My Heart

I think this may be my first time using a Make-It-Monday technique during the same week it is posted.  Usually I forget about it or the deadline for linking has passed.  I've only used embossing paste one other time and that was for Stamp-a-Faire last August.  I really like the technique though and plan to use it again.  Here is my card for Papertrey Ink's Make-It-Monday #201.

Obviously I didn't use a Cover Plate die.  I chose a heart-shaped confetti die from the Shakers & Sprinkles kit and cut a temporary stencil from cardstock.  I smooshed a Pure Poppy inkpad onto a craft mat and mixed the ink with translucent embossing paste to get this pretty pink color.  Then I placed my stencil on a piece of white cardstock and spread the paste with a palette knife.  When I lifted it up, I got this large heart made of little pink hearts.  My paste seeped underneath in a few spots due to my stencil being a bit warped, but not too badly.  Not all of the hearts came out the same thickness, which created a slight color variation.  I like the look!

I stamped a sentiment from Love Lives Here underneath the heart in black ink.  I added strips of 1/8" Scor-Tape along the sides and covered them with Sugar Cube glitter.  The whole panel was then mounted on a Hibiscus Burst card base.  Sweet and simple!

Stamps:  Love Lives Here (Papertrey Ink)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento); Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  White, Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)
Misc:  Shakers & Sprinkles Make It Market Kit die (Papertrey Ink); translucent embossing paste (Wendy Vecchi); Sugar Cube glitter (Martha Stewart); 1/8" Scor-Tape