Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 10 - Leaves of Holly

 

Welcome to week 10 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Each week on a Monday until the end of November the Art with Heart team will be bringing you some Christmas inspiration, so make sure you come back each week to check in and get ready for Christmas.

This week I have a quick card for you. I have a stamped sentiment and a die cut and a double pleated folded piece of DSP for the sentiment to sit on and your card is done!

The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler and layered with Old Olive and then Basic White and on the inside I have layered the card with Old olive and Basic white as well. There is a little bit of Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler in the DSP so I wanted to bring out those colours!

For the sentiment of the card I have stamped on Basic White, the Christmas Wishes in Cherry Cobbler and the to Friends Near and Far in Old Olive, then using the Holly Berry Dies I cut out the Holly Label!

The Stampin' Up! DSP is so gorgeous on both sides so using the double pleated fold you get to see both sides of the DSP. Now I took the measurements from Dawn from Dawn Stampin' Thoughts so I didn't have to think too hard and they are all in inches but here they are for you if you would like them.

DSP 5 1/2 "x 10" 
Score along the long side at 1", 1.5",2.5",3",4",4.5"5.5"6",7",7.5",8.5",9"
On the long side still make a pencil mark at 4.5" and 5.5" top and bottom then turn and on the short edge 2 3/16" and 3 3/16" top and bottom. Then we are going to cut the corners off diagonally by joining the dots. Then you get to fold along the lines and chose which side of the DSP you want on the outside facing you.

Now of course you can chose a different shape for your sentiment but I went with this one. Next time I might try a circle or a square, what do your think.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like to see these products in your hands and have some fun playing with them yourself.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Christmas journey for this week and we are heading to the Queen of embossing folders and the most gorgeous white spaces Caroline Manwaring. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

Now if at any time during your Christmas blog hop there is a broken link just head back here and you can continue your journey by finding the list of names below so that you can jump right back in.

Kathryn Ruddick

Michele Taylor

Tina Gillespie

Kate Morgan

Christine Blain

Catherine Proctor

Andrea Sargent

Claire Daly

Rachel Woollard

Rosa Leyden

Sharon Davern <= You are here

Caroline Manwaring

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, 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 7

Welcome to week 7 of out Heart of Christmas Blog hop for 2022. We are coming to you each Monday until the end of November to help you get ready with all your Christmas cards, tags and packaging.

 This week I have a simple colour palette for our card today. Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow. Very classic Christmas Red and Green Colours.

So for my card this week I chosen to use the Leaves of Holly Bundle from the June-December mini.  I wanted a card that didn't take too long to make.

I took a piece of Very Vanilla and first stamped the more solid holly leaf in Pear Pizzazz and I stepped down the card with my Stamparatus. I didn't care that it was stamping over the other leaf as we were putting the sentiment focal piece over the top anyway. After doing the 5 Pear Pizzazz I went over the top with the vein leaf in Mossy Meadow and then attached that to my Crumb Cake card case.

I stamped the berries in Cherry Cobbler and cut them out using the Holly Berry dies and attached them to the card.

For the sentiment focal point I have used the Holly Berry Dies and cut out the label and leaf dies in Mossy Meadow and the smaller of the 2 leaves in Mossy Meadow and the solid part of the leaf in Pear Pizzazz. The Sentiment is stamped in Mossy Meadow on Very Vanilla and cut out using the smaller label die and popped on dimensionals.

I couldn't keep away from the bling so I added a little Real Red Glimmer Paper die cut overlay to the berries and to finish off with a double bakers twine bow.

 If you have any questions or would like to get some of these fantastic products to make a start on your Christmas Cards or continue with a new card design. Don't hesitate to contact me

Now is the time to head the the next crafty person and she is amazing. The amazing Kathryn Ruddick is this awesome artist and I love how she puts her cards together and the colours she uses and blends together. I can't wait to see what she does this week. Just click the next blog button to go straight there.

If for any reason the next blog buttons don't work please head back here and you can continue your Heart of Christmas Journey here I have the privilege to host and you will find the list of participants below:

Kathryn Ruddick:

Tina Gillespie:

Andrea Sargent:

Michele Taylor:

Kate Morgan:

Christine Blain:

Caroline Manwaring:

Theresa Gerrard:

Rosa Leyden:

Catherine Proctor:

Rachel Woollard:

Sharon Davern: <=You Are Here

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

Heart of Christmas - 2022 - Week 5

Welcome to week 5 of the Heart of Christmas. This week I have a Boughs of Holly card for you that with a brush metallic card stock and your Cut & Emboss folder you are good to go!

So for my card today, I have used an Evening Evergreen card base and with the Brushed Metallic Cardstock in gold I have layered that under the Boughs of Holly DSP.

I decided I wanted to make a wreath so I took out the Holly outline dies from the Holly Berry Dies and cut them out in the Gold Brushed Metallic Cardstock and just adhered them with a little liquid glue on the stem end so they sat up a bit.

Under each holly leaf I cut out a copper brushed metallic cardstock pine needles. Here you can see I used a strip of the gorgeous Boughs of Holly DSP on the inside of my card to decorate.

In the centre of the card I have adhered the sentiment Peace & Joy that I have heat embossed in gold and fussy cut and tagged out with my papersnips. I put a double mini dimenional under them to give them a bit of height because of the holly leaves. Under the sentiment I have frayed some Shimmer Ribbon and of course we need a little bling so a little red and gold pearls from the Red and Green adhesive-backed pearls to finish off the card.

Now is the time to head to the next amazing crafter on our Heart of Christmas week 5 journey and this week you will be heading to the amazingly talented Kathryn Ruddick. I love to see how she uses her art knowledge and passion in her card making! Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If you have any problems with the links not working while you have on your Heart of Christmas journey each week just head back here and I will have the list of those participating each week. I love this group of passionate crafters and I love Christmas.

Kathryn Ruddick  

Tina Gillespie  

Theresa Gerrard  

Andrea Sargent  

Michele Taylor  

Kate Morgan  

Caroline Manwaring   

Rachel Woollard

Christine Blain  

Catherine Proctor   

Sharon Davern   <=You are here

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