Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 16

Well after 16 weeks of The Heart of Christmas for 2019 we are on our last week. I can't believe it. I normally try and do a fancy or fun fold at least once and I hadn't gotten to it this year so I did it on the very last one.

I made for you a double dutch door card but a standing up one. I made a double dutch card a couple o years ago and you can check it out by clicking here.

I was kind of in a brain fog when making this card and started out making it with a 12x12 piece of card stock

Then realise this is not going to fit in an C6 envelope silly! I had a really bad migraine as I was trying to make my card and my brain was not working at all but I had challenged myself this year to put a card in every week for the Heart of Christmas so I was not going to miss a week.

 

As you can see the card is quite a bit smaller when you do it correctly to fit into an envelope! Sheesh!

I went back to the gorgeous Toile Christmas set for this card as I have just loved colouring this cardinal and as all my friends in the US are having lots of snow falling right now and we are going through a cold snap here in the south part of Australia I thought it was appropriate.

The idea of the standing dutch fold card is that you can lean the flap  on the 2 dutch doors so you can put your card on the mantle or buffet to display it. I kind of like that idea. Here is a side view so you can get my meaning.

I have until recently only seen double dutch fold cards landscape not portrait so they were always laying down.

I also stamped the verse on the inside but as you can see there is plenty of room to write.

You don't have to decorate both the outside and inside of the dutch doors but I like to do both.

When all folded it fits perfectly into our C6 envelopes ready for posting or giving to your favourite person for Christmas. 

For a list of the products I used see below.

Please grab a cuppa and head over to the lovely Judy May's blog who is hosting our hop tonight for the list of ladies participating for some more Christmas inspiration.

Now what did I use: I have a Basic Grey card base, Garden Green Layers and leaves, Toile Tidings DSP, Very Vanilla Card to stamp on and to cut out the Stitched Nested Lables Die. Soft suede card for the leaves, Vellum card stock also for the leave. I have also use the Toile Tiding glitter enamel dots and double stitched garden green ribbon. I stamped the Cardinal from the Toile Christmas Stamp set in soft suede ink and then used Real Red dark and light and Soft sued dark and light stampin' Blends to colour him in. Everything was cut out using the Christmas cardinal dies. 

If you would like any more information about how to make this card or fun and fancy fold please do not hesitate to contact me. Or if you would like to order some products to make your Christmas cards.

Thank you for spending some time with me today,

take care,

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 15

Just 2 weeks left of  the Heart of Christmas for 2019 and tonight so I hope you have been enjoying all the inspiration each week.

Tonight I needed to make a very quick card as I have been flat out at home. Do you have times when things are just so busy and you need to make something so quick? Well this might be the layout for you. Stampin' Up! products coordinate so well and the Designer series paper is just gorgeous that you don't have to make things complicated.

Now this is a simple layout where you cut a card base, a layer of silver foil in this case, a layer of designer series paper and cut it in half. Have one side flipped over so you can show both sides of the cute paper add some gorgeous ribbon. Stamp a sentiment  cut it out with the stitched shaped framelits and the die cutting machine, cut a silver scalloped oval with your die cutting machine pop them up on some dimensionals and you are done.  So quick I made 3. Now you may notice the one hiding in the back is not current designer series paper. I was so happy that they were such quick cards I just pulled out some DSP and went for it. So you can see this is such a quick card so if you are hording all that gorgeous DSP get to it and whip up some last minute Christmas card to send out.

I was actually going with cherry cobbler as my colour choice this week as I wanted to use the Diagonal Stripe ribbon. I hadn't used it yet and it is just gorgeous! You can see that  it works even on a busy patterned paper. The other ribbon I have used is the Grey Granite textured weave ribbon.

For this card I have used the Night before Christmas DSP. As you can see I am using the host stamp set Greatest Part of Christmas and it is a really good sentiment stamp set.

This card I have use the Wrapped in Plaid DSP but although it has gold foil in the DSP Gold and Silver go together at Christmas time so well! 

Now this card is my ooops! I picked up a piece of retired DSP that got mixed up with all my current DSP as I had it left over and I must have just put it together in my little stack of Christmas papers, but hey it looks good. So if you have some sitting there get to it and make some cards so you can buy more gorgeous DSP. I just love it all, the pretty papers that Stampin' Up! has.

Please don't hesitate to contact me for supplies of these beautiful products to make your quick Christmas cards or any of your crafty goodness.

Now please grab a cuppa and go to Michele Taylor's Blog, Michele is hosting this week, there you will be able to find the list of ladies participating in week 15 of The Heart of Christmas.

Thanks for spending some time with me tonight,
Take Care,

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 14

Hello my crafty friends, it is week 14 of the Heart of Christmas and it is my privilege to host our Christmas blog hop this evening. So grab a cuppa and hop along with the talented team of ladies tonight for some fantastic Christmas inspiration.

Tonight I have wanted to get some ink on this stamp set for a while so I just had to do it tonight.

I have made 2 cards for you tonight using the God's Peace card set and have just slightly adjusted where I have put the images for a little bit of a different layout for both cards and both are really simple to do. All you need is your die cutting machine, Stampin' blends, God's Peace stamp set and away you go!

For the first card I chose to half case it from the Holiday catalogue that used the Beautiful Boughs Dies with this stamp set. I cut out some of the lovely small branches in mossy meadow to go under the sentiment. The sentiment is stamped in Celestial Copper Delicata ink and cut out with the stitched rectangle dies and popped it up on dimensionals But how did I make the background?

For the main image of the card I stamped the scripture verse in smokey slate at the top of the whisper white card layer and then again in smokey slate the gorgeous image of the candles and the poinsettia. I then got out my blends and had some fun. I used the dark and light Old Olive, dark and light Cherry Cobbler, dark and light Daffodil delight and to get the little light glow around the flame I used the colour lifter blend pen. For the ribbon I used the celestial copper ink with a blender pen. The center of the poinsettia is the gold glitter enamel dot from the Christmastime is here suite.

I have popped all of this on a base card of cherry cobbler and a layer of gorgeous glittery copper and mossy meadow DSP from the Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP pack.

For my second card it is even more simple to stamp and put together.

I have again on a piece of whisper white card stock stamped the scripture verse from the stamp set God's Peace at the top right hand side of the card and then instead of overlapping the candle image I have stamped it to the bottom left. Again both in Smokey slate.  I have coloured the image exactly the same way but this time I have used the golden Glitz Ink for the ribbon with my blender pen.

I have stamped the sentiment found in the Goldent Glitz ink and cut it out with the stitched shape framelit dies and then cut a scalloped circle out in gold foil with the layering circle dies and popped them up on some dimensionals. I have added a bit more bling with the gold glimmer enamel dots from the Christmastime is here Suite this time and layered it all on the gorgeous glittering copper DSP from the Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP. Copper and Gold go so well together! 

I hope you have enjoyed my slightly different cards using this lovely stamp set. why not give them a go and you can change up the card colour and base with whatever colour is your favourite.

Please now hop along with the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team, I am looking forward to seeing what they will inspire me with this week.

Tina Gillespie
Judy May
Kate Morgan
Caroline Manwaring
Andrea Sargent
Michelle Taylor
Rachel Woollard
Diane Furniss

If you have any questions about these cards or would like to order the products to make your own Christmas cards, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for spending some time with me tonight. Take Care,

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 12

It is week 12 of the Heart of Christmas, how much fun we have been having these past 3 months leading up to Christmas show casing fun cards and gift tags and other ideas for Christmas for you as a team.

Tonight I will show you the Christmas countdown advent calendar that I spoke about last week plus  the next card in my series from the Toile Christmas cards that I have been making.

My daughter was so excited about all the ideas and activities that she had put together for us to do as a family during advent, things like picnics in the park, design our own Christmas T-shirts, bake and decorate a gingerbread house, see the Christmas lights, making our own baubles, Christmas party with friends has been organised and games night just to name a few of the things in store for us.

So because she was so excited about all her ideas we had to decorate our advent calendar this week. It is very easy for beginners and my daughter didn't want to change what the suggestions were from Stampin' Up! so it was very easy to follow. The only thing I wanted to do was to have all the numbers in the centre. As you can see by the picture in the kit provided by Stampin' Up they have them in different locations on the box depending on the images that you use and stamp or if you are ok with things being a bit unregimented go for it!

Now the sides of the box is all white so I did decide that it needed some decorating and The Christmastime is here suite available in November as a limited time release was perfect.

 I first used the wood grain pattern from the Pressed Petal DSP then got out the beautiful DSP from the Christmastime is here suite. I cut the thin strips and added them to the middle of the wood grain and then adhered them to the sides of the advent calendar. 

One of the other gorgeous DSP's has beautiful roses and I have cut them out with my paper snips and adhered the bottom layer with snail and the top layer with mini dimensionals. 

For the sentiment in the middle I have used one that comes in the suite in the stamp set Christmas Rose and stamped it in Delicata Metalic Golden Glitz Ink. I have cut it out with the die that comes with the suite and the gold foil that is either side is also a die that comes with the suite. 

 You are going to want this suite so get it now before supplies run out and make some cards, decorate your advent calendar and so much more it is just beautiful!

So I used the Christmas Coundown Stamp set which is found on page 38 of your 2019 Holiday Catalogue with your Advent calendar kit. Plus if you wanted the little extra that I added you can add the Christmas Rose Stamp set and papers which is part of the Christmastime is here suite which is a limited time, while stocks last offering in November so make sure you ask me about it.

Just as an aside my roses in my garden are still looking quite good after a lot of wind and rain. I thought they might look a bit worse for wear after they had been battered around a bit.

My Toile Christmas card tonight I have put together a few elements that are really quick and easy to do.

Firstly stamp on a piece of very vanilla in memento black ink the cardinal so that you can then cut him out with the Christmas cardinal dies and colour him with the Stampin’ Blends. I am loving colouring him with the blends. 

Stamp the sentiment and the large branch with soft suede ink and cut them out using the dies from the Christmas cardinal dies. Cut a piece of very vanilla as the first layer to go on your soft suede card base and run it through your die cutting and embossing machine using the hammered metal 3D embossing folder. Now comes all the layering fun!

I cut 2 contrasting pieces of the Toile tidings DSP and placed them on the angle after adhering the embossed very vanilla piece to the soft suede card base. I really love the Hammered metal embossing folder as you can use it with the impression raised up like this to look like cobble stones or with the impression indented to look like hammered metal. Such a cool embossing folder!

So, after layering the fun papers diagonally for a little play on our visual senses I added a thin strip of crumb cake, the scalloped lace trim and the double stitched garden green ribbon before putting our gorgeous cardinal on his branch popped up on some dimensionals.

To finish off the sentiment was also popped up on some dimensionals.

Hope you have a go at this card if not with the cardinal at least give the layout a try and don’t forget to get your advent calendar kit and Christmas countdown stamp set to put together your advent calendar ready for the start of December.

Please now grab a cuppa and head over to my friend Claire and our Art with Heart Team leader who is hosting our Heart of Christmas blog hop tonight to see some more Christmas inspiration and the list of the team who played along and their wonderful creations.

Contact me for help with these 2 projects or any of your crafting needs.

Thanks for spending some time with me tonight.

Take Care

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 11

Welcome to week 11 of The Heart of Christmas. It is an absolutely gorgeous day in Melbourne, Australia today and we have started to think about putting up our Christmas decorations. I know a little early for some but for others it is never too early for Christmas decorations. This year we have splurged and bought and garland for the top of our mantle to give it a bit of Christmas bling!

 What is your new Christmas decoration purchase this year? I am still to make my advent countdown calendar that you can find on page 38 of the 2019 Holiday catalogue but my daughter has already planned different family activities for each night for us to do to add to our calendar when I finish it. I was wanting chocolate! LOL! What fun things do you do leading up to Christmas? So you can see Christmas is starting to be in full swing in our house. It really is my most favourite time of the year!

Tonight I have the next card in my mini suite of cards from Toile Christmas. I have made this one quite non-traditional in the colours for the background I suppose. I was just trying something a little different.

As you can see from my photo at the top of the blog it is very sunny in Melbourne today so I have taken another photo of my card inside with less sun shining on it so you can get a bit better look.

The base card is soft suede and I have tried to use a couple of different stamps in the set this time. There is the little swirl on the bottom right corner that is stamped in sort suede, The soft suede strip over the garden green strip has been stamped with the branch in soft suede. I have also stamped the brand on a piece of soft suede card stock in soft suede ink and used the Christmas Cardinal dies to cut it out using my die cutting machine.

For the panel behind the cardinal I used the little square of writing that you can see on the bottom left of the stamp set. I have stamped this on a panel of very vanilla card stock a few times in soft suede ink. I also have a couple of panels of Toile Tidings DSP and all these panels are layered with garden green card stock.

The gorgeous double stitched garden green ribbon just sets this card off nicely I think and the cardinal is coloured using the wonderful Stampin' Blends that colour so well.

Hope you like this non-traditional colouring for a Christmas card.

Please now grab a cuppa and hop on over to the lovely Tina Gillespie who is hosting our blog hop tonight to find the list of ladies participating tonight and to get more Christmas inspiration.

If you would like any information on how to create this card or the 2019 Holiday catalogue and some goodies to make your Christmas cards please don't hesitate to contact me.

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

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 10

Tonight, for week 10 of the Heart of Christmas I will be bringing to you another card from the gorgeous Toile Tidings stamp set and Christmas Cardinal dies. I brought you a card a few weeks ago but thought I would go back and do a little series using this stamp set and dies.

Today is such a beautiful day in Melbourne but as in springtime we will be back in the cold weather again by the weekend. I quite like the warm part of spring weather not the up down nature of it. So grab a cuppa and have fun hopping along with the team tonight!

Well my card this week I tried to use a lot of the elements of the Toile tidings suite that can be found starting on page 5 of the 2019 Holiday catalogue.

I have used Thick Very Vanilla as the card base and layered basic grey over the top and another layer off normal very vanilla. In the top very vanilla layer, I have used the swirl dies in the Christmas Cardinal die set to cut out a pretty border then placed a piece of the Toile Tidings DSP right up close.

I have used a strip of Basic grey right down the center of the card with a piece Garden Green Double Stitched ribbon.

In this lovely stamp set you not only get the gorgeous cardinal but the lovely branches as well and I have stamped the largest branch on very vanilla in soft suede and cut it out with the dies. I have also cut the large branch out with the in vellum to soften the look. I have cut the smaller branches out in soft suede, garden green, and vellum to go under the gorgeous male red Cardinal.

To colour the cardinal, I have used the Stampin’ Blends, light and dark real red and light and dark soft suede after stamping him in black memento ink! He is such a beautiful bird to colour and I love that we have a die to cut him out with. I have popped him up on some dimensionals.

I have stamped the sentiment in Soft suede from the stamp set and the die set cuts this out as well. It is such a great set to have and if you buy it in a bundle you save 10% so I would highly recommend you do that if you can. Buy in bundles!

Thank you for spending some time with me today now please jump on over to our host the lovely Claire Daly to see who else is hopping along tonight.

Don't forget that the amazing 15% off sale is on until 11:50 p.m. tonight AET. Just click on the picture to go directly to my online store to shop the stamp sale and get your bargains! Who doesn't love a bargain? I know I do!

If you would like any information on how to make this card or to purchase the lovely products to make this card and the rest of the cards that I will be bringing you in this series in time for you sending your cards for Christmas don't hesitate to contact me.

Take Care,