Sweet Anniversary

Tomorrow is my anniversary, so I made a fairly simple card for my sweetie using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #51:

I used my new little Heart Embosslit and found out two things. Number one, if you do not have your plates aligned properly, you can BEND embosslits. And then, they do not work properly! After much wiggling around (and breaking a hinge), I got it to where it will emboss almost properly but it was a lesson learned! If it is bent, it will "over" emboss--you will get little holes in your cardstock, and it is almost impossible to get the embossed piece off the embosslit! Anyway, that being said, I also found out number two (this may be old news but it was new to me!): you can punch a heart with the SU Heart Punch, then lay it on top of the embosslit:

A little Dotto helps keep it in place if you like:

Then run it through your Big Shot, and you get a nice smaller embossed piece:

which you can now layer over another one you've already run through the Embosslit:

Neat, huh? So I just made three sets of these to put on my card, added a little peek-a-boo sentiment at the bottom, a "love" heart from I {Heart} Hearts, and a little strip of ribbon. I imagine he'll think it's a little girlie, but he'll like it! Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps: Always, I {Heart} Hearts
• Paper: WW, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Sweet Pea DP
• Ink: Rose Red
• Acc: Word Window Punch, Large & Small Heart Punches, Heart Embosslits, Organdy Ribbon, Glue Dots & Dimensionals