Thinking Stamping: Modern Heart

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Modern Heart for CASology 360 Guest Design

Just before Christmas, I was delighted to be chosen as the winner at CASology with this card, using Friend Like You. As an added bonus, I was asked to be guest designer this week!

The cue card this week is CRYSTAL, which I'll admit did throw me a little!

So after dismissing crystal glasses, I got to thinking about the crystalline structure of this heart stamp from Modern Heart and decided to use that.

After dripping some diluted ink into the wet, embossed outline and letting it dry, I added some Wink of Stella for a bit more crystalline shine. Finally, I added a couple of rhinestone crystals to emphasise the sentiment.

I liked the idea so tried it out with a blue variation. This one is coloured with a mix of different blue Stampin' Blends. The rhinestones have been coloured with a Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blend. It was hard to choose between them. Do you have a favourite?

I'll be really interested to see how other people have interpreted the cue word, CRYSTAL and look forward to seeing the entries.

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Product List

Modern Heart Cling Stamp Set

[149328]

$48.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

$18.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$20.50

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$19.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$15.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$20.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$12.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$24.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[115664]

$7.75

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$8.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Friday, 25 October 2019

Modern Heart for AYSI 212 - Design Team Card

After theme week, it's speed challenge week. This is one of my favourite types of challenge because it really is so.... challenging. The mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a card using only shades of blue in ten minutes or less.

That's right - ten minutes or less. It's not quite as bad as it sounds. For instance, you can have thought about what you're going to do. You can have all your stamps blocked up and equipment out and ready. However, the moment you ink up your first stamp, cut your first card or touch the handle of your die cutting machine then the clock should be running. 😀

The stamp set I used was straight out of a just-arrived box of goodies, Modern Heart.
With the large heart image and the watercolour fill stamp, it was a good choice for a speed challenge. This set comes with several sentiments. Don't you just love the mix of block and script in the font?

I picked up the italic font from the sentiment and used the Scripty embossing folder to add interest to the card base. The ever useful Stitched Rectangle dies cut out the main image and sentiment. A few faceted dots in Seaside Spray and voila - 7 minutes 18 seconds later, the card was done.