Layered Heart Panoramic Valentine's Card with Watercolour Sky

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A three-dimensional Valentine's card featuring nested heart die cuts with oriental landscape silhouettes layered inside, set against a moody watercoloured sky background. The stencilled cherry blossom pattern adds delicate detail across the card.

You will need

Stamps By Me - Premium Hybrid Ink - Midnight - 121022NSEE IT Stamps By Me - Premium Dye Ink Pad - Redwood - 121022DSEE IT Top Folding Note Cards Red - 280921GSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Cut a red top fold card down to 4½ inches wide, keeping the standard length. ▶ watch 25:45
2. Cut a watercolour card panel to 4×7¾ inches to nest on the front with a red border. ▶ watch 26:00
3. Arrange nesting heart dies on a gridded mat, using the center line of each heart to space them evenly. ▶ watch 26:30
4. Secure the heart dies in position using low-tack tape to prevent them shifting. ▶ watch 27:15
5. Transfer the taped dies to your watercolour card and run through your die-cutting machine. ▶ watch 27:30
6. Carefully remove the die-cut hearts from the card, leaving them in position. ▶ watch 28:45
7. Position the cherry blossom stencil over the card and apply redwood ink using circular motions with a blending brush, varying the placement and pressure to create depth. ▶ watch 29:15
8. Die cut the oriental landscape die onto black card, positioning it so you can use both sides and chop into the design as needed. ▶ watch 30:30
9. Remove the die-cut landscape pieces and pop out any small windows using a pokey tool. ▶ watch 32:15
10. Cut sections of the landscape to fit inside each heart opening, positioning them to frame nicely within the heart shapes. ▶ watch 33:30
11. Glue each landscape section to the back of the card, working from top to bottom heart, using wet glue on the lower portions. ▶ watch 34:15
12. Wet a strip of watercolour card with water using a brush, then apply purple watercolour in bands across the card. ▶ watch 36:30
13. Add bright red watercolour underneath the purple, allowing the colours to blend and bleed together. ▶ watch 37:15
14. Add deep blue watercolour to create a moody night sky effect, blending the colours together with a drier brush. ▶ watch 38:00
15. Dry the watercoloured background with a heat gun, then turn it over to flatten any curl. ▶ watch 39:00
16. Glue the watercoloured background panel to the back of your heart-cut card using tape runner. ▶ watch 40:00

Tips from the show

• Use a gridded mat to line up nested dies evenly so your hearts are perfectly spaced.
• Watercolours will dry paler than they appear wet, so don't be afraid to apply bold colours.
• Scraps of watercolour card left over from other projects work perfectly for creating dramatic sky backgrounds.

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