Trying something different

I found the inspiration for this first card on

Pinterest.  Surprisingly, I had the same

stencil for the background. I used Faber Castell's

Glass Bead Glitter Gel on the stencil to

get the glittery background.

Then using my Explore I cut out the

hearts, varying sizes out of the white

cardstock, then cut the colored 

cardstock to fill in the blanks, a little

ribbon and I called done.

The next one was an experiment.  I uploaded

a graphic of the leaves that I had purchased

and used it to slice into a rectangle to

something similar to other cards

I had seen.  Then I cut the vine

out of green and used it to

fill in the slice, removing the bottom of the

rectangle so the leaves would stand free.

I heat embossed the bottom corner of the

card with a stencil that matched the

cardstock that I chose.

I used the Happy Birthday die

from Simon Says Stamp, cutting it 

twice, once in black to use

as a shadow.  There are also

several small hearts confetties that

I attached with glue to the card (very small ).