Sep 27 2007
Sending out some Hugs and Kisses…
Hugs and Kisses…everyone needs a little love. 
I created this card design for today’s Ways to Use it Challenge on www.splitcoaststampers.com I tell you, some days it is HARD to think up new challenges! You might have noticed, we’ve broadened it up from the original product focus of the early days to finding ways to use just about anything, even design elements in the challenge. After all, there are only so many products out there and I try my best to make the challenge available to as many people as possible. If you have an idea for a future challenge…feel free to e-mail me. My link is at the top of my sidebar, right under the photo.
I digress…. Back to today’s challenge…I’m sure you want to know what it is so that you can get started! Food, glorious food. Find ways to use it in your designs. Now don’t panic…food images are great but if you don’t have any, it is OK. What about wrapped candy on your design, what about food storage (I really want to play at that idea)… be creative and have some fun! If you’d like to check out the challenge, join us at WT133 for a lot of fun. Everyone is welcome!
Hugs and Kisses
This design uses the soon-to-be-released How Sweet stamp set from My Favorite Things. It is a darling mini set, perfect for many occasions and makes great “girl” designs too. And ice cream sundae, chocolate chips, lots of fun things. When can you get it? October 1st is the release date … and stay tuned because it is a huge release and there will be more sneak peeks from the other FOUR sets coming up.
I decided to keep the layout simple on this design. The caramel layer was repeatedly stamped with the little chocolate chips and then sponged and matted with pretty in pink, chocolate chip and very vanilla. I free-hand drew in a heart in pencil and then stitched over it with my sewing machine. An eraser fixes any lines still showing.
For the sentiment panel, I decided to try out coloring with my Copic Markers on colored cardstock. I stamped the sentiment and three larger chocolate kisses in black and then colored them in. A colorless blender pen was super-quick for removing a little color to add a highlight. After sponging the edges on the panel, I tore one edge and then stitched around the whole design holding the sentiment strip down at the right.
For my embellishments, I pulled out a very pretty pink Prima. This was a super inexpensive treatment. I picked up the tin of Pink Primas at a Scrapbooking Garage Sale on SAturday for two dollars. The covered brad was another find I picked up Monday at the dollar store.
Wishing you a super-sweet day!
Cornish Heritage Farms Design Team Coordinator
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Ah! So cute! I love the stitched design!!!
DANG that is cute!!! I think this will be my very first MFT purchase…I cannot pass up chocolate!! Darling job!
This is so SWEET! I cannot wait to see the other new sets!
oh this is just darling, Julia. Love those little kisses and the heart!!
Love this card - especially the colour combo! I am so buying this set - can’t wait to see the others!
J, that stitched heart is fantastic!!! So cute!!!
Such a cute card — fun and sweet and the same time! Love the stitched heart!
Sweet!!!!
OMGosh… you stitched a heart in the center. How adorable! Can’t wait to see more sneak peeks from you this week!
this is so sweet!!!
Looks good enough to eat!! Love it c:
I love what you’ve done with that set! And who else would have though to sew a heart?
Such a cute card! I love doing the challenges when I can and I thought todays was a good one. Thanks for coming up with ideas to challenge us.
I love this card. The stitched heart, the DP, the stamp and that button. Gorgeous. I will have to get that new set. Tomorrow I will hopefully get to do the challenge too.
This is darling, Julia! So utterly sweet and yummy looking. Love the very creative stitched heart!
oh my gosh… do you EVEN know how CUTE this is!? Brilliant!!
very cute, like the stitched heart, and pretty flower!
What a sweet card! This stamp set looks like so much fun, and I love the sewn heart! Awesome, Julia!!