Heart of Christmas - Week 16 - 2024

 

Welcome to our second last heart of Christmas for 2024! I know very sad that we only have one more next week but that just means that Christmas is that much closer. I know I am one of those people who loves Christmas! Today I have for you a fancy fold! I know I couldn't help myself as I didn't bring you one last week. This week I have a Tri-Fold Hidden Door Fancy Fun Fold Card for you!

I have used the Peaceful Evergreens and the Greetings of the Season stamp set along with the gorgeous Winter Meadow DSP and the Gold Mercury Vellum for my card today.

My card base is in Lost Lagoon, I just can't get away from these gorgeous colours this year! There is a base which I have used one piece of the Winter Meadow DSP to cover and I am holding the card shut in the photo so you can see that the rest of the fancy fold is completely hidden behind the front of the card and the second piece of Lost Lagoon card which creates the rest of the fun fold

Open the card once and you will see the 2 of the Christmas trees that I have stamped from the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set in Pretty Peacock and I have cut out in the Gold Mercury Vellum using the Peaceful Evergreen Dies the overlay for the trees. The Merry Christmas I have heat embossed in Gold "Wow" embossing powder and fussy cut out. This is what I have done on the front of the card as well.

Now comes the hidden door that you open and I have added another another piece of Winter Meadows DSP and the another fantastic sentiment about Christmas and a place for your to write your greeting to the recipient of the card.

Another fun fold and this one I found on Dawn Stamping Thoughts as I can't think them all up so I am happy for other creatives that have fun folds that I can Case and create great Christmas Card.

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

Now is the time to head to the wonderful Kate Morgan, I can't wait to see her creation this week. Please hit the next blog button and you will head straight there:

If one of the next blog buttons doesn't go where you are expecting please continue your Heart of Christmas blog hop from the list below of the wonderful team members participating today.
Kate Morgan:
Christine Blain:
Catherine Proctor:
Claire Daly:
Kathryn Mangelsdorf:
Rachel Woollard:
Sharon Davern:

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 15 - 2024

 

Hello and welcome to The Heart of Christmas week 15 for 2024. This week I have channeled my friend Tina again with another Sheet Load of Cards design and my friend Christine who loves to use lots of Designer Series paper in her designs. So you guessed it no fancy fold this week.

My Colours again this week are Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon. I chose my DSP first then I still went to my go to colour for this year. When I went to go for the Pretty Peacock I am nearly out. I have 2 sheets left after the cards I made today so I couldn't make 8 like I would have been able to with the design I have so I will need to get some more. The GOOD NEWS is that there is a seasonal sale on this week for the Annual Catalogue so I will be able to replenish my stock. The add for the sale is at the end of this blog. 

For the card base I have used my scarce supply (LOL) of Pretty Peacock Card and added a layer of on top dry embossed with the Birch Wood 3D embossing folder.

The next layer is a layer of Lost Lagoon and a layer of Winter Meadow DSP.

Continuing to follow the  Sheet Loads of Card design from January 2021 and channeling my friend Christine with her love of using our gorgeous Designer series paper this layer is Lost Lagoon and the Nest of Winter DSP.

For the focal point of the card I have layered a piece of I have stamped the Christmas tree from the Peaceful Evergreens in Pretty Peacock and then using the Peaceful Evergreens Dies cut out the star and the over lay from the Gold Mercury Vellum.

For the sentiment I have stamped the Merry from the Peaceful Season Stamp set in Cherry Cobbler and cut out the Christmas in Pretty Peacock and backed it with Lost Lagoon with the Peaceful Season Dies. To finish off I used the Neutrals Adhesive Back Sequins.

This was a fun Sheet Loads of Cards design to do and it is a great way to make lots of cards if you still have lots of Christmas cards to make. This design will make 8.
 

If you have any questions please let me know.

Now is the time to head to the wonderful team member who is next on our Heart of Christmas Journey and this week you will be going to the amazing Kate Morgan, I am loving all of her creations this year and I can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Hit the next blog button and go straight there.

If at any time one of the next blog button doesn't work please come back here and continue your Heart of the Christmas blog hop from the list below of those participating this week.

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

Don't forget the Seasonal Sale this week 13-15th of November on Product in the Annual Catalogue. Stock up now I will be!

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

Heart of Christmas - 2024 - Week 9 - Fun Fold Pop Up Christmas Trees

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas for Week 9. I can't believe it is week 9 and we are already at the end of September.

This week I have for you a fun fold springy pop up type of fold that I found watching Jay from Mitosu crafts for one of their Fun Fold Fridays and I thought I would try and make the fold but a Christmas version. This card is a card with 2 spring like folds. One upside down and attached to the base of the card and a little one that holds the focal point of the card. Let's have a look!

For my card I have chosen to use the gorgeous Peaceful Seasons and Peaceful Evergreens bundles. I am loving these this year! Plus can you see the Designer Series Paper? Yes you guessed it I have used
the Winter Meadows Paper. It has such beautiful tones in it, I can't resist it.

The card base is in Lost Lagoon. I really can't take my eyes off this colour and I have taken the beautiful Winter Meadow DSP and dry embossed with the Painted Trees Embossing Folder. The photo was a little hard to capture but I hope you cand get the idea.

I have taken on of the other pieces of the Winter Meadows DSP and adhered to the top and bottom sections of the larger spring. The embossed DSP is adhered in the middle. Then that is adhered onto a card front and the little spring is adhered to the middle of the front of the card.

There is one more piece to add to the middle spring and this makes sure that top and bottom pieces don't get out of control and spring away. No this is to hold them all together and it is only attached to the little spring and then you can decorate.

Here is a side on view of the spring attached to the front of the card.

Here you can see the middle little spring and how the front panel is attached to that spring and holds the fancy fold together.

I am holding down the larger back spring so that you can see that the front focal point is only attached to the middle spring.

For the decorations on the front of the card I have stamped the Peaceful Evergreen treen twice in Pretty Peacock and once in Lost Lagoon and cut them out with the Peaceful Evergreen Dies along with the gold foil overlay and star. I have stamped the Christmas from the Peaceful Seasons stamp set in Moody Mauve and cut it out with the Peaceful Seasons dies along with the Merry which has been heat embossed in gold. These sentiments have been popped up on dimensionals.

On the inside I have heat embossed the sentiment from the Peaceful Seasons.

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

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful Art with Heart team member and this week you will be heading to the amazing Andrea Sargent, I am loving her beautiful creations each week 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 you have an issue with your next blog button please come back here and you can continue your blog hop from the list below of the wonderful Art with Heart Team members participating this week in the Heart of Christmas blog hop.

Andrea Sargent:
Claire Daly:
Kate Morgan:
Judy May:

Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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

Heart of Christmas - Week 8 - 2024

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas for week 8 of 2024. This week I have been working on baby shower cards so I have done a very quick card for you. I will show the baby cards during the coming weeks in our Colour Creations Blog Hops that you can catch on a Wednesday!

My card this week I have used the gorgeous Peaceful Season and Peaceful Evergreens stamp sets to create my card.

I am loving Lost Lagoon this year for the Christmas trees and using the Winter Meadows DSP. Along each side of this card you can see strips of this beautiful DSP.

I have a single piece of Thick Basic White which I have added the 2 strips of the Winter Meadow DSP to the edges and then another piece of Thick Basic White for the center fold of the card that I have embossed with the Dashing Designs 3D embossing folder folded in half and adhered to the back card base piece.

For the focal point of the card I have heat embossed in gold the sentiment from the Peaceful Seasons stamp set and then cut out the label using the Nested Essential Dies so that the sentiment was at the bottom leaving space for the Christmas tree.

The tree is stamped from the Peaceful Evergreens set in Lost lagoon ink and cut out with the Peaceful Evergreen dies along with the gold foil overlay and star. The tree and the focal point have been popped up on dimensionals.  

If you have any questions or would like to get you hands on the Sept-Dec Mini please contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person in our team that is here to give you some amazing Christmas inspiration and this week you will be heading to the lovely Andrea Sargent, I can't wait to see her wonderful creations each week, she does the most amazing water colouring, so hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If the next blog buttons at any time don't go where you are expecting please head back here and continue you Heart of Christmas blog hop from the list of the awesome team members below:
Andrea Sargent:
Kate Morgan:
Christine Blain:
Claire Daly:
Vicki Boucher:
Judy May:
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 - 2024 - Week 7 - Merry Christmas Pop Up Gift Box

 

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop week 7 for 2024. Each week on a Monday from August - end of November the Art with Heart team will bring you some Christmas inspiration for you.

This week I thought I would try something a little different,....... a fancy fold! I had you there for a minute didn't I! HeHe! Literally as I was typing this I was choking on my tea! Yes I am doing a fancy fold but I am doing it with a difference this week. It will be in the shape of a gift box. I found this design on Pinterest, it was a short video of about 51 seconds actually by Junzi. I have created a template which I will add as I show you so that you know how I put the box together. 

So let's get started.

First you will need to cut 2 of the first template which is the outside of the box.

 

For the inside of the box you need to cut 1.

Once you have built the 3 sections join them together. 

The 2 sections on the Black card stock is where you attach your middle box.

The 2 black sections then closes up as the box.

To make the mechanism work and to attach it to the box you need to cut 2 of each of the 2 pieces left.

Slide the mechanism through the slits made on the box and attach to the top inside of the black box.

Then we are all about the decorations.

When you have the box all closed up I have wrapped it in the beautiful Blackberry Bliss and Gold Ribbon and stamped a Bauble from Hang an Ornament in Lost Lagoon and stamped the sentiment in versamark and heat gold embossed and attached it with a little linen thread after cutting it out with the Hang an Ornament dies.

When you open the box I have stamped some beautiful trees from the Peaceful Evergreens in Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and Coastal Cabana and for the main tree added a die cut of Gold Foil. To attach them to the pop up mechanism I used window sheets.

From the front it give a lot of depth to the trees.

I have used a little layer of Winter Meadows DSP before Gold Embossing a sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set and die cut using one of the label dies from the Peaceful Seasons dies. On the back of the box I have cut another label for you to write to the recipient.

Here is a little video of my finished project opening and closing.

We are now in September and our September-December Mini Catalogue is available so if you would like to ask any questions about my project today or would like to get your hands on the new Mini please don't hesitate contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next Art with Heart Team Member participating this week and you will be heading to the most wonderful Cathy Proctor, she has the most amazing clean and elegant style, hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for some reason one of the blog buttons doesn't go where you were expecting, please come back here and continue your Heart of Christmas Week 7 blog hop from the list of Art With Heart team members participating this week from the list below.

Cathy Proctor:

Kate Morgan:

Rachel Woollard:

Andrea Sargent:
Christine Blain:

Claire Daly:

Judy May:

Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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