Heart of Christmas - Week 6 - 2023 - Fun Fold

 

Welcome to week 6 of the 2023 Heart of Christmas blog hop! I do hop you are enjoying what the Art With Heart team are bringing you each week.

This week I have a really simple fun fold for you to do and lots of lovely layers. I know you will have fun making this one!

I just had to use this bundle for this fun fold I couldn't help myself and I just want to make so many of them.

I have used the Night Divine Bundle and the gorgeous O Holy Night DSP from the O Holy Night suite! AS you can see in this photo there are lots of yummy layers

When you open the card out you reveal the nativity scene.

I have taken the colours for the card from the DSP O Holy Night. Night of Navy, Boho Blue, Copper Clay, Crumb Cake, Basic White, Basic Black and I threw in a little Wild Wheat to be wild!

For the card base I have a piece of Night of Navy 27 x 14.9 cm and I have scored it at 4.1 and 8.2 cm and then you turn it around and do it at the other end exactly the same and fold first a mountain and then a valley fold. Then it is all about layering and adding a couple of extra cards to the front! For this part I have layered Boho Blue cut one 10 x 14.4 for the centre and the 2 sides are 3.8 x 14.4 and you actually need 4 of those so cut 4. The gorgeous O Holy Night DSP is 9.5x13.9 cm and one 13.9x 3.3 and you will need 4 of those so cut them at the same time. Adhere them to your card base then we can work on the front layers before decorating.

Now the base of the card you already have the 2 sides cut so adhere those and we will look at the other sections to cut. The O Holy night section is Night of Navy 13 x 7.1 cm, Boho Blue 7.1 x 12.5 cm and the DSP is 6.7 x 12. I have heat embossed in White the O Holy Night from the Night Divine stamp set before adhering the section together and then you can adhere it to the left front of your card centering it. The Camel Panel is Night of Navy 11.5x6.5 cm, Boho Blue, 6x 11 cm and the DSP is 5.5 x 10.5 cm. BEFORE you adhere this side close up the card and place dimensionals directly next to the O Holy night panel and then adhere your camel section onto the dimensionals. This will ensure that the card will fold up nicely! I added another little sentiment and the dimensions of the layers are Night of Navy 7.8x4.9 cm, Boho Blue 7.3 x 4.4 cm and the DSP is 6.8 x 3.9 make sure you heat emboss before adhering. Don't place this one on your card until we decorate.

Let's Decorate: I have taken the dies from the bundle and just had a little bit of fun. The stable is in Copper Clay as are a couple of the cattle. The camels are in Crumb Cake, I was going for the sandy dessert look! The sheep well they had to be white didn't they?! Clouds were going to be white and fluffy! The nativity is in Basic Black! You are of course wondering where the hay die came from? Well I am glad you asked and this is where my Wild Wheat and wildness came in. I went to the Earthen Texture Dies and there you have it HAY! I did a little in crumb cake to add contrast.

I couldn't just have 1 camel as there are three gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh so there are 3! Plus there had to be more than a couple of cattle and sheep so I put a couple more.

And on the back there are a couple of more cattle lowing and a place for you to write your message of Christmas cheer!

I do hope you have enjoyed this fun fold and all the animals that joined in the first Christmas. If you just need to have them please let me know and I can help you get your own animals, don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderfully creative person on the Art With Heart team participating this week in the Heart of Christmas and this week you will be heading to Andrea Sargent. I love her work and her gorgeous water colouring. 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 at any time one of the buttons don't work you can continue your Heart of Christmas Blog Hop from the list of wonderful creative people below or you can do your complete hop from that list.

Andrea Sargent
Michele Taylor
Christine Blain
Kate Morgan
Rachel Woollard
Theresa Gerrard
Caroline Manwaring
Rosa Leyden
Catherine Proctor
Sharon Davern <= You are here

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