Dec 03 2007
You warm my heart
You warm my heart…one of three fun soon-to-be released stamp sets from My Favorite Things Stamps. You don’t have long to wait! The sets will be released Wednesday December 5th at 10:30 pm EST and I know you’re going to have a lot of fun with these ones! This You Warm My Heart Set is really darling! I love the little winter scene and the darling stamps that make up the set. I can really use some warming up today! Winter snow squalls and a flash freeze after a very wet evening last night has left us gasping for mercy today! The kids are extremely excited though. 
A two hour bus delay for them…my feeling is they’re going to be home all day if this doesn’t let up soon!
Join us Wednesday evening from 9 - 11 pm EST in the My Favorite Things Stamps Forums on Splitcoaststampers for the December Release “Cocktail Party”. Prizes, surprises and lots of fun. If you’ve ever wanted to be a guest designer…you can find out how then too!
You Warm My Heart
For this design, I pulled my color inspiration for this glittery piece of Making Memories patterned paper. I loved the warm color combo and pulled out the hint of blue to cool things down a little. After all…we need something to warm up with this sentiment. After stamping the image and coloring it with my Copic markers, I added a little glitter with a glue pen to tie in with that glittered paper. I wanted to have a little fun with the top hat so I stamped it onto a scrap of Basic Gray cardstock and then cut it out. I love how when added to the snowman’s head, it pops out of the box. My Soft Sky cardstock card base is stamped with a darling little snow flurry stamp.
Quick Tip: I love to add a fun border of free-style stitching to my design, especially when using a snow or wave theme. It just adds a touch of waving motion that I associate with falling snow and moving water.
I wanted to add a few stitching touches to embellish the design. A curvy free-style stitching borders the design and zig zag stitching draws your eye to the punched circle layer and button embellishment. I’m loving buttons right now. This one is from My Mind’s Eye and is tied with a piece of Olive Stitched Ribbon. You may have noticed my sentiment tucked in on the vertical. It seemed to fit best into my design there and to “frame it”, I added a little stitching around the layer right up to the sentiment on both sides.
Hope you are staying warm and dry and safe today! Have a wonderful day and start to your week!
This is fantastic! The colors are perfect! I love the positioning of your sentiment with the stitching — your attention to detail is always great!!
Julia - This is absolutely adorable. I LOVE it!
I love it! What a cute card and your stitching is fantastic.
Julia - can’t wait for this set! I need some tips on stitching around curves - you do it so well!!!
Great card! Like Christina said, awesome attention to detail! I like the stitching around the sky circle!
Fun stamp, love the button and stitching too!
So cute! I love the little sewn tab with the button! Thanks for the sneak peak!
Julia,
This will be a must have set. ..I have loved this since you all started playing with it..Very cute card!!! Have a fantastic holiday season! Chris
I can’t wait to see the new releases from My favorite things. I have two questions for you if you have the time to respond. Everyone talks about the Copic markers, and I notice they come in sets with different colors. Which set or sets do you like best and use the most? I can probably only get one. Also, how do you get such perfect layers or mats? I always matted everything with a 1/4 inch mat, but I have been trying to use other sizes for variation. I have all types of cutters, perfect layer tool, etc, but invariably my mats are crooked on one side. Do you have any tips. I had asked these questions earlier, then you said you lost a lot of thigs on your computer, so I thought I would try again. I love and appreciate all the wonderful cards you do.
Thanks,
Susan
CUTE stamp!! I love the colors and layout! Great job!
This is a gorgeous card I am soooo going to case!!!
tfs!!
Hugs,
Holly
I love the stitches and the way you did the button accent! Very cute, Julia!
Gorgeous Julia! WOOOW! Love what you did with this cute stamp!!!! Thanks again for the inspiration!!!!!! Just loooooove to visit your blog!! XOXO
I love your little snowy scene, Julia! Such pretty colors, and I love all the sewing!
This is adorable, J! I just love how you add different styles of stitching to your projects!
love the colors of this and the snowflakes in the BG!
j’adorez vous cartes !!!!
elles sont super sympas
ana