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,