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Don't you just love opening up a box of goodies and letting your mind start thinking of all the beautiful ways you can enjoy the new products you've just received from Stampin' Up!? I'm right there with you!! It's like receiving a gift every time a box arrives!
The first time I paged through the Jan-June 2021 mini catalog I knew I had to have the Lots of Heart Bundle (stamp set and dies). It's Valentiny (is that really a word?) and Springy and has adorable heart stamps with polka dots and buffalo plaids! How fun is that!! This set is awesome because besides having dies to cut out hearts and flowers, there are dies to cut out x's and o's, and a little bird and a butterfly, and.... So many fun things to love about this bundle! To have dies provided to cut out all the flowers that fit perfectly over the floral heart die makes it so easy to add color and additional dimension without have to "color in" the flowers! Genius!
The Granny Apple Green for the "floral heart" works great as the base and is a strong enough color to handle the boldness of Poppy Parade and Rich Razzleberry. By putting it on the white scallop edged heart surrounded by a background of Soft Sea Foam it really pops. The little bird chirping "hey, friend" provides the perfect greeting. Fun pops of sparkle with red rhinestones to add the final touch and it is ready to send to a friend.
Materials and dimensions:
- Stamps:
- Lots of Heart Bundle* - (Lots of Heart stamp set and Many Hearts dies)
- Itty Bitty Greetings
- Paper
- Whisper White - 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 card base, scored at 4-1/4, 4 x 4 piece for diecut heart
- Granny Apple Green - 5-1/4 x 4, 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 piece for die cuts
- Soft Sea Foam - 3-7/8 x 5-1/8
- Rich Razzleberry, Poppy Parade and Real Red - scrap pieces for flowers and bird
- Ink:
- Poppy Parade
- Embellishments:
- Red Rhinestones basic jewels
- Tools & Accessories:
- Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine
- Other:
- multi-purpose liquid glue, dimensionals, Stampin' Seal ®
- The multi-purpose glue is a great adhesive for adhering small items. I simply put tiny little drops of glue around the edge of the flowers and a little larger dot in the thicker section of the flower. This glue stays tacky when dry so you want to try to keep it from oozing out on any edges.
- The bird is two colors of red. The body is Real Red and the wing is Poppy Parade. Because the die cuts out both pieces at once you now have another bird with the opposite color pieces to make another card. The same is true with the flower dies - you get all the flower pieces in one die. This is the perfect reason to make two cards very similar so you can use up all your die cut pieces.
