Heart of Christmas - Week 22 - 2022

 

Welcome to week 22 of the Heart of Christmas! Can you believe it we are already at our last Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2022. So that means you have had so much inspiration you will be able to get all of your cards make now and ready for Christmas giving.

So for this last hop I have done one more Fitting Florets Dies and DSP card but I used the Hope and Peace Stamp set. I just love this DSP so much I couldn't help myself!

Quick and easy, fast and furious however you want to call it. I know what is wrong with me. (Side note, I fell after voting in the state election and I am a bit sore and sorry for myself so a quick card was needed)

So for this card, Evening Evergreen card base, layer of the gorgeous Fitting Florets DSP, The lovely single frame from the Fitting florets die in Evening Evergreen card. On the Basic White card I have stamped the Christmas greeting in Evening Evergreen ink from the Hope & Peace stamp set. Now I hadn't used any stars this Christmas and I thought that was a bit weird and wrong so I thought I would put them all on this card! HEHE! So after adding a Brushed Metallic branch I punched out a few stars with the Starlit Punch and added those.

With the extra stars that I punched I added to the inside of my card.

Of course I needed to add some bling so in the middle of the stars I added a little gold pearl from the Festive Pearls.
 

If you have any questions about my project today or any other project and you just have to have these gorgeous products in your hands to make your Christmas cards and more. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the very lovely and talented Andrea Sargent She is so amazing with water colouring and exceptionally elegant cards and she also loves a good puppy dog card too so 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 for any reason the next blogs buttons don't go where you were expecting come back here and you can continue your journey for the list of the very talented Art with heart team members participating today. 

It has been such a privilege to host the hops each week and I thank each and every person who have participated some for one week some for a few some each and every week. They are amazingly talented we hope that you were got so much joy and pleasure from all our sharing and many tips lots of inspiration to try with you card making and sharing this Christmas time. 

Andrea Sargent

Tina Gillespie

Michele Taylor

Caroline Manwaring

Kate Morgan

Kathryn Ruddick

Rachel Woollard

Catherine Proctor

Sharon Davern <= you are here

Thank you for spending the last 22 weeks with the Art with Heart team and our weekly Christmas inspiration, take care,

Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 9

 

Welcome to Week 9 of the Heart of Christmas Blog hop! Each week on a Monday up until the end of November the Art with Heart team will bring you some Christmas Inspiration to help you will getting ready for Christmas card making and writing, tag making, decorations, packaging and so much more! Make sure you join us each week for all the fun.

This week I have a quick stamp and a few die cuts for you to make a card, oh and of course I couldn't forget the embossing folder. I needed to do a quick card as I only started my card 2.5 hours before the blog hop went live.

So here goes.

For the base of the card I started with a thick Basic White card

To the base card I have added a layer of Basic White card which I have embossed with the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder. I then cut a slightly smaller piece of Basic White card so you could still see the music of the embossed card stock and using the words from the Hope and Peace stamp I stamped in Mossy Meadow the sentiment. I then used Soft Sea Foam to lay down the solid leaf and the darker outline leaf is stamped in Mossy Meadow. I really like the contrast in these 2 colours on the leaf. It doesn't matter either if you don't get them quit in the right spot to stamp.

I then just started to build the holly flourish of leaves over the stamped leaves. 2 small and 2 large of the outline leaves in Mossy Meadow and the little pine needles are in crumb cake. Of course my bling this week comes to you with the red glimmer paper cut out over my cherry cobbler stamped berries! All is topped off with the Gold and Vanilla satin Edges ribbon. 

If you have any questions or need the supplies for this quick card do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Christmas journey and this week we are heading to the wildly talented Andrea Sargent. I just love her water colouring and her stunning cards 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.

Now if you have any problems along the way and one of the links doesn't work come back here and you can continue your journey by clicking on the names below. I have the privilege to host each week our Heart of Christmas hop so you will always find the list at the end of my post.

Michele Taylor

Kate Morgan

Tina Gillespie

Rosa Leyden

Christine Blain

Rachel Woollard

Caroline Manwaring

Theresa Gerrard

Catherine Proctor

Sharon Davern <= You are Here

Andrea Sargent

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

Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 8

 

Welcome to week 8 of the Heart of Christmas for 2022. Each Monday until the end of November the Art with Heart team are bringing you some Christmas inspiration to help you get ready for all your Christmas card and decoration needs!

Ok so I couldn't stay away from the fancy folds until after my daughters 21st which is in a few weeks, they call to me, so I have done quite a simple one you are sure to love and can make yourself with a some DSP, the Layering Circle dies which we have all had for a long time and if not ask me how to get them and a greeting stamp.

I have no idea what to call it but you will understand as I go along.

So the first step is to have your normal card base and I chose crumb cake and layer that with your gorgeous Poinsettia DSP from the Boughs of Holly DSP pack

Adhere that do the front of your card base.

Take out your 2nd largest circle die and it's scalloped circle die mate.

Cut through both the card front and the DSP with this circle die. Keep that circle die handy for later.

Using the scalloped die cut out in Gold Brushed Metallic Cardstock or straight gold if you like and then cut the circle out using your die and adhere that to the edge of your circle.

For the inside of your card I have used Basic White and have made it like a card base going the opposite direction in a "Z" Fold but like half a cm shorter in width and length so it fits inside the card. I then used so more of the gorgeous Boughs of Holly DSP to decorate the "Z" fold.

I have used the Hope & Peace Stamp set for the sentiments in this card and stamped on the inside of the card and on a circle that I have cut out using the layering circle dies that fits into the cut out circle on the front of the card. Then layered that on the Brushed Metallic Gold Card. Make sure that when you adhere the circle greeting that it is only adhered on that furthest right hand part of the "Z" fold. Line it up in your circle cut out on the front of the card when your card is all folded up so you have it in exactly the correct spot.

Now that the fancy fold part of your card is complete it was time to decorate so I thought fussy cut! Of course I did! So I went back to the gorgeous Boughs of Holly DSP and cut out 2 of the poinsettias and adhered them to either side of the front circle and added some wink of Stella! 

Oh and a gold pearl!

It was quite fun to make so if you need any help let me know

Ok I will probably go back to non fancy folds from now on just to get through this birthday party! It is bigger than Ben-Hur!

If you would like to get your hands on these gorgeous products and make this project yourself or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next very creative person on our Heart of Christmas journey. I just love seeing what Tina Gillespie has for us each week with her sheet load of card templates and what fun way she uses them. Hit the next blog button to go there now

If for any reason there is a problem with one of the links head back here and you can continue your journey by clicking on the name of the participant below.

Tina Gillespie

Kathryn Ruddick

Andrea Sargent

Kate Morgan

Catherine Proctor

Rachel Woollard

Caroline Manwaring

Christine Blain

Michele Taylor

Theresa Gerrard

Sharon Davern <= You Are Here

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