Love Hearts Embossed Panel Card with Inked Detail

A project from our live show MONDAY MADNESS - Join Simon from AVAGO-INK for his latest products - Broadcast 13th March 23 · 13/03/2023 · watch it from 1:15

A clean and elegant card featuring a partial embossed panel of love hearts on a white background, with soft magenta ink dusting to bring out the embossed detail. The card has rounded corners and is finished with a pink ribbon bow and heart die-cut embellishment.

You will need

Stamps By Me - Premium Dye Ink Pad - Magenta - 040522CSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Pre-cut a piece of card to 5 by 7 inches. ▶ watch 1:45
2. Place the love hearts embossing folder in your machine, positioning it to leave a white band at the bottom for your sentiment. ▶ watch 2:00
3. Run the card through your embossing machine to create the raised heart pattern. ▶ watch 2:30
4. Using a large blending brush, dust magenta ink over the embossed hearts in circular motions to bring out the detail without covering the white background. ▶ watch 3:30
5. Round two opposite corners of your embossed panel using the R10 corner rounder. ▶ watch 4:45
6. Round the same two corners on your card blank to match. ▶ watch 6:00
7. Glue the embossed panel onto the card blank using a tape runner. ▶ watch 6:45
8. Stamp a large sentiment onto the white space at the bottom using magenta ink. ▶ watch 7:30
9. Emboss the stamped sentiment with clear sparkly embossing powder and heat set it. ▶ watch 9:00
10. Tie a pink ribbon around the join line between the embossed panel and white card, securing with a knot. ▶ watch 11:30
11. Die-cut a heart shape from pink card and attach it over the ribbon knot using foam pads for dimension. ▶ watch 12:45

Tips from the show

• Place a sticker on top of embossing folders to identify which way is raised, preventing mistakes.
• Spray card lightly with water before embossing if it's struggling to prevent cracking.
• Use textured card for embossing as any cracks will be hidden by the texture.

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