Welcome to InKing Royalty’s January Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes will be inspired by popular songs – the first is “I Think I Love You.” Our Blog Hop today is jam-packed with projects that are perfect for Valentine’s Day or that showcase love. How sweet is that?! We are excited to share our love-themed creations with you today. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to Candy Ford at http://stampcandy.net/.
Here’s my card:
I Think I Love …… eclipse cards.
This isn’t the first eclipse card I’ve made and it definitely won’t be the last. There are a few tricks that will help make this rather simple technique even easier. First, add a layer of thick cardstock to the back of the cropped letters to give them more stabilty. In this case, I added some thick Whisper White cardstock to each letter and the heart.
Second, it is much easier to use the foam adhesive strips than dimensionals. Trust me, I learned the hard way and you just have to take my word for it. Dimension is key to this technique, and two layers of the foam adhesive tape really lets the letters shine. This also helps to have more of the Fresh Fig base show through for each letter, which is another way to add dimension. Mini-dimensionals were cut down into quarters and I used two layers of those tiny pieces on the thicker parts of the heart (are there really any thick parts to this heart?).
I Think I Love……… the Painted with Love Specialty DSP.
I am usually not a gold person, or a foil paper person, but this paper is gorgeous! The colors work so well together and I used the Fresh Fig as the base and this DSP showcases all the fabulous colors from the stack. I thought the lighter colors would blend in too easily. The heart is just the reverse side of these adorable hearts on the front. I did have a difficult time deciding how to do the heart because I’d already had a huge eclipse fail using a detailed thinlet. While working with those little, tiny pieces of mini-dimensionals took some time, the result is just what I saw in my head when I started creating the card.
I Think I Love…….ribbon and thread.
The Gold Metallic Thread is so fine I knew it would get lost on the card without a background to ground it. Enter the Fresh Fig Finely Woven ribbon. The ribbon is flat on the card and I wound the Gold Thread around the cardstock a few times. Another tip: this thread will fray. I’ve found that it’s helpful to use the Fine Tip Glue Pen to add a couple of drops of glue to the thread before I cut it, which will keep it from fraying.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Candy Ford at stampcandy.net
Have a Peachy day!
If you get stuck while hopping, please use this line-up as a guide:
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Louise Sharp at LouiseSharp.com
- Racheal Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
Beautiful! The heart is the perfect touch!
Thank you, Jackie. I think we all nailed it on the hop today.
What a clever twist on your eclipse card. I just love that you used the heart as the O! My favorite paper looks amazing for your card. I’m totally CAS’ing this one!
Wow! Pam! Thanks for the compliment!
Love eclipse cards and your use of the heart is fabulous!! Great card!!
Thank you, Katie! Eclipse cards are fun, aren’t they?
Sue, you had me at shiny paper. Then you reeled me in with an eclipse card. I think I love you
Shiny paper is a good thing! The colors on this paper are such a fun combination!
You sure know how to put the “heart” in love! Clever idea, Sue!
Thank you, Mary! We both used our “hearts” cleverly for this hop.
Oh, Sue! I love how you’ve used the chic heart for the “o” in love. So clever and so fun! This is a GREAT project! So glad you hopped with us!
Thanks, Brian! I love eclipse cards, and saw this one in my head as soon as you gave us the theme. Can’t wait for the next one!
What a beautiful card! You may have convinced me to get this paper
Both sides of the DSP are beautiful. Enjoy!
That DSP is gorgeous and love the popped up LOVE with the heart! Thanks for sharing over at The Paper Players this week!
What a great idea to use your heart in place of the ‘o’ Sue – I’m with you, love a good eclipse card! Thanks for joining my challenge over at The Paper Players this week!
Thank you! The heart seemed to be just a bit more special than the “o”. Glad you liked it.