Heart Of Christmas - Week 14 - 2023

 

Welcome to Heart of Christmas Week 14 for 2023. We are on the home stretch of our Heart of Christmas inspiration for this year as we have just 4 more weeks including today for our Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2023. Then it will be December and you will be ready with all of your Christmas cards to send!

Today I have for you a fancy fold card that my dear friend and our fellow Heart of Christmas blog hopper Kate Morgan sent me. She thought I might be looking for a new fold that I needed to try out. Well Kate today is the day for you. She sent me a video of a card by Sam Calcott in the UK. Well I thought I had better adjust all the measurements and make sure that it would fit into our envelopes. I did actually accomplish that so here goes.

It did take me a little bit to work it out and I am blaming my migraine brain this week on taking just a couple of goes to get it the right size. I don't think that was too bad for a brain being on fire! It is basically a triple fold card that doesn't want to end really.  So I did the base in Shaded Spruce and worked my way up from there. You had to cut on piece of card stock and then add another to the end to get it to be this long.

For the card I layered the whole card in gold foil and then with layered that with the Joy of Christmas DSP. For the front of the card I have used The Joy of Noel Bundle and cut out the Noel in Gold Foil, I have stamped Joyous from the stamp set in Basic Grey and fussy cut it out. I have cut out a circle using the Deckled Circle Dies and using a little bit of Balmy Blue I have blended over the circle to take that bit of raw white off the circle. Under the circle I have layered Spruce leaves and stamped and  a sprig of holly and leaves and coloured them in with the Stampin' Blends and layered them on a cut out layer of Rose Gold Foil.

On the inside I have kept the decorations very minimal so that the card can fold down.

On the first panel I have gold embossed Deck the halls.

Making Spirits bright is gold embossed for the middle sections.

The last panel Tidings of comfort and joy is also gold embossed and cut out using the Christmas classic dies and layered like the first panel with some die cut leaves.

On the back I made a space for writing

What a fun and crazy card this has been.

Plus it folds flat and fits into our envelopes so there is that too!

If you have any questions about my card today please don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing person on our Christmas inspiration tour and this week you will be heading to Michele Taylor, just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there

If at any time the next blog button doesn't go where you expect it to go you can continue your journey from the list below of those participating this week:

Michele Taylor

Kate Morgan

Rachel Woollard

Judy May

Andrea Sargent

Christine Blain

Caroline Manwaring

Sharon Davern <= You are here

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

Heart Of Christmas - Week 12 - 2023

 

Welcome to week 12 of Christmas inspiration from the Art With Heart Team for 2023.

This week I have a simple Double "Z-Fold" card for you. I didn't have much time this week to create a card. In fact I was still creating the card a couple of hours before the blog hop was about to start so I thought I would just let the gorgeous Designer Series Paper do all the work! I knew I had to do a fancy fold as I couldn't let Theresa Gerrard down!

For my card I have used a Shaded Spruce card base on both the "z" portions and layered them with Pecan Pie card before adding the Joy of Christmas DSP to the base layer "Z"

For the tops "z" I have used the Joyful Specialty DSP with the Gold Foil through it to add that extra bit of bling to the card. In this photo you can also see I have added a space for writing but you could decorate this section more elaborately and add a writing section to the back of your card.

On the very front I have heat embossed the sentiment in gold and cut out using the Christmas Classic Dies and under each corner I have added a couple of sprigs of pine in Shaded Spruce and Old Olive. The little holly bling I have added are actually the Tinsel Gems Four Pack from the Annual Catalogue in case you missed them and these are the Berry Burst ones and I really like them!

If you have any questions about my card today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person from the Art With Heart Team who is participating this week in inspiring us with their amazing Christmas creation. This week you will be heading to Theresa Gerrard. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there. I can't wait to see what she has for us.

If one of the next blog buttons don't happen to go where it is supposed to please continue your Heart of Christmas journey from the list below of the Art with Heart team participating this week:

Theresa Gerrard
Tina Gillespie
Andrea Sargent
Kate Morgan
Christine Blain
Rachel Woollard
Rosa Leyden
Judy May
Sharon Davern <= You are here

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 10 - 2023 - Pop Up Z-Fold Card

 

Welcome to another fun filled week of Christmas inspiration project for you to get ready for the most Wonderful time of the year! I know the Art with Heart team will have fantastic projects for you again this week like they always do.

This week I have another fun fold for you and this week I thought I would CASE the fold from a fellow demonstrator in the US, her name is Lisa Curcio. You know me I never miss an opportunity to try a different fun fold.

So Lisa made a "Z-Fold " card but made it  a pop up card as well. I thought "yes" this is my kind of card! I have made quite a few pop up cards if you have been following me for a while you will know my cards are quite the 3D! 

So I looked at it and thought yep those measurements won't quite work for our Aussie card sizes so I will make it slightly different. I MADE IT TOO BIG TO FIT IN THE ENVELOPE! Ok I caught myself with only the card base cut out and the base to all the pop ups so I could cut them all down before adding the layers and adhering them to each other. PHEW! Problem adverted! Only an inch and half too tall. LOL! No I will not show you photographs I didn't take any! I know if it ain't broke don't fix it and try it their way first before doing it your way! I suppose I could have left it the way I originally made the base and then made my own envelope! There are always ways around things. Creative opportunities are everywhere!

So I have made the base of the card with Pretty Peacock card and layered it with Cherry Cobbler before using the A Walk in the Forest DSP for the base and the majority of the pop ups but on the first part of the "z-fold" I have used the piece of Joy of Christmas DSP.

Each of the pop up sections got progressively smaller and adhered to each other and then to the back section of the card. In Lisa's example she only decorated the very front "z-fold" with decorations and a sentiment and left the other pop ups with the gorgeous DSP showing. I have gone over the top so to speak with all the lovely Christmas Trees from the A Walk in the Forest DSP. Plus you can never have enough Christmas Trees if you ask me.

I have stamped the trunk of the tree in Pecan Pie and die cut them out with the Merriest Tree Dies and the Tree Skirts or baskets are also in Pecan Pie and have been die cut out with the Dies from the Merriest Tree Dies. I have cut out the Garlands and Stars in Gold foil and this time I remembered to adhere the self adhesive sheets to them before die cutting! Saves So much time and gluey fingers!

Don't forget to make space on the back of the card for writing to your special someone, family or friend!

And when you do the measurements correctly and you make sure everything folds properly when adding the pop ups, your card will fold flat and and fit into an envelope!

If you have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next Art with Heart Team Member who is creating for this week's Heart Of Christmas and this week you will be heading to Rachel Woollard, 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 you have an issue with the next blog buttons not going where they should here is the list of the Art With Heart Team participating today, you can continue your journey from there:

Rachel Woollard
Andrea Sargent
Kate Morgan
Tina Gillespie
Judy May

Christine Blain

Caroline Manwaring

Theresa Gerrard

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rosa Leyden

Sharon Davern <= You are here

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

Heart Of Christmas - Week 8 - 2023

 

Welcome to our weekly Heart of Christmas blog hop on a Monday night in Australia! We are here each week until the end of November.

Today I have for you a fancy fold (yes I know a fancy fold who would have guessed!) using the Joy of Christmas Suite Collection.

I know I say this every week but this is an easy fancy fold and with all the beautiful papers and dies that come with the Joy of Christmas suite the card is so easy to make.

For this card, the front of the card I have a belly band. On the base of the card I have used the gold wood grain from the Joyful Specialty DSP.

The focal point on the belly band is made up of die cuts from the Christmas Classics Dies and the Joy of Noel Dies. I have cut out the base in Pebbled Path and Old Olive and offset it. Then I cut out some of the leaves, twigs, branches in shaded spruce, pecan pie, crumb cake and a hint of gold. Under the NOEL which is cut out in Gold Foil is a piece of DSP from the Joy of Christmas DSP pack. Of course I can't not have some of the gems from the Loose Holly Gems and Sequins.

Now if you open the card I have scored it into 4 and decorated with gold foil and then with the Joy of Christmas DSP. I have added the sentiments in 2 scored sections that when the card is folded they will fold in but will pop out when open. They are on a base of Shaded Spruce, Gold Foil the Pebbled Path music DSP before stamping the Christmas Classic stamps in Pebbled Path and Cherry Cobbler. I have added the Loose Holly Gems and Sequins as well to the inside.

This is what it looks like from the top! Oh and on the back I added a little bit more basic white so you could write more to the recipient if you would like.

A little bit of folding and die cutting makes a fun fold. I do hope you enjoyed my card today. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next amazingly talented Art With Heart Team member and that is Andrea Sargent, I love her use of colour and how she layers all her elements to make gorgeous and elegant 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.

If at any time the next blog buttons don't work you can continue your journey from the list of amazing Art With Heart team members below!

Rachel Woollard
Kate Morgan
Christine Blain
Theresa Gerrard
Cathy Proctor
Caroline Manwaring
Judy May
Sharon Davern <= You Are Here
Andrea Sargent

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

Heart of Christmas - 2023 - Week 5

 

Welcome to week 5 of The Heart of Christmas for 2023. This week I have for you a fancy fold as I know you hold out for one each week. I thought I would continue to use up some of the gorgeous DSP that I had started with over the past couple of weeks that was still sitting on my desk. Believe it or not I just used the same pieces I had already started with and continued with those. This one is supper fun and easy to make.

I am not sure if you would call this an inverted Triple Bridge fold card or a Triple column card. Either way it folds down flat and fits perfectly into our C6 envelopes. I am a bit obsessed with the collapsing panels at the moment as you can see.

Well for this card I started with the colours to the A Walk in the Forest DSP and had the card base in Pretty Peacock. I cut it as half a card base as this card doesn't actually open it just stands. 10.5 cm x 14.9 cm. Then I had the 3 Bridge Folds or columns or what ever you would like to call them. I cut them Ok I am going to go between inches and cm's in this card but as the Stampin' Up trimmer does as well it makes life so much easier I say! So the bridges are 5 inches by 1 3/4 and I  scored at 1/2, 1, 4, 4 1/2 inches. The beautiful Joy of Christmas DSP leafy pattern I had some left over from my last project so I cut that into strips of 4.1 x 1 cm and the Beautiful Music DSP from the Joy of Christmas DSP is also cut at 4.1 cm x 7.3 cm. 

I Adhered all of that to the bridges before burnishing with the bone folder.To adhere the bridges down you add the Liquid glue to the one side of the bridge and do the top and bottom first so they are both touching the top and bottom of the base card. Especially the bottom so the card stands up the place the middle bridge. Then fold the bridge all the way to the left and flatten out the right part of the bridge to adhere the right side. This will ensure that your card will fold flat into the envelope without having a bend. 

The decorations for the front of the card are just perfect I think. I still had that piece of A walk in the Forest DSP that I cut our the tree from for my Trucking Along card so I got out the Dies from the Merriest Tree and cut out the tree and then in gold cut out the garland and the star. The tree skirt/basket I cut in Crumb Cake. I stamped the ornaments in Cherry Cobbler and die cut those before stamping and cutting out the presents. Now I can't put too many under the tree as in my house they are not wrapped until the last minute when the kids have finally gone to bed on Christmas Eve. How about your house?! The sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock and I have used the Gorgeously Made Dies to cut it out.

On the back I have cut another tree and basket/skirt  and added another layer of Pretty Peacock for stability. Now there is somewhere to write your greeting.

And just to prove to you it does actually fit in the envelope there you go.

If you have any questions about this card please let me know and I will be happy to help. I know going back and forth from cm to inches is a bit crazy but I am definitely crazy!

Now is the time to head to the next amazing and talented team member participating this week in the Heart of Christmas for some more Christmas inspiration and this week you will be heading to Michele Taylor, I can't wait to see what she has for us. Just hit the next blog button and it will take you right there.

If the next blog buttons don't work for any reason you can continue your journey from the list of amazing Art With Heart team members participating in Week 5 of the Heart of Christmas below:

Michele Taylor
Tina Gillespie
Kate Morgan
Rachel Woollard
Christine Blain
Judy May
Andrea Sargent
Theresa Gerrard
Catherine Proctor
Rosa Leyden
Sharon Davern <= You are here

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