Week 22 - Heart of Christmas 2021

 

Well this is week 22 of our journey of all things Christmas and our final blog hop for this year for the Heart of Christmas. I do hope you have enjoyed hopping along with us and that you have a lovely lot of Christmas cards ready to go.

Well for the last fold of this series of Christmas blog hops I have searched for yet another fancy fold to share with you and I have come across a quadruple step card. I had to try it and I converted it to Centimetres from Inches and it worked quite well so here goes.

I have used the gorgeous Tidings and Trimmings Bundle and the Tidings of Christmas DSP to create this card with lots of copper foil.

This card starts with a base of Evening Evergreen 20.5 x 25 cm around 8 x 10 inches and that is where the fun comes in and you measure and score and cut and fold until you have all these wonderful steps off the centre of your card.

If you look at my card from the inside where I have placed some of the DSP and some Basic White so that you can write to the recipient of the card you can see all the wonderful folds with out the decorations.

Here is another view of the steps to give you an idea of the fold.

No for the front I have cut out the Tidings of Christmas DSP and layered that on to the copper foil before adding the decorations. I have stamped and cut out  using the dies the twigs, berries and leaves using the Christmas tripping dies after doing a little bit of stamping with  Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Cherry Cobbler ink. I have done the same with the stockings and added a Basic Gray one in as well for a little bit of contrast with the DSP and also to tie in to the Sentiments which I stamped in Basic Gray and then fussy cut around so that you could see the gorgeous copper Star which is layered onto some more DSP.

I have also added some of the In Color Ribbon which is just beautiful to the centre piece. 

Now it will lay flat and fit perfectly into a C5 envelope if you didn't want to try an make your own. Now I need to go an make a template so I don't forget how I made it and so I can make some more in the future!

If you have any questions at anytime about today's project or any of your craft needs do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Heart of Christmas blog hop Andrea Sargent. I love seeing her creativity each week. Please hit the next blog button now so that you will go straight to her blog.

Tina Gillespie is our host for the last week of Heart of Christmas 2021 so if there are any technical issues please head over to Tina's Blog and she will have the list of all those participating this week and you can continue your Christmas hop from there.

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, Merry Christmas and take care, 

Week 21 - Heart of Christmas

 

Welcome to week 21 of the Heart of Christmas, we have just one more week to go for this year. I do hope you have enjoyed hopping along each week. 

For this week I have 3 cards for you using the Merriest Moments Bundle. I taught a class this week at my church for a group of ladies who have long retired from work and get together on Tuesday mornings and had asked me to come and do a Christmas card class with them. We had cards of all levels so that that we could have beginner to more advanced as I knew a few were very crafty ladies. We had card kits for everyone and our stamping began with lots of fun and laughter.

The first card I am going to show you tonight is the card that the ladies who had more experience and were able to do some die cutting along with the stamping..

I had already embossed the base of the card for everyone to save a little bit of timeThe card base is in Evening Evergreen and I have embossed it with the Merriest Moments Hybrid Embossing folder. 

In Soft Succulent I have cut and embossed out the the layering foliage and backing to the sentiment. I turned it the opposite way round to the embossed card base so you can still see some of the image to give a little bit of depth to the card.

For this card I chose to use the sentiments from the stamp set For Unto Us and have stamped it in Evening Evergreen on a piece of Basic White which I have cut out using the dies form the Merriest Moments Dies, it has a lovely stitched edge.

To finish this card for the ladies at class we stamped the 2 sizes of the poinsettias in Cherry cobbler and the large and medium sized solid leaves in Evening Evergreen and cut them out with the  dies from the bundle. We stuck them together and then cut out the centre of the flower out in Copper Foil!

We popped them all up on a dimensional and placed it in the lower left corner of the sentiment.

For the 2nd card I thought I would  step the first one up a bit and add a little with some more elements from the Merriest Moments stamp set.

I first thought what colours go with Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen and Cherry Cobbler and I though Mint Macaron and Sahara Sand would work well so I stamped and die cut some more of the leaves and twigs in those 2 colours and added some Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent sheer ribbon under the poinsettia. I also stamped the berries and 3 sizes of the leaves for the holly and added those.

For my 3rd card today I have CASED Tami White and just changed a little bit of her idea. I loved it as the classic Navy Blue and White were just stunning so I had to share while I was using this bundle.

I love the way the Basic White foliage pops on the Night of Navy card. The base of the card is Embossed with the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder this time instead of the Merriest Moments Embossing folder. I thought it was appropriate considering the sentiment was Hark the Herald Angels Sing!

Well these cards were so much fun to put together with this bundle I hope that you have enjoyed having a bit a of a look today at the Merriest Moments Bundle.

If you have any questions or would like help in making these cards please do not hesitate in contacting me.

Now is the time to head to the next incredible creative person who is Tina Gillespie, I always love seeing her take on a new template each week. Just hit the next blog button now to go straight to her blog.

Now if you happen to have an issue with any of the next blog buttons not working just come back here to my blog as I have the privilege of hosting this week and you will find the list of participants below and you can continue your hop from there anytime you find any technical issues.

Tina Gillespie
Kate Morgan
Andrea Sargent
Caroline Manwaring
Christine Blain
Theresa Gerrard
Catherine Proctor
Ros Davidson
Rosa Leyden
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Sharon Davern  <=You are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, take care,

Week 20 - Heart of Christmas 2021

Welcome to Week 20 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Can you believe we are nearly at the end of our Heart of Christmas Blog hops for 2021, just another couple of weeks to go.

This week I am going to show you a quick card that I saw on line from a friend in the US and I thought it was just sweet and simple and you could make multiple of this without much effect.

  

For this card I have used a lot of tone on tone with the Very Vanilla card stock and I have used the lovely large Angel from Angels of Peace. It is such a beautiful stamp.

I started with the Thick Very Vanilla card base and then on regular Very Vanilla I embossed using the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder as we all know Angels love to sing! Before adhering the sheet music to the card base I have wrapped around the scalloped lace ribbon and tied a bow. 

I have then stamped the Angel in Basic Gray onto a piece of Very Vanilla which I have cut to size and then die cut a border on the side with the Basic Border Dies. Doesn't it look like the Angel is singing in the clouds! Adhere that on with some dimensionals and then attach a small sentiment and you can be finished or you could add some genial gems.

I decided that I would add a little bling to the card with the genial gems and by adding some colour to the Angel with the stampin' blends. Either way the Angel is still singing and you can make multiple of this card in no time.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Heart of Christmas Journey and this week it will be the lovely Tina Gillespie. I love to see how she interprets a card sketch each week to help us get our Christmas card stash up an so that we will have plenty of cards ready to go for Christmas. Just click the next blog button to go there now.

Now if for any reason we have a technical issue with the next blog buttons at any time on your journey around our blog hop you can go to this week's host Tina Gillespie's blog and she will have the list of those participating and you can continue you hop from there. Tina's Blog.

Thank you for spending some Christmas Crafty time with me today, take care,

Week 19 - Heart of Christmas

 

Welcome to week 19 of the Heart of Christmas blog Hop for 2021. This week I will be creating for you something a little different. I have used the Give it a Whirl dies to create my card. I know a little different but I saw this idea on Jini Merck's page and thought I would give it a go.

I have paired the Give it a Whirl dies with the Great Tidings Bundle and the 3 Wise Men are are bringing the joy of their gifts with each spin of the little wheel.

Now I have hidden the brad in the City of David but if you didn't want to have the City of David you could hide the brad behind a star or a Wise Man's head.

After I cut out the wheel for the sentiments and picture to go behind our cut out window in the Peaceful Place Specialty DSP with all the silver snowflake stars I put the wheel back over the top, lined up the stamp, picked it up with my Stamp-a-ratus plate removed the wheel so I could put the magnets in place in case I wanted to stamp more than once and stamped the image. I didn't do that with the first one I just eye balled it. I will let you guess which one that was before I got a clue!

I have used the beautiful blending brushes to add a little Night of Navy to the Wheel of sentiment and the sentiment on the front of the card so that it wasn't so start white against the silver and Night of Navy card and you know I can't resist the Stampin' Blends, there are a few different colours today but still my trusty Blackberry bliss! Oh the silver star is from the Give it a Whirl dies.

If you would like any information at any time about today's card or any of your crafty needs please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on the our journey and today you will be heading to Andrea Sargent, I love her eye for detail, her ability to use different techniques and her cards are always so beautiful. Just hit the next blog button now to be taken to this very talented lady to see what she has for us this week.

I have the privilege to host this week the very talented group of ladies and if for any reason there is a technical issue you can come back to my blog and continue you hop from here with the list of those participating just below. 

Tina Gillespie
Caroline Manwaring
Theresa Gerrard
Kate Morgan
Christine Blain
Catherine Proctor
Ros Davidson
Rachel Woollard
Sharon Davern  <= You are here
Andrea Sargent
Rosa Leyden

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today,

take care,

Week 18 - Heart of Christmas

 

Welcome to week 18 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.
You may have come to my blog from the lovely Cathy but no matter where you have entered the blog you please have fun hopping around with the Art with Heart team for this week's Christmas inspiration and if at any time one of the next blog buttons sends you to Mars instead of to the next person on our journey just head to our host Tina Gillespie and you can continue your blog hop from there as she will have the whole list of today's participants.

I have 2 projects for you today, you will be happy that I have found another fancy fold for you and it is quick and easy so I have made it all gold and Blackberry "blissy"! So Regal! Just fitting for the Wise Men Kings I think and a Christmas Tag! So let's get started!

I saw this card by Mari Fredericks and converted it from inches to cm so that it would work with our A4 cardstock so that you would get 2 cards per sheet of cardstock. This fun fancy fold is perfect for showcasing the 2 Wise Men from the Great Tidings stamp set.

I started with a 1/2 piece of my favourite Blackberry Bliss cardstock cut @ 10.5 cm x 28 cm. I then scored the base @ 7,12.7,15.2,20.2 and 22.9 cm which if you are using inches equates to 2 3/4, 5,6,8 and 9 inches.

So fold and the base up like a little fan with the last one folding over the front.

Once you fold out your card and line it with the gorgeous Blackberry Beauty Specialty DSP gold embossed Wise Men and the sentiment. Oh and don't forget to gold emboss the belly band that holds the card all together.

Now for my tag I needed 20 bags of goodies for my Church ladies to go out for dinner in a couple of weeks and my friend who normally helps me organise these nights is on her way driving to Canberra to see her Mum and Dad so she wanted to get them organised like now as she won't be here when we get to go out for our night out. Which sounds so good after months locked down. So she came by with lollies, chocolates, bells, stars and bags ready for me to add a tag. 

Now Stampin' Up has bags that you can use that are just perfect but she had them all ready for me so I couldn't change them. So how did I make the tags.

I have made these tags using the Tailor Made Tags, the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder and the Tidings and Trimming Bundle. I first cut out the Sahara Sand tags and embossed them with the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder. Fun note you can get 10 of the largest die out of one sheet so great I needed 20! Winning with 2 sheets! Then I cut out the Christmas Tidings DSP with the same size tag and you can get 4 out of one of the 6x6 sheets. I have only decorated one of the tags so far so on to the next 19 but I wanted to show you I have cut a silhouette star in the DSP and then in gold foil the filigree star. Heat embossed in white onto Cherry cobbler the Noel which I thought went well with the music embossed tag. I then stamped and cut some of the foliage and popped them behind the star.

If you have any questions about my card or tag today do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to my friend the lovely and talented Christine Blain. I always love to see what she has created, she has the best ideas with Designer series paper so I can't wait to see her creation this week. Just hit the next blog button to be taken to her blog.

Tina's Blog in case you visit Mars: Tina

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today,

take care,