Love Is Sweet
Hi there, readers! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! We’re back with more amazing inspiration from the magnificent Debby Hughes! She’s back with 2 new projects that are both so fun!
Enjoy!
Hello! Debby here and I’m delighted to be indulging in some new creative uses for my Simon dies and stamps today :) To get the ball rolling I turned my attention to the recent delicious Valentine’s release; oh my those mouthwatering hearts! With the food references front and center in my mind I took the Heart Trio and the Large Holiday Shapes dies and created a trio of strawberries to pop in a little jar tag using the Filled With Love stamps and dies.
To create the strawberries I die cut the hearts from Simon’s Lipstick Red card and ran them through the Berry Box from My Favorite Things to give a seed texture, then brought in some Barn Door Distress Ink around the edges for dimension. For the leaves, I cut stars with the Large Holiday Shapes dies from Green Leaf card, scrumpled them between my fingers and then added a little Forest Moss Distress Ink. I popped the berries into the jar with different thicknesses of foam tape then tied it all up with a little twine and a tag cut and stamped using the Filled With Love stamps and dies again :)
Next I wanted to play with the February Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp – such a beautiful kit full of florals and watercolours which I haven’t been able to put down! However, the stamp set I wanted to pull into this card was a nautical one; given a twist the wave border from Nautical Borders, stamped and heat embossed on vellum, became a subtle lace border.
The vellum overlays one of the gorgeous Basic Grey papers from the kit and also one of the ‘snippets’ from Elle’s Studio became the first part of the sentiment. It doesn’t show very well in the photos but it looks lovely in real life – ‘Happiness Found’ and then completed by ‘with you’ Basic Grey letter stickers stitched through.
The final touches were some Kelly Purky sequins in gray and satin white and a few glitter hearts cut using the Heart Wreath die.
Thank you for joining me today in another look at stretching your supplies and really getting the most out of your craft dollars!
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Love both projects but especially how she used vellum!
I love that card and the strawberries made from the hearts are perfect. Debby always comes through with wonderful ideas!!!!
What a great idea! Love the strawberry hearts. And such a beautiful card…I need more vellum in my life.
That is SO adorable!
Absolutely amazing projects! Love, love, love the heats and stars strawberries – so creative.
I love the strawberry tag and the creative way you came up with the “seed” look. Love it, love it, love it!
Both great projects. Very clever strawberry tag, love it!
Awe that bag is adorable I also love the card vellum is so very elegant have a great day!
Just loved the vellum card. So sweet. Would love to win some grab bag fun!! Thank you for all the great inspiration. Appreciate it.
very cute projects !!!
I love the tag. I’m looking for ideas for my son’s wedding favors and this would be the perfect tag attached to a burlap bag full of goodies. Thanks for the idea! Anne, yourmainestamper
I love embossing on vellum and I already follow by email.
LOVE those adorable strawberries!!!
aaah I am absolutely in love with Debby’s work! Both these projects are just fantabulous! I am definitely adding a couple of products from the valentine release to my cart!
The little burlap bag with the jar die card is so sweet, love the berries on it. The second card is really pretty with the soft colors and the vellum. Thanks for sharing.
Love the vellum overlay, so pretty and feminine! Great projects. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Both beautiful ideas ! I love the strawberries !!!
Hugs from France
Lunea
Debby’s work is always inspiring–like these 2 projects!
Wow! I love the card! The embossed vellum with the stitching ~ just elegant!
So pretty and delicate love the look of the vellum. and the little bag with the jar tag and strawberries. Too die for :)
Debby, LOVE both of the cards. You are SO clever.
Wow, how clever to use those hearts to make strawberries! So cute!
Love the strawberries! Sooo cute! And the vellum overlay is beautiful.
Wow, beautiful projects! I absolutely love the burlap bag with the fun tag! I love the yummy strawberries! your card is GORGEOUS! The soft blue, the vellum, embossing…wow, looks amazing! Beautiful job! TFS!
Sherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com
lovely cards thanks for sharing
great projects. tfs !!
Now I know for sure to add vellum to my wishlist :-)
It’s always a pleasure to see Debby’s creations .. these are fab as always :)
Wow, breathtaking projects!!!!!! LOVE the clever use of dies on the gift, and the beautiful vellum, sequins and stamped Nautical Borders was a treat for the eyes, too!!!!
Awesome jar gift — so cute with the berries!
The card is so simple and SO beautiful!
Love the softness look of the velumn card. Just beautiful. Thank you Debby
the tag is cute & creative but I’m favoring the elegant vellum card.
I love the seed texture on the strawberries!
That vellum card is lovely and those strawberries are cool. I follow the blog by email.
Beautiful tag and l love the use of vellum on the card.
Love those strawberries – they really made me smile!! What great ideas!!
Cute. I do like the
jar with the strawberries
and love the use of
the sequins.
Carla from Utah
Love those strawberries! They look good enough to eat! A really clever use of the wave border also!
Beautiful projects! Thanks for sharing ;)
Your projects are gorgeous. What weight is your vellum in the project? Thank you
That vellum card is fab!!
Love the vellum “lace” border & the stars really do look like strawberry caps. Such clever ideas & really cute cards.
loved the strawberries and jar!!! super cute
Those strawberries really do look good enough to eat! And the card is so delicate and pretty.
Womderful projects! I especially love how the strawberries were created!
Debby…you are one of my favorite designers…love your cards!
Simply beautiful!
Love the berry hearts,, too cute! I also love the vellum treatment on the card.
Beautiful cards!