Wednesday 13 August 2014

Love - heart

The other morning I was 'sat sitting' here, toying with some embellishments that came in the drawers of my lovely hexagonal desk carousel (yup, I succumbed!). One little packet of embellishments had lots of half pearls in different colours and I opened them and just started to push them round separating the colours and making shapes - and an idea was born!


I used:

- 5" x 5" square white card blank

- raspberry red half pearls which had to be stuck individually using Glossy Accents. For the heart outline I used the old trick of embossing a heart outline on the reverse of the front of the card, using just a ball ended tool. That was the guide - I started sticking from the bottom, up each side of the heart as I was sure the pearls wouldn't meet exactly in the centre at the top. And I was right, call it 'operator error', so I just added a further pearl to create an overlap and make it look 'arty farty deliberate'

- the sentiment was die cut from black card, three times and glued together in layers using Glossy Accents before being added to the card

Simples!


Di
x

20 comments:

  1. Oh Di, this is simply brilliant! I absolutely LOVE this idea and for sure I'm gonna have to CASE it :)

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  2. Brilliant idea! Sat sitting there paid off immensely.

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  3. Simples and brilliant Di!! xx

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  4. A lovely card Di - simply brilliant!
    Kath x

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  5. TOP MARKS Missus! Lovely the simplicity and class of this card.

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  6. Home for a couple of days so am just playing catch up Di... clever girl! Love this (excuse the pun)! x

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  7. Lovely card Di, brilliant idea. I like the arty overlap Too !!
    Jean x

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  8. Sometimes just being sat sitting pays off with great ideas! Lovely card there. You can't go wrong with hearts specially arty farty ones!
    Hugs
    Xx

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  9. How wonderful Di. Very CAS and very beautiful. Hugs Veerle xxxx

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  10. Gorgous card Di - fabulous CAS design xx

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  11. Fabulous idea Di your card is stunning x

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  12. It is very simple, but it's also very graphic and striking, it's a brilliant idea.

    hugs
    Brenda

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  13. Now this is a clever idea...and how pretty did this turn out! What a perfect sweetheart card. Like it - lots! TFS & Hugs

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  14. I would love you to come and push somethings around in my craft room and make something stunning with them. Love it Di.

    Kath x

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  15. Simples and very arty fatty.! Hugs Mrs A.

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  16. There should be an 'R' in there !

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  17. Simply lovely card Di. I have to say you have a most fertile imagination ... I don't think I would have seen a heart in a packet of pearls :) It must have taken quite some time to stick them all down too - such patience :) Hugs, Elizabeth xx

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  18. Great inspiration! You are so good at CAS cards. Kate x

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