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Hello and welcome to our last Heart of Christmas showcase for 2020. I can hardly believe that we are quite here at the almost end of the year and at the same time it is almost like we are in the car as a child going, "are we there yet?"
Tonight I have a quick card using our beautiful Brushed Metallic Cardstock which you can find on page 45 of the Aug-Dec Mini catalogue. It comes in Bronze, Copper and Gold and I have used all 3 in my card and added a dash of Red Foil that you can find on page 22 of the Mini.
I have decided to use the Arrange a wreathe bundle from the annual Catalogue for tonight's quick card and also a little bit of paper from the In Good Taste DSP and the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.
For this card I have layered my wreath onto strips 3.4 x 9.5 cm wide of In Good Taste DSP and then onto a piece of Garden Green card 10x 14.5 cm which I have popped up on dimensional. I waited to add it to my card base of Garden green until my wreath was attached with the Poppy Parade and gold trim ribbon from the All the Trimmings ribbon combo pack.
For the wreath I have cut die the Bronze, Copper and Gold Brushed Metallic Card Stock and adhered it to each other and the card front using Tombow multipurpose glue.
I have used the red foil for the poinsettia and the bow of our wreath to add just that extra bit of bling.
The sentiment is stamped in Sahara sand and punch out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch and popped up on some dimensionals. You might notice some gold, brass and copper baubles behind my card, they are hanging on my tree as I have already put it up and decorated it. I still need to decorate the rest of the house however.
I chose to do the card opening vertically as I thought is worked better for the wreath. On the inside I placed a little strip of the In Good Taste DSP to decorate my card.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and have lots of fun making and sending out your Christmas cards
Now please head over to our host's blog for one more time, my friend and very creative Judy May. There you will find a list of the team who are participating tonight.
If you have any questions or would like to get these gorgeous products in your hands do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today! Take care,
With this week's Colour Creations Showcase we come to a very gorgeous purple colour of Highland Heather. The name just makes you think of all the plants in bloom over the country side!
This week Highland Heather
I am loving using our Designer Series Paper at the moment for cards and having it on special at the moment it is the ideal time for you to stock up on your favourite. I have used the Poinsettia Place DSP again tonight but not for a Christmas card.
Isn't this the most gorgeous colour? Of course I couldn't help using my favourite colour as a neutral layer so to speak. Blackberry Bliss! So I was winning all around with this card today I thought!
So here is my colour combination for today's card!
I am loving the Highland Heather and Blackberry bliss, it is calling to me!
Ok my friends to start my card I stamped the beautiful roses in Basic Gray Ink on Whisper white card and coloured them with the Highland Heather and Daffodil delight blends. I love these roses and the colour so nicely with the blends then I fussy cut them out. It doesn't take much as they are not a fussy rose! I then decided that I just had to have Blackberry bliss on my card so I added that layer and the back of the Poinsettia Place DSP from the card I made for our Christmas Showcase on Monday was still on my desk I thought that was fantastic so you can see where I was going.
If you look in your catalogues or on the back of the DSP when you get them they will tell you what the colours are that are used in the DSP. Stampin' Up! has done all the work for you. You do not have to work out what goes with what! So this is exactly what I did and how I came up with Garden Green and Old Olive as the 2 greens for my flower arrangement. I also added the copper for a little extra bling and I cut these out using the Forever Flourishing Dies. I am loving those leaves! Add a bit of braided lined trim and you have your flower arrangement. Don't forget to add a bit of your DSP to the inside of your card.
I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray and cut that out using the Tasteful Label dies that come in the Bundle with the Tasteful touches stamp set and the basic rhinestone jewels are coloured in dark highland heather blends which I just love doing! I think everyone should get every colour of the blends just so they can colour their ribbon and their pearls and rhinestones for their projects. So much fun!
Don't forget the sale on selected DSP is until the end of October stock up and save and have fun making beautiful cards. The DSP really do most of the work for you they are so gorgeous.
Please head on over to the lovely Cathy's blog to see what she has created and to see the list of ladies who are playing along tonight with the colour Highland Heather. I am always so excited to see the creativity of the team: Cathy's Blog
If you would like to ask any questions about today's project or would like to have a catalogue in your hands or have some general questions do not hesitate to contact me.
Here is the list of the products I used in my card today!
I am so excited! It is Heart of Christmas 2020! I love Christmas so I am just so excited that it is time for our Christmas Showcase to start. We will be coming to you monthly with Christmas inspiration so you will have lots of time to get all your cards and decorations ready in time for December 25th.
I thought you would like to know so you could start planning. It seems like all the days and weekends keep running into each other while we are in lock down. The only reason I know what day it is, is because of my daily medicine dispenser! I am getting so old 😂 the older you get the more tablets you need to take, by the time I am actually old I will rattle!
Anyway let's get to the fun stuff and look at the 3 cards I have for you tonight. I have 1 from the annual catalogue and 2 from the new upcoming August-December mini catalogue.
Three very different cards but fun to make and I think something for everyone.
Let's start with the Arrange a Wreath card that you can do now from the Annual Catalogue on page 127. You may recall I did a wreath card a couple of weeks ago, check it out here: ( https://bit.ly/Week5CCSBlushingBride )
I have done a very similar thing to what I had a couple of weeks ago, but this time, A Partridge in a Pear tree! I mean really you can't not go there!
Here is my colour combination and yes the pears are stamped in Pear Pizzazz! I just had to!
I have added the gold foil to my colour combination so that you can see that I have gold embossed the Partridge and also Merry Christmas.
I really love the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder it is like you have the Christmas Wreaths on the outside of your house as a decoration. I might try it next time with a little lighter brick colour as there are many different brick colours on many different houses and I think it will bring out the gold in the Partridge a bit better too.
Now for my next card I have chosen to case a card and change it a little bit. I saw this on Pinterest by Heather Potterton and I just had to try it and I added an extra bell, but I so thought it was a cool idea so wanted to share it with you so you could get onto it straight away. So simple and you are going to love it. It is using the new Cherish the Season Bundle on page 33 of the August - December mini.
Yes that is correct! The Gold Hoop Embellishments from the Forever Greenery Suite! You thought you didn't know what to do with them. Well, Heather had a smart idea and I loved it so I went and found mine that I had put in a safe spot and then couldn't find because I had put in a safe spot. You know how that goes! 😏 Finally found them and made this quick and easy card!
Ok, I have cut out the bells using the Sounds of the season dies and then made a little cut in the loop at the top so I can thread the gold hoop through the bells. The 2 larger bells the holly is cut out with the die but I have adhered it to the card right at that spot so that the holly stays in place. The Gold Hoop is adhered with mini glue dots and the Whisper White Crinkled seam binding ribbon has been coloured using the Dark Highland Heather Blends to match the card stock and adhered with a mini glue dot.
Everything is so gold and sparkly that the light just shines off it when I was trying to take a photo today. The sentiment at the bottom was stamped in Highland heather before I ran the layer of card stock through the embossing machine with the Subtle 3D Embossing folder.
For my 3rd card I have used the gorgeous Dove of Hope Bundle in the new August- December Mini on page 13. I just couldn't go past the beautiful detailed Dies of the Dove and so wanted to showcase it with a fancy fold. I have used this fold last year and was asked for the instructions a few times so I will put that at the end of the post so that you can see all the folds and measurements to make one yourself.
For this Card I have only used 3 colours
Don't you just love the detail in the Dove and the the wings? Just beautiful.
For this card I have used the Ornate Garden Specialty DSP with the gold foil through it as the most beautiful backdrop for the dove.
Hope you have enjoyed the couple of sneak peaks into the August-December Mini plus a little sing of a Partridge in a Pear Tree! You know you have been singing it!
My friend and team mate, the talented Judy May will be coordinating our monthly Heart of Christmas showcases this year so please head on over to her blog to find the list of the team that are participating this month for some more Christmas inspiration: Judy's Blog
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like a copy of either the Annual catalogue or the new August-December Mini so you can start your Christmas planning and creating. Don't forget you still have time to earn Bonus Day Coupons. Spend $90 in July to earn a $9 coupon to use in August. Contact me for more information.
Now for the video on how to cut the card for the Double Dutch door Fold and the products used in the cards tonight.
Here is the video of the base to the double dutch card featuring the card I made last Christmas.
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