Use Your Heart Dies for St. Patrick's Day Cards

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Use Your Heart Dies for St. Patrick's Day Cards

Hi friends!  Kristina here with some brand new Scrappy Tails Crafts inspiration to share with you today.  Scrappy Tails had an absolutely fantastic release in January with tons of heart themed products. You KNOW I had to add several of them to my collection!
Valentine's Day has come and gone.  I didn't want to pack up these heart themed goodies just yet. I want to show them love year round! It was time to stretch my supplies and get those creative juices flowing.  There may or may not have been a supply of coffee to help my brain along...
Hearts for St. Patrick's Day you ask?  Why not?  

 

Let's chat about my card.  I fell in love with the A7 Heart Cover die after seeing a video my teammate Sharon posted over on YouTube.  That die was the starting point for my crafty session!

For my focal point, I cut several hearts out of green and gold glitter card stock with the hearts from the Slimline Rose Spinner add-on die.

I cut an additional three green solid hearts out of card stock that I had covered with Stick It adhesive sheets behind.  I popped out the inner petals from the green rose hearts and glued the outlined hearts to solid green hearts. Then, I took all of the gold glitter rose pieces and inlaid them into the green outlined hearts.

I took the A7 Lace Heart Cover die and cut out all of the pieces from white card stock.  I set aside most of the pieces except for the inner lace rectangle. I used that piece as a stencil to add some subtle detail with my Pine Needles Distress Oxide ink to a 5 x7 card base.  I also went around the edges with a blender brush with the same ink.

I cut the heart cover plate from gold foil card stock. This time, I only kept the outer frame.  I popped out the tiny gold hearts (saving for a future project) and added strips of green cardstock behind the frame. Behind the frame, I added some foam tape and adhered it to the card base.

I decided the white was still too bright, so I added Pine Needles ink splatters.  Next, I adhered the three green and gold hearts in a shamrock shape.  I used the rose die from the Slimline Rose Spinner add-on to cut out the green stem and leaves.  For the final touch, I added several metallic gold pearls.

Well, I couldn't stop there.  I had left over pieces from my first card and I set to making use of them.  Which means not one, but TWO bonus cards!
Here's a fun mini slimline card I made.
I used the same supplies to create this matching card. 
I had to make an A2 card showcasing the inner piece of the A7 Heart Cover plate. This is the piece I used to stencil my first card. 

 

Inside the heart openings, I white heat embossed a sentiment and flower from the "Popping Poppies" 6x6 stamp set. 

It's amazing how much versatility you can get out of the A7 Lace Heart Cover die.  You can definitely use it beyond Valentine's Day. It also works for a variety of card sizes, not just 5"x7"!  I look forward to seeing what else I can create with this fantastic die!

 

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  • 17 Mar 2022 Kirsten Leavell

    I love this card by Kristina so much… such a pretty St Patties Day card!

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