(2021 c007) Valentine on Die Cut Letterpress Background

Background Letterpress only with Fired Brick

Letterpress Fired Brick Plus Swiped Persimmon

I used one of my favorite techniques for the backgrounds, I again had fun following Jennifer McGuire’s Die Cut Letterpress Technique video to create the background.  I created the DIY Letterpress by cutting 3 pieces of heavy cardstock with Kat Scrappiness Star Fusion  and glued together.  Then I covered the top with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white EP so that I can apply ink for letterpressing and clean off and use again and again. I covered this DIY stamp with Fired Brick Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger and placed white cardstock on top with a silicone matt on top of the cardstock & ran it through my die cutting machine to press/print. For the second background I swiped Ripe Persimmon  Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger.

The first card I covered the heart area in the middle on the background with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder by Stampendous. The Heart was cut out of metalic cardstock using  TONIC STUDIOS Traditional Heart Die Set 1459e for the outer cut and the center was cut out using a very old and discontinued die set called Swirled Heart by Spellbinders. The link will show you other hearts they still carry. Love was cut using Love Stamp & Cut by Hero Arts .

For the second card I followed Jennifer McGuire’s technique called Colorful Die Cut Layering to create the patchwork behind the heart.

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp: (Mon.) Love/Hearts

Simon Says Stamp: (Wed.) Love is In The Air

Mod Squad: All About LOVE

Frilly & Funkie: Groundhog Day ( Use a favorite technique or stamp etc)

Kat Scrappiness: Love / Hearts

Word Art Wednesday: Chal. #477-478 – Anything Goes

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