Heart of Christmas - Week 17 - 2024

 

Welcome to our last Heart of Christmas Blog hop for 2024. It is sad that it is over but I do hope that you have enjoyed this year and all the wonderful inspiration from the Art with Heart team.

I have been a bit under the weather this week so I have gone with a simple card that you can use your dies and gorgeous DSP that you may have left over from your other Christmas cards.

For my card today I have used a card base of Basic Beige and layered it with a piece of Seasons of Elegance then a layer Old Olive Card Stock before adding a layer of Basic Beige that has been embossed with with the Fern 3D Embossing Folder.

Onto the base I created I then die cut out the sprigs/bows of greenery from the Green and Gold Specialty DSP and adhered them trimming off the part over hanging the edges. I then cut 2 tags with the Something Fancy Dies, one in the Graceful Greenery Vellum and one in the Seasons of Elegance DSP. To finish off the card I have added another sprig of greenery to the tag, a little bit of Gold Twisted Thread and the sentiment is Wow Gold Heat embossed from the Greetings of the season stamp set and die cut out with the Stylish Shape dies.

I do hope you have enjoyed my card today and that you will continue to join the team on a Wednesday as we have our weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop which is always a lot of fun and full of inspiration!

Now is the time to head to the next amazing person on our Heart of Christmas Journey this week and if you hit the next blog button you will go straight to the wonderfully talented Andrea Sargent:

If one of your next blog buttons doesn't go quite where you were expecting you can look at the list below of the wonderful people participating this week and you can continue your hop from there.

Andrea Sargent:
Kate Morgan:
Rachel Woollard:
Catherine Proctor:
Christine Blain:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

It has been an honour hosting the Heart of Christmas blog hop this year I do hope you have enjoyed every minute and will join us again next year for Heart of Christmas 2025

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 18 - 2024-2025 - Coastal Cabana - Golden Greenery Wreath

Welcome to Coastal Cabana Week.

This week for Coastal Cabana week for 2024 I have used the Online Exclusive Christmas bundle Golden Greenery to create my card! I have used the beautiful foliage stamps to create my own wreath but with Coastal Cabana. Plus it is a monochromatic card so many different ideas all in the one card!

I have used the Coastal Cabana card stock for the base of my card and I just love this colour. I have paired it with Lost Lagoon and Basic White for the other colours in my card. The wonderful texture that the wreath is layer onto is a piece of Basic White that has been embossed with the Cross Hatch 3D embossing folder from the Basic 3D embossing Folder set.

For the leaves there are 12 believe it or not tucked in under the circle sentiment. There are 2 different leaf stems of this shaped leaf and I have used them both. I first stamped in Coastal Cabana and then the stem of the leaves in Lost Lagoon. This is a 2 step stamping leaf. I really loved how they came out. I then stamped the sentiment from Grateful Blessing stamp set in Coastal Cabana and cut it out using the dies from Spotlight on Nature and cut a piece of Coastal Cabana Card with the deckled Circle dies to place under it and popped them up on dimensionals and I added a little bit of white bakers twine as well.
 
 Hope you have a try at this card and you can easily change up the colours of the leaves and make a Christmas wreath with them.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Coastal Cabana and this week you will be heading to the extremely talented Vicki Boucher. I love her gorgeous creations and I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If one of the next blog buttons doesn't work please head to our amazing host of our weekly Colour Creations Blog Hops, Cathy Proctor and she will have the complete list of those participating in this weeks journey through Coastal Cabana.

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

Heart of Christmas 2024 - Week 2 - Floating Gatefold Double Pop Up Card

 Welcome to week 2 of the Heart of Christmas for 2024. How amazing was week 1?! I loved it and I would think you did too! I am so glad that you are back with us for week 2.

This week I have gone back the lovely Laura Stranks in Queensland for another fancy fold after all these years I am searching everywhere for a different fold that I haven't done or a different take on a fold that I have previously done and then I put it together with our wonderful Christmas offerings from Stampin' Up!

Well this week I am going with a Floating Gatefold Double Pop Up Card and I thought as I still had all the gorgeous Green and Gold Specialty Papers out and the Greetings of the Season stamp set I would use them again to make this card!

My card base and layers are the same as last week, Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla and then the gorgeous Green and Gold Specialty DSP. With a gatefold card you need a belly band and I have used the Mossy Meadow as my band and layered it with the Green and Gold Specialty DSP but the side without the gold in it for a little bit of contrast. I have die cut out the leaves and fussy cut out the bells and ribbon and adhere these to the square which I have adhered on the diamond with dimensionals.

When you open the gatefold card SUPRISE! 2 Pop-ups! I have lined the 2 inside parts of the gate the same as the front and the inside panel I have heat embossed It's the most wonderful time of the year! This all happens before you add your 2 pop ups! I have made them slightly smaller that in the original directions so that you can see the sentiment in the middle properly.

Each of the Merry Christmas words have been heat embossed and fussy cut out before adding to the pop up squares.

On the back of the card I have added a panel for you to write your message to the recipient and decorated it with a couple of strips of the gorgeous Green and Gold Specialty DSP.

Here is a short video of the card opening for you!

If you have any questions about my project today or of you would like to get your hands on the new Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing team member who is participating in this week's Heart of Christmas and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Kate Morgan. I love what Kate creates each week so can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason on of your next blog buttons doesn't take you where you think you should go come back to my blog each week as I will have the privilege to host our Heart of Christmas blog hop and I will have the list of our wonderful team members participating and you can continue your blog hop from the list.

Kate Morgan: 
Cathy Proctor:
Theresa Gerrard:
Claire Daly:
Andrea Sargent:
Rachel Woollard:
Christine Blain:
Judy May:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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