Newton's Sweetheart Slimline Cards by June Guest Designer Amy Tollner

Hi everyone! Slimline cards are all the rage right now and I, along with many other people, just love them! My favorite thing to use with them are the dies that make little windows. I love using many stamps from one stamp set and then stamping cute sentiments in the windows. Well, you can make your own windows on a slimline card using the large heart die from the Darling Hearts Die Set! I used the images and sentiments from Newton’s Sweetheart Stamp Set along with the matching die set to create both cards. These are great cards for Valentine’s Day (I know we have a way to go on that one), Anniversaries, or just to say, “I love you!”



I first made my heart backgrounds with the Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set. Since the card is longer than the stencil I used both layers on the top of the card and then carefully lined up the stencil underneath the design to continue the pattern.

I used Distress Oxide Inks, Spun Sugar for Layer 1 and Worn Lipstick for Layer 2.

Next, I die cut my heart windows. I started with the middle heart because I felt it made it easier to get a more equal distance between the windows.

The great thing is, now you also have stitched hearts you can save for another project! I attached the die cut heart panel to my stenciled heart panel using foam tape for some dimension. I stamped the cute sentiments in the heart windows, which I switched up a little between the two cards, and colored my stamped images with Copic markers. I used the same colors on both cards, but changed them around a little too! For the second card I cut the die cut heart panel about ¼ inch thinner so that more of the stenciled heart panel was able to be seen on the sides. I wasn’t planning on making the second card, but I really wanted some more glitter than I had on the first one so I couldn’t help myself!

The Copic colors I used for Newton are:
YR0000, YR000, YR20, and YR31 for his stripes
Belly – W0, W1
Ears – R20, R32, R43
Nose – R20
Collar – BG11, BG23, BG13

Newton’s Sweetheart:
CO, C1, C2, C3
Belly – C0, C1
Ears – R20, R32, R43
Nose – R32
Collar – R20, R22, R14

Straws:
RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06
B000, B01, B02, B04

Glass of Milk:
BG0000, BG000
N0, N1

Little Hearts:
RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06

The Copic colors I used for Newton are:
YR0000, YR000, YR20, and YR31 for his stripes
Belly – W0, W1
Ears – R20, R32, R43
Nose – R20
Collar – B000, B01, B02, B04

Newton’s Sweetheart:
CO, C1, C2, C3
Belly – C0, C1
Ears – R20, R32, R43
Nose – R32
Collar – RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06

Straws:
R20, R22, R14
BG11, BG23, BG13

Glass of Milk:
BG0000, BG000
N0, N1

Little Hearts:
R20, R22, R14



I finished off each card by adding a few pink and red jewels in the heart windows next to the sentiments, using a glitter pen on the little hearts, glossy accents on the glass of milk, and giving the kitties glitter and glossy collars! I hope you all enjoyed my cards this week, and I hope I was able to inspire you to use some of your smaller dies in a new way! Have a great week everyone!!

-Amy