Ink to Paper featuring From the Heart Frame Die

I am back today with another project made using products from the Ink to Paper December 2019 Release.  I love stamping and die-cutting, but lately, it seems like I've done more die cutting than stamping.  I'm getting all geared up to get back to stamping and just polished up my MISTI so I'll be prepared.  I've even managed to get most of the things on my desk put away, but have a few things still left to do.

In my crafty parcel sent by Ink to Paper for my guest post, I received the To Die for Sentiments: Love and I knew I wanted to incorporate them with the On the Border: From the Heart Frame Die.

I started by die cutting a frame from Gold Foiled Cardstock and another from Stamper's Select White Cardstock using my Gemini Junior Die Cutting Machine.  Since this is a very delicate and fine die, I wanted to use my electronic cutting machine, although most of the time I still use my Cuttlebug.  I removed the center heart portion, setting it aside, and then adhered the frame part of the die-cut to a panel of Scarlet Shimmer Cardstock.  I also left the leaf interior in the die, but you could remove that part as well if you only want the outline portion of the frame.  Next, I carefully removed the detailed portion of the center heart from the gold panel and added it to the white interior heart, running it through my Xyron Sticker machine.  I pressed everything down with my Teflon bone folder.

Next, I die cut the words "Love You" from Red Glitter Cardstock.  This greeting is so big and bold that I decided I wanted to put the "Love" on the outside and the "you" on a heart on the inside.  This is a fun way to decorate the inside of your card and makes for a great visual impact on the card.  For the inlay style, the biggest secret is using a double-sided adhesive for the die-cuts. It just makes it so much easier than trying to glue down those delicate pieces or sentiments, so once I had the inlaid pieces adhered to the card, it made it super easy to use the leftover bits of scraps for the interior heart.  I used Multi Medium Matte for the glitter word, but the double-sided adhesive is much easier most of the time.  I'm still trying to finish up several bits and pieces of things for Christmas, so I grabbed my always-ready bottle of Multi Medium Matte.

Normally, I would shimmer mist the white cardstock but because I was using glitter cardstock for the word dies, I wanted to keep it a matte white.

The Scarlet Shimmer Cardstock is so beautiful.  You can get it in a sampler pack with multiple colors to see if you like it, but it is heavyweight cardstock, just like all of Ink to Paper's other cardstock. I added my card front panel to a top folding, vertical card base.

The inside of the card is just as lovely as the outside and the gold and glitter really have a big impact when you open the card up.  I see myself doing more of this in the future but I also love the Inside Sentiments that Ink to Paper has been releasing so you can also do that if you like.

This frame die is simply gorgeous and I will definitely be using it a lot this Valentine's Day!    Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I appreciate it when you take the time to leave me a comment!


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