Welcome to InKing Royalty’s January Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month’s projects celebrate Valentine’s Day, so prepare yourself for lots of hearts and beautiful showcases of love. We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

Detailed Hearts Die

Here’s the card I created for my daughter for Valentine’s Day:

Here’s the one for my husband with the retired sentiments:

Usually, I am conservative about purchasing Valentine’s Day products. This year is no different, and I’d purchased the Everything Festive stamp set from the holiday catalog. There are two sentiments for Valentine’s Day which I had planned to use. But, I instantly fell in love with the Detailed Hearts Die and I wanted (needed?) to purchase it ASAP.

For the purpose of this blog, I wanted to make sure that everything I share comes from the current catalogs, including Sale-a-Bration, Mini-Catalog, and the Current Annual catalog. Since Everything Festive is retired, I needed to find a sentiment I already owned that would be appropriate for my husband or daughter. This sentiment fits the blessing of my daughter, who is adopted. “I made a wish & you came true” is our life.

I am all about using every piece of cardstock efficiently. That means, that I will punch or crop as much as possible out of the background mats. It doesn’t matter how ugly that mat is because no one will see it.

Here’s what I did with the detailed heart die:

Pretty ugly, but no one will know other than you and me.

Putting It All Together

Believe me when I say that using the TomBow liquid adhesive is the easiest way to adhere this detailed die to the cardstock. Even though I ran the Whisper White cardstock through the Big Shot using the Subtle 3D embossing folder, the liquid adhesive was the best way to go.

Once I adhered the detailed die down, I just couldn’t leave all those cute heart cut outs on my table. So, I decided to layer them on the solid hearts on the cropped die cut. Both cards have layered hearts, and I used the hearts to embellish the envelopes as well.

I needed to be able to ground my sentiment, so I layered the polka dot tulle ribbon and the Real Red grossgrain ribbon. It took a bit of manuevering and retries to get the square knots to look uniform, but I did it.

After taking care of the knots and using dimensionals to pop up each sentiment, I had finished two cards.

Thank you for joining us on this InKing Royalty Hop!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop ,Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

All – What a wonderful hop! ♥ I must say that I LOVE your creativity and artistry. Each project gave a unique spin using some of the same products. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world. I’m so glad each of you was able to participate in today’s hop.

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As always,

Thank you so very much for stopping by my blog today. I appreciate your the time you take to read, and comment, on my blog.

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Supplies Used:

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18 Comments

Jackie Beers on January 15, 2020 at 6:53 AM

Those hearts in the layer are just so cute. This is a sweet card that is perfect with the addition of the sentiment!
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:50 PM
  
  Thanks, Jackie! These were fun to create!
Sheryl Abernathy on January 15, 2020 at 7:57 AM

Such a cute card. Your daughter is going to love this card. Thanks for sharing your story!
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:51 PM
  
  Thanks, Sheryl. My daughter is truly a blessing!
Candy Ford on January 15, 2020 at 8:28 AM

I love how you used the die cut AND the little hearts AND the leftover for the mat. Brilliant!
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:52 PM
  
  Thanks, Candy. I have a (Eclipse gum) container holding all my extra little hearts. They are so perfect, I just can’t throw them away.
Brian on January 15, 2020 at 8:34 AM

Such great cards, Sue! I LOVE the sentiment you chose for your daughter’s card – so sweet! These dies are great, and you’ve showcased them beautifully. I’m so happy you could join us on the hop today! ♥
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:53 PM
  
  Thanks, Brian for organizing this for us every month! Many thanks to Shawn for the graphic each month as well!
Lynn on January 15, 2020 at 10:33 AM

Sue, you made my heart melt with the reason you used the sentiment for your daughter. How sweet and so true.
- just peachy stamping on January 16, 2020 at 3:17 PM
  
  Thank you, Lynn. My daughter is truly a blessing!
sheryl262 on January 15, 2020 at 1:33 PM

They will love your cards! Oh, that sentiment for your daughter is perfection, love it! Also love how you use the matted cardstock. I feel like we’re kindred spirits. <3
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:55 PM
  
  Sheryl, I have all kinds of precut and stamped mats just waiting to be used. I just have a difficult time wasting all the cardstock for the bases, especially when only 1/8 of an inch shows all the way around. Glad we have something more than SU! and the Royals, of course, in common.
Jennifer Spiller on January 15, 2020 at 3:07 PM

What darling Valentine’s! I really like the texture you created with the white embossed paper and the hears die!
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:56 PM
  
  Thanks, Jennifer. I love this die and the little heart leftover pieces are too cute to throw away.
Pam Morris on January 15, 2020 at 4:45 PM

I feel the same way about this die. It is so cute and I love the way you stacked the hearts!
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:57 PM
  
  Thanks, Pam. Those little cropped hearts are safely tucked away to be used at a later date. Love them!
Linda Krueger on January 15, 2020 at 6:55 PM

This card is lovely. I like the subtle texture on the background, and also the stacked hearts. The red hearts pop off the page. Gorgeous! Happy Valentine’s Day.
- just peachy stamping on January 15, 2020 at 8:58 PM
  
  Thanks, Linda. I like the subtle folder because I can leave a solid background alone with just the bit of texture this creates.