Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 11

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas 2025 and week 11. We have just 3 weeks left, where did the year go?!

Today I have created for you a Double Floating Tiered Box Card. I found this card design on Iced Images in the UK who got the idea from Sam Calcott.

I had only a little time to put this all together for as my creative consultant as I call my lovely daughter was getting ready for her trip of a lifetime with some friends to South Korea so this card I am letting the fancy fold and the gorgeous Traditions of Christmas Specialty DSP.

For this card I have couldn't go past this gorgeous Traditions of Christmas Specialty DSP is is absolutely beautiful and with this design it shines. For the sentiment in the center of the card I have used Traditional Labels.

For the base of the card I have used Cherry Cobbler Card and layered Pool Party before the Traditions of Christmas. Each box on the side is slightly bigger in length to give that tiered, almost Christmas Tree effect!

On the center of the card I have cut out a layer of Basic White with the Branches out Dies and Gold Heat embossed the sentiment "Christmas" and stamped "Merry" in Cherry Cobbler. This has been adhered straight to the layer of DSP. Using the Christmas Greenery Dies I cut out the floral image from the Traditions of Christmas Specialty DSP and the Pool Party and Old Olive leaves to layer the flowers.

On the back of the card there is room to write.

And to fold the boxes one side and then other boxes in front and you will be able to get the card into a large envelope as this card is a 5x7 inch card. I would need to work out how to get it down to a 6x4 card which I didn't have time to do today.

Now is the time to head to the amazing Kate Morgan as she is the next person on our week 11 Heart of Christmas journey. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there. I can't wait to see her wonderful creation this week.

If at anytime you have trouble with the next blog button going not quite where you think it should go, please come back here and continue your Heart of Christmas week 11 journey from the list below of those participating this week.
Kate Morgan:
Rosa Leyden:
Cathy Proctor:
Rachel Woollard:
Claire Daly:
Judy May:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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

Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 10

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas 2025 and week 10. We have the 4 weeks of November left for this year of the Heart of Christmas so make sure you stay with us right up until the end for all your Christmas inspiration.

Today I went back for some embossing folder and die magic for your. I created the same card but used 3 different embossing folders for the background.

Each card I used the same sentiment but their unique colour for that sentiment on the "Merry" when I was stamping using the the Traditional Labels Stamp set. So let's have a closer look at each card.

This card is my Old Olive Card, I have a base of Thick Basic White for all the cards then a coloured card stock layer and the Embossed layer. This embossing forlder is the Christmas Words Hyrbrid Embossing Folder. I have used it on it's own here as the background but you can also use it with the die to cut out the words.

This is my Mossy Meadow Card ad I have used the Peaceful Greenery 3D embossing folder. Both of these cards are what I would say are more the Christmas embossing folders however my 3rd card I decided to use a non Christmas embossing folder.

This is the Cherry Cobbler card and I have used the Soft Waves 3D embossing folder. I would most likely use this if I was doing a water card or a card with a boat but hey I have lived where there have been some pretty big snow drifts that never melted until spring so this is my snowy drift card!

For each card I have decorated the same over each embossing folder. I have die cut out Soft Sea Foam Leaves from the Christmas Greenery Dies and layered those with Mossy Meadow leaves, Cherry Cobbler Berry Branch and Pecan Pie pine cones from the Branching out dies. I accompanied these with the Mossy Meadow Gold Trim which I cut in half.

I love on this example of the Peaceful Greenery 3D embossing folder how the Branching Out Die sits so nicely in the border of the label indent.

Here you will see that the sentiment is stamped in the colour of the card (as it is on all 3) Cherry Cobbler in this case and then Gold Wow heat embossed!

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful Art With Heart Team member and this week it will be the amazing Sue Madex. I love her work so hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog button doesn't go where you are expecting, please come back here and continue your Heart of Christmas 2025- Week 10 journey from the list below of our team participating today:
Kate Morgan:
Andrea Sargent:
Claire Daly:
Rachel Woollard:
Rosa Leylend:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here
Sue Madex: 
Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, take care,

Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 3

 

Welcome to Week 3 of the Heart of Christmas for 2025. This week I needed a quick card that used no ink! Yes no ink! I have had issues with ink this week and I wanted nothing to do with it. (I will add a photo at the end of the finished project for the die.) So I have created a card using card stock, embossing folders and dies! Yes if can be done!

So for this card I have used the Traditional Wreath 3D embossing folder, the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder and Die and the Christmas Greenery Dies!

I have used a Crumb Cake Card Base which I have added a layer of Crumb cake embossed in the Traditional Wreath then cutting out the Christmas Greenery in Mossy Meadow and Old Olive, plus the berries in Earthen Tones Metallic Specialty Paper. The Sentiment Joy was embossed and cut out with the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder and Die set in Gold Foil. The little splash of red is the Real Red Shiny Ribbon which I have cut the width in half. The ribbon and the Traditions Wreath are part of the Traditions of Christmas suite collection but can be purchased individually as well.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful Art with Heart team member who is participating in this week's Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop. This week you will be heading to Kate Morgan, I can't wait to see her wonderful project. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons doesn't quite go where you were expecting please come back here and continue your Heart of Christmas Week 3 Hope from the list below:
Kate Morgan:
Judy May:
Andrea Sargent:
Claire Daly:
Theresa Gerrard:
Rosa Leyden:
Catherine Proctor:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

My daughter turned 24 on Saturday and I make and decorate the cake each year and this year she decided that I would do a cross stitch theme as she likes doing cross stitches. She also likes wisteria so that was the plan. The plan was not to knock over the green food colouring all over my white kitchen and in the drawers. So yes ink was not what I wanted to play with today as my hand are still green!!!

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