Spotlight Heart Card with Embossed Girls

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A layered card featuring a three-tier spotlight technique with stamped hearts and heat-embossed silhouette girls. The design creates depth with scattered heart backgrounds and a focal point in the centre, finished with gold embossing powder and painted details.

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Step by step

1. Prepare three layers of white card and secure the middle layer to the base with tape, leaving it repositionable. ▶ watch 9:00
2. Stamp the scatter of hearts in pink ink onto the outer layer, pressing firmly to create texture across the card. ▶ watch 11:00
3. Stamp the solid heart image onto the middle layer, giving it a good push down to capture all detail. ▶ watch 12:30
4. Stamp the girls silhouette twice onto card stock to ensure you capture all the detail in the design. ▶ watch 14:00
5. Heat emboss the girls using gold embossing powder, ensuring you lather the powder generously to leave a halo. ▶ watch 17:45
6. If you miss any detail when stamping, use the halo left by the embossing powder to realign and re-stamp the missing part. ▶ watch 19:45
7. Stamp the girls again in black ink onto the base layer for contrast and definition. ▶ watch 21:00
8. Glue the middle layer onto a small matted layer, then glue this onto another piece of black card. ▶ watch 22:30
9. Attach the complete layered piece to your card blank, ensuring the design lines up with the black border. ▶ watch 23:30
10. Paint the girls' gowns using gold confetti ink to add shimmer and coordinate with the embossed details. ▶ watch 25:30

Tips from the show

• Use a black mat when heat embossing to see the halo created by the powder, which helps you realign if you miss stamping any part.
• Lather the embossing powder generously to create a clear halo around your stamped image.
• You can leave a white halo around coloured designs for a striking effect.

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