let's have a word: love

TGIF! I hope you all had a terrific week! I’m taking a turn for this week’s TGIF with a fun Valentine project that I’ve had in mind for awhile. I’ve been wanting to pull out my Top Down Day set and fill that cute car up with love! ❤️

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I’ve also been in the mood to do some watercoloring. I haven’t pulled out my watercolors much lately, so I was itching to get them out and paint up some cute red cars. I started by stamping the outline car image from Top Down Day onto Arches watercolor paper. I painted the car with shades of red and black for the tires and convertible top. I wanted a loose carefree look, so I didn’t get too fussy with the details. Remember that blue or blue/grey (like the Payne’s Grey I used here) is a great “highlight” color when using black. It just adds a little extra interest!

To fill up the car, I pulled out my Signed & Sealed With a Kiss set and added a cluster of stamped and diecut hearts as my cargo. I used a white pen to add some extra highlight details to the hearts.

For the sentiment, I used a combination of a few different things to spell out the Sending Loads of Love sentiment I had in mind. I pulled out my Slim Alphabet die to cut “loads”, the “of” was done with our Sentiment Starters die, and the “love” was cut with the Let’s Have a Word: Love die. For the “sending”, that word makes an appearance in several of our stamp sets, the one in particular I used here is from Bittersweet Bouquet. I love pulling in lots of elements from different sets to create my own custom sentiments.

My scene was assembled over a background of watercolor paper which was painted with a bit of light blue in the sky area and more blue/grey along the bottom to anchor the car.

This was a fun and happy project to put together! I hope it brightened up your Friday. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

Hello and thank you for stopping by for our first day of product reveals for our latest collection called Nature Lover! This new collection will go up in the shop on Wednesday, January 20 at 10am EST.

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Tuesday, January 19 at 1:00pm CST, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

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Now let’s meet today’s products!

Boxwood Heart Base + Details dies

The Boxwood Heart Details die set is designed to coordinate with the Boxwood Heart Base die. The individual branches in the Details set layer over the matching Base (sold separately) to create a pretty, layered boxwood heart wreath. The numbering on the dies, along with the included assembly guide make it a snap to put together!

The 8-piece Boxwood Heart Details die set includes a printed instruction guide to aid with assembly

The 2-piece Boxwood Heart Base die includes a template designed to aid with repositioning should you choose to snip the dies apart. This die also coordinates with the Love Is stamp set, introduced below.

Boxwood Heart Details die price – $22
Boxwood Heart Base die price – $17
Made in the USA

Love is stamp set

Love is…patient, love is kind, love never fails! The Love Is set is filled with “lovely” sentiments based on 1 Corinthians 13, along with a pretty two-step heart wreath design. Combine the script “love” sentiment with the smaller sentiments from the set to create projects for valentine’s day, weddings, anniversaries, or just to say I love you! This set also works well with our Let’s Have a Word: Love die for more design options. This stamp set coordinates with the Boxwood Heart Base die introduced above.

This set comes on a 4 x 8″ sheet
The Love Is stamp set coordinates with the Boxwood Heart Base die
Made in the USA
Love Is stamp set price – $18
Click HERE for more detailed information

Let’s Have a Word: Love die

Let’s have a word! This stand-alone die cuts the word “love” in a lovely script font. It coordinates beautifully with the Love Is stamp set to provide you with more design options for the sentiments found in that set.

Single die measuring 4″ x 1.5″
Made in the USA
Let’s Have a Word: Love die price – $5

Mini Boxwood Heart Stamp + Cut Combo

Good things always come in smaller packages! The Mini Boxwood Heart stamp + cut combo features the same pretty heart wreath found in the Love Is set, but in a much smaller size. Perfect for tags, or smaller focal points on cards and more! This set also includes a handful of small sentiments, perfect for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, weddings, and more.

The Mini Boxwood Heart Stamp + Cut combo includes a 3×4″ stamp set and matching die
Made in the USA
Mini Boxwood Heart stamp + cut combo price – $13
Click HERE for more detailed information

Love Song Sentiments stamp set

Love Song Sentiments is a wonderful little sentiment set to have in your stamping arsenal. This set features three different verses from Song of Songs, perfect for wedding, anniversary, Valentine’s projects and more. All of the sentiments in this set fit nicely inside the heart wreath from the Love Is stamp set or the Boxwood Heart die collection.

This set comes on a 3″ x 4″ sheet
Made in the USA
Love Song Sentiments stamp set price – $7
Click HERE for more detailed information

Wood Slice Hearts die

The Wood Slice Hearts die is a great basic to add to your die collection! Perfect for so many occasions, even those always-hard-to-create masculine Valentine’s or anniversary projects! This set includes two different heart-shaped “bark” bases, along with two matching embossed “ring” hearts to layer over the bases.

Set of 5 wired dies
Made in the USA
Wood Slice Hearts die price – $25

I’m so excited to show you projects made with these new products. I just loved creating with them! My first projects is a simple shaped notecard using the Boxwood Heart Base and Details dies.

I wanted to show you how these dies go together, along with how the template included with the Base die can be used, so I put together this video showing how this little notecard came together…

My next project again uses the Boxwood Heart Base and Details dies. I absolutely couldn’t resits creating one of my weathered wood shiplap backgrounds for this pretty wreath using our Shiplap Builder die. It’s a match made in heaven. 😊

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The Boxwood Details die was cut from watercolor paper and watercolored in lots of different shades of green so that when it was assembled, there is a pretty variety of colors. I strung some twine to “hang” my wreath, and topped it off with the Let’s Have a Word: Love die.

I also created a matching tag for this card by using the Mini Boxwood Heart Stamp + Cut combo. I used the same weathered wood technique for the tag base, which was cut using the Speed Tagging die, then just layered one of those cute little Mini Boxwood wreaths over the top. All of the sentiments from the Mini Boxwood S+C combo fit inside of the small wreath, like this “be mine” I used here.

Next I again used both the Boxwood Heart Base and Details dies. I also mixed in the wreath stamps from the Love Is stamp set this time. I started by stamping step 1 of the wreath with a light gray ink. I then used just the inside of the Base die to cut a window in my card front.

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Instead of using all of the branches from the Boxwood Heart Details die set, I just used #1 and #2, which form a more simplistic heart and allow for some of the stamping to show from underneath. I again used the Let’s Have a Word: Love die and adhered it to span across the window cut-out. I finished the sentiment by stamping “you” on the inside of the card. I added lots of paint splatters to finish it off.

For my next project I used the Mini Boxwood Heart Stamp + Cut combo to create a slim-line card. Two of those cute hearts, along with a couple of the sentiments from that set make a pretty and easy to create card.

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I strung the two hearts over some twine to link them together. I wanted to add some interest to the background, but not distract from the hearts, so I created a white-on-whited textured background by layering some Boxwood Heart Details diecuts over my card base.

My next few projects focus on the wreath stamps from the Love Is set. It’s basically the same as the Boxwood Heart dies, just in stamp form! So whether you prefer to stamp or diecut (or both! 😊), there are options for you in today’s collection of products.

For the wreath on this pretty wedding card, I used lots of different ink colors when stamping the two steps from the wreath in the Love Is set. You can do this by sponging the ink onto your stamp rather than inking directly from the pad to the stamp. I also use a stamp positioning tool (a Misti) that lets me stamp the image multiple times and build up the color.

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Once I was finished stamping both steps of the wreath, I added even more color and shading using colored pencils. I added in a few berry clusters as well, which were stamped with the With Love at Christmas set. I also added my favorite bow from the Fit to Be Tied die set. The simple black and white plaid background was stamped with the Windowpane Plaid Background stamp. The sentiment is from our new Love Song Sentiments set.

Next I pulled in some flowers from a die we’ll be showcasing tomorrow (a new BotaniCut!) to embellish my stamped wreath. I stamped it first in two shades of green Distress Oxide inks (Peeled Pain and Rustic Wilderness), and also added shading with colored pencils. I added lots of little blooms to my wreath

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For my card base, I trimmed down the front so that it is about an inch narrower than the back of the card, allowing the wreath to overhang and create a pretty edge. I also stamped the large script “love” from the Love Is set with pale pink ink multiple times to create the background. The sentiment inside the wreath is again from our new Love Songs Sentiments set. I also stamped a sentiment on the inside, which is from our Sentiment Suite: Love set.

Next is a trio of valentine notecards. I’ve been a little stuck on a neutral + green color palette for today’s projects, but here I busted out some Valentine colors to stamp these wreaths.

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These were quick and easy to put together using the Love Is stamp set and Boxwood Heart Base die. I used the same method that I showed in the video at the beginning of today’s post, just using the Love Is stamps to create the wreath rather than the Boxwood Heart Details die. The “be mine, valentine” sentiment and the little hearts are from the Signed & Sealed With a Kiss set we released last year. I added some glitter and also tiny confetti hearts, which I picked out of the holiday sprinkle mix that we carried in the shop during the holidays.

And finally for today, I have a couple of projects using the new Wood Slice Heart dies, combine with some of our other new goodies. I love the regular Wood Slices we released a few months back, and these are just as fun, if not more! Love them!

My first card is really simple, and would be perfect for those hard-to-create masculine Valentine or Anniversary cards. Do you like to make them for your significant other, but draw a blank when you look at your stamping stash (which if it’s like mine has lots and lots of flowers! 😊)

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I diecut both hearts from the Wood Slice Hearts set and sponged them with shades of brown Distress Oxide inks (Fresh Linen, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain). I clustered them over a background that was sponged and splattered with green inks. I layered the Let’s Have a Word: Love over the top, and also clustered a few sprigs, cut with the Boxwood Heart Details die. I finished the sentiment by stamping “you” from the Love Is stamp set. I also added a few white paint splatters because I just couldn’t resist. 😊 A simple and fun card that’s great for the hubby!

My next card again uses the Wood Slice Hearts die, but this time with a more feminine take. I completely filled my background with the smaller heart from the set. The diecuts were layered over a panel of watercolor paper that was watercolored with some shades of brown before layering the hearts over the top.

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I added some flower clusters which were made with flowers from the Hoop Wreath set, and some sprigs from the new Boxwood Heart Details die. I stamped several of the hearts with sentiments from the Love Is set, and finished it off with a Let’s Have a Word: Love diecut.

Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a $50 gift card. We will be giving away one $50 gift card for today’s blog hop!

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