Shape Series | Heart Makes

Here's a round up of some heart themed makes from the last few weeks.

First up is a heart embossed background for a CAS(ish) card.  Coverplate from Time For Teas Designs, bird stamp from MFT, sequins and sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh.

 I love the quilt-y puffiness of embossing with a coverplate but I'm never completely sure the best way to capture it in a photo.

Now a run of layouts, some more 'hearty' than others.  I really wanted to use up as many of my puffy heart stickers as possible.  It became clear that just a scattering per layout wasn't going to do the job...

My cut file, patterned paper from Pinkfresh Studio, bits and bobs from the depths of my stash.  (This type of cut file is great as you get two usable pieces, one the opposite of the other.  Picture where this is blue being white and where this is white being blue.  I'll share the other layout soon...)

I changed tack and went all out with the stickers...

This is based on an old sketch of mine.

A good chunk of stickers (and clay heart confetti) used up but I think the sticker sets are repopulating over night.  There are still loads left.

I joke I'm a one trick pony when it comes to scrapping.  My formula is die cut one thing from every colour of paper and put it in rainbow order.  It works for me every time!  This one is embellished with hearts from Peartree Cutfiles.

The rainbow of papers are from Heffy Doodle, as are the dies.

As I said, it works evey time...

 

Here the hearts are tittles on the i's and a few enamel shapes to the right.

Now a duo of cards using the same supplies:

 

Coverplate from Time For Tea Designs and papers from Cocoa Vanilla Studio.  You may notice tiny white hearts sprinkled over my projects for the next few months.  They are all from this coverplate.  It is such a pretty plate and is UK/metric sizing so fits the card blanks I use.  Most of the coverplates (that I come across anyway) are made in American sizing and are not a good fit for the A series paper sizing that we use here in the UK and Europe.

And finally a duo of layouts using the same sketch, cut file and basic design.  Well, the sketch and the basic design IS the cut file!  I have used double sided patterned paper backgrounds and folded the hearts revealing the reverse pattern.  I still think this type of folding cut file has huge potential and really want to create some more designs.

One in more subtle colours and then one in screaming sunshine yellow!!

 

I think that's a pretty good heart haul.  I haven't finished those stickers but I feel I've made good use of my stash.  I'm making a real effort to use patterned paper which shows looking over this post.  The other thing that strikes me looking through this post is my favourite layout is the one without patterned paper.  Not really sure where this puts me.  Perhaps first and foremost I need to remember that next time I'm tempted to buy patterned paper!!

Which brings me on to the next post I need to write...  I've been shopping.