a good heart, but.....

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card base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

card face: 5.25 x 4

focal image of your choice (this great chick from Hey Chicks (Stampin' Up!) is sadly retired)

Card Face:

• I used two stencils from A Colorful Life Design , starting each towards an edge and fading as I approached the middle. I also deliberately chose two colours that would mix to create a third.

• Once the ink was dry, I prepped the entire surface with an anti static embossing buddy and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in black. I decided to run the sentiment up the left hand side as a fun, unexpected detail on the card.

Assembly:

• I put a piece of adhesive foam on the back of the card face, removed the release paper and centered it on the card base.

• The die cut chick (which had been stamped with Memento ink and then coloured with alcohol markers ) was put in place with a piece of foam tape on the back to make it stand out from the background.

• And just that fast, the card was done!

Final Thoughts: I really like this playful background behind the chick; it suits her well. The sentiment gets a bit lost in the blue ink. I would still run it vertically but I would put it on the right hand side in the lighter ink.

Supplies:

Stencils: 7 Rectangle Shadow and Scattered Shapes, both from A Colorful Life Designs.

Ink: dye based ink, Stampin' Up

Chick : retired

Memento Ink,

Alcohol Markers: Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Up!

Embossing Buddy: Stampin' Up

Sentiment: retired:

Memento Ink:

Versamark:

Embossing Powder:

Adhesive Foam

Dimensional Tape - Dollarama

Card Base: Accent 100 lb

Card Face: Accent 80 lb:

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