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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Keeping Christmas - October 2019 Edition

Hello Friends!  Today's post is part of the monthly Keeping Christmas Blog Hop and I have several cute and quick gift card holders for you.   Not to scare you or anything, but Christmas is just 2 months from today!  

A few weeks ago, I happened to check and see if any of the Ink to Paper September release products that I wanted had come back in stock.  The one item I most wanted was back in stock; Tag Creations: Modern Gift.  I absolutely love how well thought out this die set and it makes these beautiful Gift Card Holders!  The stitching details in the poinsettias are so perfect!  

A week or so after this die set arrived, my husband had traveled home to the family farm for a family reunion.  My father-in-law is the last of his siblings to still be living at the age of 89, but a few of his nieces and nephews live in the area and still come each year.  I have to pick and choose my trips as travel is difficult for me, and I want to be able to go at Christmas, so I stayed home with the doggies this time.  

Our dogs are pretty spoiled and they won't eat unless I am sitting right with them.  I grabbed my scrap bin of papers, my little sidekick machine, the Modern Gift Dies and sat and die-cut for several hours to make piles of the pieces for these gift cards.  Sadly, this barely made a dent in my scrap pile.  I know some of you can probably relate!  

On the other side of that is the fact that I made more than 30 gift card holders and have already given several of them away.  I also have a significant number of the poinsettias left to work with for many more of these.  I have a whole bunch of photos for you.

I also have some tips for you on maximizing your paper usage.  If you cut your paper in half lengthwise (4.25 x 11) you can get a gift card holder and a ribbon from that one piece.  Especially when you are mixing and matching papers, this works great.

I don't buy much paper from retail stores unless I really like it and when I do it is often a paper pad from Hobby Lobby for a specific purpose.  In my case, this is usually something masculine or foiled.  Quite by accident last weekend, I discovered that the 4.5 x 6.5-inch paper pads from Hobby Lobby are just enough longer to cut the gift card holder from with almost no waste.  Because of the tab that you tuck in, you need that little bit of extra length that this paper size affords.

You don't get that ribbon piece from the taller piece of cardstock, but given my penchant for gold or shimmer cardstock, this worked out well for me.

Initially, I also felt that the ribbon would be a lot of wasted paper, but as you can see in this image, you can cut multiple items from the set from the scraps.  In the end, I didn't feel there was any waste at all.  Even though I was using scraps for the decorative elements, I still don't like waste good quality and/or specialty cardstock.  It was actually very cleverly thought out!

These next few projects are a few of my favorites and I added them to my personal stash!

Red Glitter Paper, Red Satin Flower with white Glitter Ribbon and Silver Accents

Misty Rose Metallic with Garnet Plum flower and gold foil ribbon and accents

Iridescent Ice Gold, Shimmer Gold, and Gold glittered paper scraps

Aqua Mist, Gold Shimmer, Moss Green, and Alcohol Inked background scraps

Iridescent Ice with Tonic Gold Satin Silk Effect, and Lovely Lady Cardstock for the bloom

Misty Rose Metallic with Gold Satin Silk Effect elements

And last but not least, my personal favorite!  You know how I love pink and gold!  This was an awesome way to use up some of the scraps in my bin.  I am very hopeful that Ink to Paper will add other seasonal elements that can be used with this tag for other holidays.

As you can see, I have many of these to use and will most likely include some in the Sister-In-Law Christmas Goodie Bags this year!  I'm definitely planning to look through my stash to see what other stamps and dies I have that can be used for other occasions.  Even if it's just a $5.00 Starbucks Coffee Gift Card, what a nice way to brighten someone's day!  Think of all the special days throughout the year that you could use this type of item. 

There are always so many projects to see that I know you'll enjoy.  I hope you'll stop and leave a little love with these ladies who bring content to you each month of the year except December when we actually observe Christmas.

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