Papertrey Ink December Blog Hop Challenge

I took a little time from the busy-ness of the holidays to deviate from Christmas colors and styles and create a card for the PTI December blog hop. With Valentine's Day not far ahead, the inspiration piece was this pretty embroidered heart:

I've been wanting to try the floating die cut technique that Jennifer McGuire featured recently, and this seemed like a good place to give it a whirl. I cut out a lot of die cuts from the Stitching Garden set, arranged them more or less to cover a heart shape, covered them with Press 'n' Seal, and die cut the heart. Then it was a matter of adding foam tape to the backsides and adhering it all in one piece to a card before peeling off the Press 'n' Seal. The result wasn't obviously a heart to me, so I penned a white line around it using the outside of the heart die. This might not have been the best test of this technique, but I definitely plan to try it again on a border.

My favorite part, however, was not this cool technique but using the teensy weensy rosebud stamps included in the set to create a background. I haven't added a sentiment yet because it could be a Valentine, a baby card, a wedding card or even a birthday. I'll add one as needed.

Thanks for a very fun inspiration!