Heartfelt Creations Easter card and Design Team announcement

Today at Heartfelt Creations, we are wishing a fond farewell to 9 of the current design team members: Clare Curcio, Debbie Seyer, Peggy Cain, Selma Stevenson, Gini Cagle, Linda Payne, Dee Jackson, Rosemary Dennis, and Anita Hovey. We wish you a double blessing on all of your future creative endeavors. Visit their blogs and please thank each one of them for all the creative projects they have shared featuring Heartfelt Creations projects.

Ten of the current Heartfelt Creations design team members will continue for another 6 month term: Lisa Gregory, Angelica Turner, Kristina King, Olga Jewell, Lisa Somerville, Cheryl Walker, Giovana Smith, Loretta Lock (ME!), Olena Levchenko, and Kerry Urbatch. We are excited for another creative term with these ladies.

We would also like to extend a warm welcome to 10 new design team finalists that will be joining the Heartfelt Creations design team for the next 6 months: Glenda Brooks, Therese Broman, Carla Suto, Lori Leng, Jan Hennings, Heidi Erickson, Lisa Lynne Wright, Marsha Sanderlin, Sue Walsh, and Joelle Hancox. Congrats Ladies! We look forward to working with you and taking the paper-crafting industry to new heights of inspiration.

For my project today, I used the Wrought Iron Cross set released in February.

There are specific instructions including measurements for this card on the Heartfelt Creations blog. I used copic markers to give the cross a wood look (E30, E31, E33, E35) and  vintage colouring on the flower (V01, V95, V99). I love the wrought iron flourishes on this image and wanted to give my card a heavier, wrought iron look by using the smaller dies from Lattice Pendant Die set.

Many of the Spellbinders die sets have small dies and I absolutely love them, but I am often at a loss for how to use them since my cards are often large. This tiny die fetish has deep roots back to collecting the tiny china animal figurines that came in Red Rose Tea packages when I was very young. Later, I found a small store in our local mall that sold smaller porcelain figures and I fell in love. I've apparently always had a 'thing' for small shapes and it has transferred to my Spellbinders dies. I don't mind not using them as long as I can gaze at them and tell them how cute they are! *I know - so sad and verging on requiring therapy* Still, I think they are so sweet, but I don't want to use them only to get lost on my cards. Last week on my Heartfelt Creations card I used the smallest labels 4 die to mount tiny butterflies on and was so pleased with myself. This week, I used the smallest Labels 17 die for the sentiment on my Easter card. BOOYAH! {insert happy dance here}

Go on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see the projects by the new design team! I am really looking forward to my next 6 months on this wonderful team.

stamps; wrought iron cross set (heartfelt creations
paper; blackberry swirl, walnut creme (bazzill), celeste paper pad (K&Co)
ink; black soot, antique linen, tea dye, vintage photo, walnut stain distress inks (ranger)
accessories; beetle black brads (bazzill), black satin ribbon (SU!), lattice pendant, labels 17 (spellbinders), piercing template #4.055.590 (Ornare)


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