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Hi friends! I have one last Valentine’s Day project to share with you using some new goodies from the Heart to Heart Release from Simon Says Stamp (click HERE to check out the entire release!). I love that Simon is coming out with so many coordinating stencils to go with their stamp sets, making it easy peasy to add color, shadows, and shape to stamped line art. I used the new Locket of Love product suite as the starting point for today’s project, and I am so happy with how it turned out. Let’s get started on the details!
To begin, I stamped and silver embossed one of the large locket images, chain, and sentiment from Locket of Love using silver embossing powder. I have a beautiful little locket with similar floral engravings on it that was given to me by my grandparents and so decided to create a silver locket rather than a gold one in honor of their gift to me from many years ago. I used a blending brush with the coordinating Locket of Love Stencils to blend Shark Pawsitively Saturated Ink on the chain and locket images, then added some details with a silver sparkle brush pen and a white gel pen, adding shimmer and shine to the image! I also used a gray alcohol marker to add a bit of additional shape to the round spheres on the chain, which when combined with the curved dashes of white gel pen, make it look so realistic!
For the background, I wanted something frilly and feminine, and the Bundled Swag Embossing Folder provided the perfect, over the top texture! It reminds me of those vintage piped buttercream cakes that are all the rage on Instagram right now. I embossed a panel of silver mirror cardstock, which highlighted those intricate embossed details to perfection. If you want to really pick up the details on an intricate embossing folder, I highly recommend using specialty coated cardstock. Pearlescent, mirror, and brushed foil cardstock works beautifully with those intricate embossing folders! I trimmed the long sides, then mounted the embossed panel in the center of a white A2 card front using strong double sided tape.
To enhance the silver embossed sentiment that I had created using the Locket of Love set, I die cut the new Fancy Hey, Girl, cutting a solid white shadow piece as well as nestling the shadow and detail dies together on a piece of silver glitter cardstock. I used the silvery glitter negative space to add additional texture to the card front while still making the crisp white sentiment visible amongst all of the silver and gray images. I had initially planned to do a simple silver glitter “hey, girl” but was afraid that the words would get swallowed by all of the other silver elements on the card. By utilizing the negative space, I still was able to keep my color palette consistent and add additional texture to the card while also making that crisp white die cut sentiment pop from the monochromatic background. After I had adhered all of the die cuts to the card front using foam adhesive, I added a few Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle!
Well, that’s all for my project today! How sweet would this be for a galentine’s party? The Locket of Love set is such a unique stamp set; perfect for Valentine’s Day and beyond! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy love day!
