! Which one would you want to receive? I’m definitely going to have a hard time giving these away. LOL
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Here’s a list of monthly club kits I share, as well as some of the value kits offered by Spellbinders:
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