Swirl Heart - Spellblogger Post for Spellbinders

Hello

Thanks for coming by today. 
 For my Spellbloggers post this time I'm using the beautiful new
 "Swirl Heart" 
die from Joanna Fink's
On the Wings of Love Collection for Spellbinders

This is a really stunning die that just used alone would make very beautiful cards and invitations for a wedding or other romantic event.
I think this card is more of an art journal sort of thing, but that's a bit too far out of my comfort zone.  Somehow making it on a card base feels more approachable, but I think this will end up as a page in my junk journal.

Info:
First I used the die to make a stencil which was taped to a piece of white card.  I used Distress Oxide ink and a piece of old wet-wipe to swoosh the colour across the card.
Next I used more tape to mask around the heart 'stencil' and added loads of different shades of stencil paint and Sparkle Medium to the areas within the heart shape, before removing and discarding the stencil
I also used a ready made stencil to add some small subtle detailing in a couple of areas
The Swirl Heart was cut again in white card, and then coloured with Silver stencil paint.  Once dry, I wiped over it with the deep pink shade of ink and also a turquoise shade.  The colours don't really show up on the photos, but really shimmer in real life.

Once this die cut was dry it was adhered in place on the card.
I tore around the heart in a rough rectangle and distressed the edges and corners a bit more
The card base is about 5x7 inches, I matted the embossed white panel ('Horsehair' Embossing Folder) onto black card before adhering it to the base.
I added glue to the torn upper piece, leaving a bit of a margin all the way round so I could curl the edges and have room to slide some ribbon and lace under the lower edge;
The quotation was printed on the pc and the strips cut out fairly roughly with scissors.  Once happy with the layout I glued the pieces onto chipboard to add some dimension and then added them to the card 
Three Sweetheart flowers were made using coloured card and the smallest petal size from Cinch and Go Flowers 3
Ready made stamens were added to the flower centres and I used some scraps of silver wrapping paper to create the tassels and the paper curls.

To finish, I used the Swirl Heart die to cut just the tiny heart inset right at the bottom from deep turquoise glister card.  I cut this piece twice, glued them together fixed them into the hole then added a layer of Glossy Accents for a jewel effect. 

 Here are the details of all the Spellbinders products used this time

Swirl Heart  - from On the Wings of Love Collection by Joanne Fink 
Shapeabilities Etched Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers 3  Elegant 3D Vignettes by Becca Feeken

 Shapeabilities Etched Dies

  

 'Horsehair' Embossing Folder Tammy Tutterow Designs

  Platinum 

Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Anyway, that's it for this time. Thank you for visiting.
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