Rhapsody in Craft: September 2022

Monday 26 September 2022

Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 13

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Welcome to week 13 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Each week on a Monday until the end of November the Art with Heart team will bring you some fantastic Christmas inspiration for you so that you can create the most wonderful Christmas.

I am back this week after a week off for my daughter's 21st. Thank you Tina for hosting last week, you are so appreciated! I will post a couple of photos at the end.

Today I have a variation on a theme for you. A variation on a theme is a musical term and I am using that because I am casing a card from the lovely Tina Gillespie from the week 8 Heart of Christmas blog hop. I loved her sheet load of cards layout that week and her card was elegant and gorgeous. I have made a variation on that theme. Now Tina and I are both musician so I thought I would use that term tonight. Normally we would say CASE copy and share everything with your own twist! Click Here to see Tina's card!

So for my card I am using the Sweet Candy Canes Bundle. For some reason I just had it in my head when I saw Tina's card that the Candy Cane would work perfectly for the layout. I didn't have the bundle yet so I had to wait until I put in an order so I could make these cards.

I chose the 4 colours that come in the Sweetest Christmas DSP, Garden Green, Real Red, Pool Party and Sweet Sorbet. Each card is on a Thick Basic White base. For this Garden Green card I have used the Garden Green dotty DSP in the Sweetest Christmas pack and then using the Candy Cane Dies I have a layer over the top of Garden Green card. I have cut out the Candy Cane from the DSP to match my card. The Mistletoe is stamped in Garden Green and Crumb Cake then cut out using the dies. One of the sentiments that I love at this time of year is this one. I think is it just the most wonderful time of the year and I have cut this out using the stitched rectangle dies using my extending technique that you have seen me use over the past few weeks.

On the back of the Garden Green dot DSP is a Candy Cane Stripe with some Pool Party and if you move your die cut just right you have added some extra stripes to this one as it was the most wide of all the DSP stripes! I have cut out a Candy cane from the DSP that had the Pool Party to match!

Here is the Red Dotty DSP card and this time I have chosen a 3rd sentiment. There is so much fun to be had with this stamp set and have you noticed I have used different coloured Adhesive-backed seasonal sequins on all the cards.

The 4th colour in the DSP was Sweet Sorbet so I just had to use the Merry & Bright sentiment for this card. I also switched up the way the Candy Cane Stripes were going on the DSP to add some interest. This card also has a double linen thread bow.

Here they are all together. Thanks for your inspiration Tina and Sheet Load of Cards sketches, I still have other ideas of how to use this sketch. So I will see if it works out.

If you have any questions or would like to get your hands on some of these gorgeous products and get started or continue making your Christmas cards do get in contact with me.

Now is the time to head to the next very talented person on our Christmas blog hop and this week we are heading to Kate Morgan. Kate always has very creative ways to use the products and I can't wait to see what she has for us this week so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time you have a broken link please head back here and continue your Christmas Blog Hop from the list of very talented ladies below.

Sharon Davern: <=You are Here

Here are a couple of photos from our Murder Mystery 21st Birthday Dinner Party!

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

Monday 12 September 2022

Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 11 - Iris Folding Bauble

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Welcome to week 11 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop! Each Monday the Art With Heart team love to bring you some Christmas inspiration to help you get ready for Christmas with your cards, gift giving and decorations. We will be doing this right up until the end of November.

Today I have decided to bring you Iris Folding for my card. I had never done it before and I thought it would be fun to try. I found a template on line and if you google Iris Folding you will find many designs you can try. This is the one I found and used.

I chose the medium design which means you just need a few more pieces of paper. I thought the 6x6 pieces of the Lights Aglow DSP would be perfect for this card! I cut 2 cm strips and folding in 0.5 of a cm. I found that if you folded the strips in half when you got to the larger diagonal at one end you need to have the wider strip.

I started with a Basic White piece of card stock and cut a circle with the layering circle dies in just the right size for the the iris pattern. Then I put it through the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder.

I then turned it upside down and placed it over the Iris Pattern.

Take your strips of Lights Aglow DSP place the folded edge on the inside of the open circle along the line starting with 1 then working your way around taping them down with washi tape and cutting of the extra and you will be able to use the extra length so cut it as close to the edge as possible.

Keep going until all has been covered and taped down and I changed colours after layers of each colour.

I then popped the completed Iris up on dimensionals on a piece of Lights Aglow DSP and then popped that on a card base of Soft Succulent.

While I was at it a strip of the Lights Aglow to the inside of my card for decoration.

For the sentiment I used the Celebrate with Tags stamp set and I wanted the Merry Christmas in 1 line not underneath each other so I took out my stamparatus and put a piece of Basic White down and put some tape over the word "Christmas" and inked up "Merry". Took off the tape and stamped "Merry". I cleaned the stamp and then lined up "Christmas" next to "Merry" and taped up "Merry" and inked "Christmas" and took the tape off and stamped "Christmas" next to "Merry"

Then came the cutting out with the Stylish Shapes Dies.

So I placed the die on one end and put it through the Cut & Emboss Machine but not all the way so I didn't cut the "Christmas" off! Then place the die back into the stitched holes and move the die along until you have it in the place that you are happy with and put it through just far enough to cut the other end and not cut off "Merry". A great way to make a longer banner when needed!

To finish off my card I thought the bauble needed to hang from a branch of the Christmas tree so I cut some pine branches from the Holly Berry Dies in Crumb Cake and Evening Evergreen and mad this luscious bow is known as the Tammy Bow, designed by Tammy Wilson and I thought it was perfect for this card using the Gold and Vanilla satin edged ribbon.

I had fun making this card and there are many different designs of Iris folds that you can find on the internet for you to try with your off cuts of DSP to use them up!

If you have any questions about this card or would like to get your hands on these gorgeous products please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on this weeks journey of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, and this week we are going to the wonderfully talented Kathryn Ruddick. She is an amazing artist and I just love her colour combinations and how she composes and colours her cards each week, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason the next blog button doesn't work just come back here and you will be able to continue you Christmas blog hop from here. The list of wonderful participants is below:

Sharon Davern <= You Are Here

Thank you to Tina Gillespie as she will be hosting our blog hop next week.

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

Monday 5 September 2022

Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 10 - Leaves of Holly

Welcome to week 10 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Each week on a Monday until the end of November the Art with Heart team will be bringing you some Christmas inspiration, so make sure you come back each week to check in and get ready for Christmas.

This week I have a quick card for you. I have a stamped sentiment and a die cut and a double pleated folded piece of DSP for the sentiment to sit on and your card is done!

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The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler and layered with Old Olive and then Basic White and on the inside I have layered the card with Old olive and Basic white as well. There is a little bit of Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler in the DSP so I wanted to bring out those colours!

For the sentiment of the card I have stamped on Basic White, the Christmas Wishes in Cherry Cobbler and the to Friends Near and Far in Old Olive, then using the Holly Berry Dies I cut out the Holly Label!

The Stampin' Up! DSP is so gorgeous on both sides so using the double pleated fold you get to see both sides of the DSP. Now I took the measurements from Dawn from Dawn Stampin' Thoughts so I didn't have to think too hard and they are all in inches but here they are for you if you would like them.

DSP 5 1/2 "x 10"
Score along the long side at 1", 1.5",2.5",3",4",4.5"5.5"6",7",7.5",8.5",9"
On the long side still make a pencil mark at 4.5" and 5.5" top and bottom then turn and on the short edge 2 3/16" and 3 3/16" top and bottom. Then we are going to cut the corners off diagonally by joining the dots. Then you get to fold along the lines and chose which side of the DSP you want on the outside facing you.

Now of course you can chose a different shape for your sentiment but I went with this one. Next time I might try a circle or a square, what do your think.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like to see these products in your hands and have some fun playing with them yourself.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Christmas journey for this week and we are heading to the Queen of embossing folders and the most gorgeous white spaces Caroline Manwaring. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

Now if at any time during your Christmas blog hop there is a broken link just head back here and you can continue your journey by finding the list of names below so that you can jump right back in.