Sometimes you can just let a nice patterned paper do all the work! For this card, I just sliced a gap toward the bottom of a piece of patterned paper (that I had cut down to 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches), slapped a sentiment in the gap (after partially die cutting some parts of the paper) and mounted everything onto a card base.

I die cut the patterned paper and stamped the sentiment on the white card base so it would fit perfectly between the two pieces of the patterned paper that I cut apart, then added a layer of vellum on top of the stamped sentiment. The vellum on top helps to diffuse the lines  of the stamp a bit  – and I just like how it looks. I used a little heart embellishment and a sentiment sticker from the Cirque Card kit to finish off the card.

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• Stamps: Hand Lettered Hello (Wplus9)
• Dies: Hand Lettered Hello (Wplus9)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Embellishments & Paper: Patterned paper, sticker sentiment & heart-shaped enamel dot all from the Studio Calico Cirque Card Kit (those kits are all sold out :( but there are tons of other great ones to choose from!), Neenah Solar White (card base), vellum