Hear of Christmas - Week 7

 

It’s Monday night, Week 7 of Heart of Christmas blog hop and extending a warm welcome to everyone!

This week I have used some products from the Gingerbread & Peppermint Suite. There are many more bits and pieces in this suite but I have used selected items and they include:

• Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP
• Gingerbread & Peppermint Memories and More Cards and Envelopes  
• Kraft 6” x 6” paper pack

I participated in a team paper share and scored 5 cards and envelopes so managed to decorate these using the DSP and Kraft paper in this suite.

Card 1

All the patterned base layers have been die cut using the largest scalloped die in the Stitched So Sweetly die set. From the same set I have used the label dies too in most of the cards below.

All the sentiments are from the Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set and have been heat embossed with White Embossing powder onto the Kraft paper. I then sponged Soft Suede around the edge with a blending brush to give it a ‘baked’ look like the iced gingerbread biscuits.

Also the various shapes have been fussy cut from the patterned paper as I haven’t purchased the stamp and die bundle. The Real Red Sheer Ribbon is a returning fave from the 2020 mini catalogue of which I still had some in my stash!

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Here I have used Red Foil Sheet as a scalloped layer beneath the greeting.

Please head on to the next participant for more inspiration if you haven’t already done so, the very talented Rachel Woollard

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s host of The Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all those participating.

Enjoy the rest of your week - we have lockdown extended for two weeks and curfew!! Not many are happy but I could get more crafting done which beats scrubbing the oven or shower!

CCBH Cinnamon Cider - Week 11

Hello fellow crafters hope the week has been kind and you’re getting time to create some wonderful cards with inspiration from the team blog hops this week.

The colour being showcased this week is Cinnamon Cider, one of the 2020-22 In Colours family. I have created a simple U-fold card using the Blackberry Beauty DSP.

The card is 21cm x 15cm scored at 4.5cm, 5.25cm and then flipped over so that you score the same on the other side. I’ve used a bone folder to smooth down scored edges to enable the front panel sit upfront and the side panels open towards the back.

The front panel is made up of a Brushed Metallic card stock mat (9.5cm x 14cm) in soft gold and layered with Blackberry Beauty DSP )9cm x 13.5cm). 

The sentiment from the Art Gallery photopolymer stamp set has been stamped with VersaMark onto Cinnamon Cider card stock and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I then added some Gilded Gems to the background.

The side panels are made up of Brushed Metallic card stock mat (4cm x 14cm) and another Blackberry Beauty DSP layer (3.5cm x 13.5cm) on top. I have added some foliage cut from the metallic card stock using Forever Flourishing Dies. The birds have been fussy cut from the DSP and adhered with dimensionals.

Front on the card stands up with the side panels opened to the back.

From the side

From above

To fit the card in an envelope you can fold the side flaps to the back. This is what it looks like in the photo below.

For the back of the card I have used Very Vanilla in the centre panel and the same DSP for the side panels.

I quite like how this card turned out and having beautiful papers to work with helps! Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more inspiration from the next participant Di Furniss

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

That’s a wrap for this week and thanks again for joining the team blog hop.

Heart of Christmas - Week 6

 

Hi everyone extending a warm welcome to this week’s Christmas inspiration from the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! Team.

I am in love with the Whimsy & Wonder DSP which I have used in my card tonight. The colours in this pack are Polished Pink, Blushing Bride, Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron, Misty Moonlight and Iridescent foils that make this paper shine! So not your traditional Christmas colours and very beautiful.

The card base in Blushing Bride is layered with Basic White card stock that was first stamped in Mint Macaron ink using a sentiment from the Holly Jolly Wishes stamp set. This set offers numerous different types of greetings and is so versatile. The layer has been dry embossed with Wintry 3D embossing folder. 

The bells are cut using the bell-shaped cloche from the Cloche die set. I have cut it twice, once with patterned paper from Whimsy & Wonder and another on thick Basic White card stock. These were adhered with dimensionals. 

Bows tied with silver Simply Elegant Trim were adhered with a glue dot and then some Holly fussy cut from the DSP was added on top. You can see the iridescent shine in the paper in the photo below!

Lastly I have added some adhesive-backed sequins from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack. I love these translucent sequins as under light they pick up the Blushing Bride colour.

Please head on to the next participant for more inspiration if you haven’t already done so, the very talented Judy May.

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s Host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Hope you all have a great week ahead and I know I will be hoping (and praying) that our city will start to open up more this week. On the plus side hopefully my next BBB and order will be delivered and I’ll get to play with new products. Take care everyone xo

CCS Cherry Cobbler - Week 10

 

Back again for another team blog hop and using Cherry Cobbler a deep red from the Regals colour family in today’s card.

For this card I have used the Artistically Inked stamp and die bundle. The stamped images result in an inked watercolour effect.

The images were stamped on Basic White card stock in Cherry Cobbler for the flowers and Garden Green for the leaves. They were then cut using the matching dies and arranged on the Basic White mat along with some gold pieces from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera pack.

The hexagon gold piece has been adhered with Multipurpose Liquid glue and I stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler from the stamp set. It’s a fairly simple card with just stamping and arranging the individual pieces onto the mat. The layer was then adhered to the Cherry Cobbler card stock base.

Thank you so much for stopping by this week and hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop and find more inspiration from the next participant Michele Taylor

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

That’s a wrap for this week and hope you’ve been inspired by the team’s creations this week. Take care everyone xo

Heart of Christmas - Week 5

Welcome everyone to Week 5 and another round of Christmas creations from the team around the country. Also it’s Mini catalogue Eve! And tomorrow we get to order new products from it and I can’t wait to pick out a few more goodies to play with ❤️

I thought I would pull out a favourite….the Poinsettia dies and build a wreath using the colours in the Tidings of Christmas DSP.  They are soft colours and in this card I have used Sahara Sand and Soft Succulent.

The card base is thick Basic White card stock cut 4 7/8” square to fit a 5” envelope. The next layer is Tidings of Christmas DSP to which I have adhered a Sahara Sand and Basic White double mat. 

To build the wreath I have die cut several of the smallest poinsettia flowers in Sahara Sand, Soft Succulent and Basic White card stock. The white flowers were brushed with Wink of Stella to add some sparkle.

The berry branches have been cut from Sahara Sand, Soft Succulent card stock and Silver Foil Specialty paper a new product from the July - August mini catalogue. These have been arranged in a wreath and adhered with a single glue dot and with the flowers arranged using dimensionals. I have added 2021-23 In Colour Jewels in Soft Succulent to the flower centres.

The sentiment is from the new Classic Cloche stamp set which I thought was a very appropriate quote to go with the wreath that ‘never ends’. It is stamped in Soft Succulent ink. 

Please head on to the next participant for more inspiration if you haven’t already done so, the very talented Vicki Boucher

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s Host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Rachel Woollard, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thank you so much for stopping and hope you have a great week ahead. Take care everyone xo