Altered Heirloom Arrangements Kit. The Heirloom Arrangements Kit is such a fabulous kit because there are so many laser cut pop out pieces. You can follow the instructions to make 8 cards, but I challenged myself to make more.
Following the kit instructions, each card would have used an inordinate amount of elements in the pack, so I opted to use 2 elements for each card in order to make the supplies go further. For my card bases, I used the Assorted pack of Basic White Note cards and envelops. I also had some old stock of Assorted Basic Notecards which were slightly bigger and needed using up.
Simply by adding a stamp set and dies which I already had in my stash, some extra ink for a bit of variety I quadrupled the volume of cards to make from this kit.
Mixed Labels Bundle, new online exclusive Pattern of Friendship die, and Fully Flowering Mix & Match Ephemera Pack
I cut up the pre-printed card bases as well as the envelops to use as mat layers and spare “card stock” for stamping labels from the Mixed Labels Bundle and extra butterflies which I fussy cut. A couple of the cards needed a little extra so I used the Fully Flowering Mix & Match Ephemera Pack as well. I also used a new online exclusive die to create texture for a background with the Pattern of Friendship die which will be available from 4 March.
Heirloom Arrangement kit cards
In the picture below, these are the designs in the kit which will make 8 cards in all. There are rather a lot of ephemera just for one card. So by deconstructing the card bases, and even cutting the envelops I was able to make 33 cards using all the laser cut elements in the kit.
Some tips on how to make the cards
- I “budgeted” using 2 elements for each card.
- You can stamp the grid on some of the cards to make the elements “pop”.
- In some instances when I felt the card needed something extra, I stamped the butterfly image from the kit’s stamp set on the envelop scraps and fussy cut them.
- Some of the velllum pop-outs were quite long for the smaller note cards. You can trim them as appropriate and re-arrange them to make them look “fuller”. See if you can spot which ones I “doctored”!
- For most of the cards I used the Pecan Pie stampin’ spot but added Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon ink for some variety.
- On the Sunflower, I coloured it with Daffodil Delight and Pecan Pie Stampin’ blends
Envelops and pre-printed card base Mat layers
On the large note cards, I used the inside of the printed envelops and also the pre-printed card bases as Mat Layers. With a larger area to cover, I stamped several butterflies and fussy cut them to help cover up the space.
Some of the elements were actually tags. I used linen thread with a double strand and tied a bow and secured it with glue dots.
Well, that’s my contribution for today – 33 cards in all and that’s 25 cards more than the 8 cards the kit was intended for. Now I’ll have to think of 33 people to send these cards to!
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