Just Us Girls #587 - Word Week

Hi friends!  I'm the hostess over at Just Us Girls this week, and I chose KIND/KINDNESS.  A nod to my last name I know, but I thought we could use some kindness these days! 

I found this stenciled panel on my desk that I must have done a long time ago.  I know I've made cards with this stencil before (probably with these same colors), but I just love it!  I searched for a die cut to use and found this one (never used!) from Papertrey Ink.  I'm not even sure it's still available.  I die cut the word from navy cardstock three times and stacked it for dimension.  I stamped the sentiment from the coordinating stamp set in Versamark and embossed it with white embossing powder.  The embossing is not even...I did it twice and had the same results.  I even heated up my heat gun for a minute and only held it over the embossing until it melted.  Sometimes it comes out perfectly, sometimes not!  I added blue crystals to finish it off.

On another crafty note, our nephew and his wife are expecting a baby in September, and the baby shower is today.  I was in charge of favors (go figure!) and headed to Pinterest for ideas.  I saw lots of succulent favors, which I thought was so cute.  I wrapped each one in burlap and secured it with twine.  Then I typed up the information I wanted, printed it on cardstock, and die cut it with a Hero Arts onesie die.  I added a green bow (we won't know if it's a girl or boy until its birth!) and after I took the picture, I added a white clay heart that I colored green to match the bow.

This is the back of the tag.  I printed the front and back separately.  Once I die cut both, I adhered them together with a popsicle stick between them.

Thanks for indulging me in my craftiness for this baby shower!

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Recipe

Stamps:  Kindness (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, night of navy

Ink:  Versamark; weathered wood, stormy sky, tumbled glass, broken china, faded jeans, chipped sapphire distress oxide

Accessories:  Seamless Floral Panel stencils (Pink Fresh), kindness die (PTI), stitched rectangle (MFT), white embossing powder, crystals, dimensionals; onesie stacked dies (Hero Arts)