Tag: Heartfelt Hexagon

Custom Orders

Beyond Grateful

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In the U.S., workers will celebrate Boss’s Day on October 16th. I love having the opportunity to help customers celebrate special days, so when a dear friend reached out about a design for Boss’s Day, I was all over it.

Much like the birthday designs you’ve seen over the last couple of days, I knew the intended recipient and could really tailor the end product to fit her style and personality. And I knew I wanted something classy, elegant, AND fun with elements of pink incorporated. The Simple Elegance designer paper is perfect with its rose gold, silver, and gold foiling of the delicate floral elements. Talk about classy! To help the rose gold really shine, the patterned paper is mounted on a sheet of Blushing Bride. The sentiment is heat embossed in copper atop a vellum backdrop, which allows the beautiful patterned paper below to peek through. The copper sequins add sparkle to the design.

I love the end result of this design so much that I’m considering a new line of cards. What do you think?

Products used:
Blushing Bride (retired), vellum cardstock
Simple Elegance DSP (retired)
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Copper embossing powder
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Eat Cake

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I recently had the opportunity to complete a custom order with the recipients being friends of mine. It’s always fun when you get to design cards for friends because you have the opportunity to tailor to the recipient.

I had just gotten a delivery of clearance product, and I knew the Regency Park paper was going to be perfect. The base of this card is Blushing Bride with the sheet of Regency Park taking center stage. The sentiment panel is punched from white cardstock using the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. I used two different shades of pink to give visual interest to the sentiment and help it to stand out against the busy floral background. The ribbon helps break up the background, as well. The sparkle from the sequins gives a festive look and helps draw the eye across the design to the sentiment. I love this bright and happy design, don’t you?

Products used:
Blushing Bride (retired), white cardstock
Regency Park DSP (retired)
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Adhesive-backed sequins
Ribbon duo
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Thinking of You Week

Let’s Eat Cake

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This week I’ve enjoyed having the opportunity to use the newly released Heartfelt Hexagon stamps and punch on some of my latest designs. This bundle is one of the featured sets to be used in the virtual stamp-along Stampin’ Up! is hosting as part of World Card Making Day on October 7.

September is a busy birthday month for us, so I’ve made quite a few birthday cards over the last several weeks. For this design, I was pleased to discover that the Heartfelt Hexagon paired so well with the Ever Eden designer paper and Expressions in Ink Ephemera accessories. I really love how all the bits of gold work make this design feel so festive.

Products used:
Lost Lagoon cardstock
Ever Eden DSP (retired)
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Expressions in Ink Ephemera (retired)
Gold trim
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Thinking of You Week

Love and Hugs

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We’re about halfway through Thinking of You Week. Are you participating in the challenge to send 7 cards/notes to 7 people this week? I’ve enjoyed making a list of people I haven’t touched base with in a while and designing cards especially for them.

I designed this card for some very dear friends of ours. We’re roughly the same age and have kids the same age, and we get the families together regularly and even have some holiday traditions we share together as “framilies.” When I saw this sentiment in the new Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set, I knew it would be perfect for their little note.

This sheet of Delightfully Eclectic designer paper coordinates perfectly with the Pretty Peacock card base. A few of the hearts are a very light pink, so I used the sentiment panel and accents to draw out the pink elements. Keeping everything simple really keeps your eye on the sentiment. Much like yesterday’s design, simplicity was the name of the game because the sentiment needed to stand out and take center stage in both designs.

Products used:
Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink cardstock
Delightfully Eclectic DSP
Shimmer vellum (retired)
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Thinking of You Week

Sending Love

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Today is Day 3 of Thinking of You Week, which was introduced by the American Greeting Card Association to encourage people to send handwritten notes to friends and loved ones to spread love and cheer. The goal is to send 7 cards or notes in 7 days. Are you up for the challenge?

Today, I thought I would share with you one of the cards that I’m placing in the mail this week. Aside from sending out birthday cards to some friends I haven’t spoken with in a little while, I’m also sending some handmade hugs.

This design uses several new releases from Stampin’ Up! I used a sheet of Pretty Peacock as the base and am so excited to get to use the brand new Tartan Foil designer paper as the gorgeous backdrop for the sentiment panel. The sentiment panel gave me the opportunity to break in my brand new Heartfelt Hexagon bundle, which is one of the signature stamp sets and punches for the upcoming SU! stamp-along for World Card Making Day. Don’t you just love it?!

Products used:
Pretty Peacock cardstock
Tartan Foil DSP
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Adhesive-backed pastel sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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