Love & Marriage

Hello, again!

Back with more Papertrey Ink countdown goodies :)

We're bringing you a set by Nichole today... a set dedicated to all things lovely.
As in... love :)

Here's my take on the new Love & Marriage...

This idea started with a simple idea of combining Love & Marriage with the Heart Prints dies.  I had this image in my mind of embossing the large heart, then overlapping another embossed heart so that they were combined.

I liked the idea, but I couldn't get the execution to work.
{Tell me I'm not the only one who has that problem sometimes!}

But... that idea inspired this one :)

I used the same dies (the large heart die coordinates with the large heart image in this set, by the way, I just didn't use that image here) to cut three large hearts - one each from White, Raspberry Fizz, and Pure Poppy.  Here's what I started with, along with the die...

 I started by ovelarpping the red heart onto the white heart...

Right where the white and red hearts overlap is the section we want to fill with Raspberry Fizz, so I just took the already cut Raspberry Fizz heart, added a tiny bit of removable adhesive to the front, then line up the heart like so...

One more run through the Big Shot and I had the perfectly perfect shape to put in the center section.

Now, obviously... you could just use one heart to trace the appropriate Raspberry Fizz section to cut out and add to the embellishment.  I was pretty set on using the die, though, since I wanted the new section to have those pretty smooth edges just like the first two hearts.


I love how it really emphasizes the idea of two hearts as one :)
Although I was envisioning this card as an anniversary card, the same idea could be used for lots of love occasions.

I am so totally into the sentiments in this set... the fonts are just beautiful, right? 
Therefore, I had to use more than one :) 

I choose a few (or 5) that would emphasize the anniversary theme and left out the ones that were more wedding-ish.  They fit together easily.

I added the red accents to keep the color going and the eye moving throughout the bottom of the card.  Seriously, I could use that tiny felt heart die cut on so. many. things.
And I do :)
{It's from the butterfly die in the Love Lives Here die collection.  You're welcome :) }

And now... here's your chance to check out what the rest of the team has come up with for Love & Marriage.  Can't wait to see their lovely projects myself!

Nichole Heady
Betsy Veldman
Erin Lincoln
Maile Belles
Lisa Johnson
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Melissa Phillilps
Michelle Wooderson
Danielle Flanders

{You & Me} card

Supplies not available at this time, but available beginning 12/15:

Love & Marriage stamp set

White Cardstock (PTI)	Soft Stone Cardstock	Pure Poppy Ink	VersaMark ink	Filigree White embossing powder	Pure Poppy felt
Heart Prints die collection	Love Lives Here Die Collection (PTI)

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