Heart of Christmas - Week 18 - 2022

 

Welcome to week 18 of the Heart of Christmas. Just 1 month to go of our weekly Christmas inspirations hops, can you even believe we are that close to Christmas? I can't so I have to stop reminding myself!

This week I have taken some inspiration from the Mini Catalogue and from another demonstrator The Paper Pixie and combined the 2 to come up with my creation.

Today I have chosen to case the Paper Pixie card base design and a lovely little pouch to put the cards in but then use the Mini Catalogue as the decoration for the cards and the pouch! So let's get started and I will walk you through how I put the card together.

I started with a card base of Sweet Sorbet card stock and cut a little off the front and added some of the gorgeous Sweetest Christmas DSP in its place. Also added a bit of Basic white to the inside so that you have a place to write on your cards

Now I am making six cards to fit into my little pouch so I did all the stamping and cutting out all at the same time of each element. I cut out all the Largest Tailored tags and stamped the leaves in Garden green and added them to the front of the card.

Next came the Real Red ribbon from the Real Red and Garden Green Combo Pack

Stamp and Cut out your holly leaves and add them.

Cut out the branch in crumb cake

I used the Candy Cane Dies and cut out six candy canes from the Sweetest DSP and layered that to the front of the card so there are 6 different Candy canes.

Some Old Olive branches are added.

The Banner from the Christmas Banners stamp set is stamped in Basic Grey and then the 'Tis the season is stamped in Garden Green and cut out using the Christmas Banner Dies and popped up on dimensionals

Of course you have to add the berries to the branches so I stamped them in Sweet Sorbet and cut them out with the Christmas Banner dies and then added them with some mini glue dots.

To finish of the cards I had to add a little bling and used the Adhesive-backed seasonal sequins.

This is the front of the pouch that all 6 cards fit nicely into. Next time I might make it slightly bigger to fit envelopes as well but if you would like to see how to make it check out The Paper Pixie. Again I have used all the goodies I used on the cards but a longer banner from the Christmas banner bundle and I have also  used the large die from the Candy Cane Die to go in the opposite way to the DSP.

There are a few different ways I could close the pouch I haven't decided yet. How would you close it? A Ribbon, velcro? Something else?

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

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Christmas inspiration journey and today you will be heading to the wonderful Kate Morgan, she inspires me each week with her creativity. 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 blog buttons don't go where they are supposed to just come back here and continue your journey by clicking on the names of those participating from the list below:

Kate Morgan

Andrea Sargent

Caroline Manwaring

Christine Blain

Tina Gillespie

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 13

 

Welcome to week 13 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Each week on a Monday until the end of November the Art with Heart team will bring you some fantastic Christmas inspiration for you so that you can create the most wonderful Christmas.

I am back this week after a week off for my daughter's 21st. Thank you Tina for hosting last week, you are so appreciated! I will post a couple of photos at the end.

Today I have a variation on a theme for you. A variation on a theme is a musical term and I am using that because I am casing a card from the lovely Tina Gillespie from the week 8 Heart of Christmas blog hop. I loved her sheet load of cards layout that week and her card was elegant and gorgeous. I have made a variation on that theme. Now Tina and I are both musician so I thought I would use that term tonight. Normally we would say CASE copy and share everything with your own twist! Click Here to see Tina's card!

So for my card I am using the Sweet Candy Canes Bundle. For some reason I just had it in my head when I saw Tina's card that the Candy Cane would work perfectly for the layout. I didn't have the bundle yet so I had to wait until I put in an order so I could make these cards.

I chose the 4 colours that come in the Sweetest Christmas DSP, Garden Green, Real Red, Pool Party and Sweet Sorbet. Each card is on a Thick Basic White base. For this Garden Green card I have used the Garden Green dotty DSP in the Sweetest Christmas pack and then using the Candy Cane Dies I have a layer over the top of Garden Green card. I have cut out the Candy Cane from the DSP to match my card. The Mistletoe is stamped in Garden Green and Crumb Cake then cut out using the dies. One of the sentiments that I love at this time of year is this one. I think is it just the most wonderful time of the year and I have cut this out using the stitched rectangle dies using my extending technique that you have seen me use over the past few weeks.

On the back of the Garden Green dot DSP is a Candy Cane Stripe with some Pool Party and if you move your die cut just right you have added some extra stripes to this one as it was the most wide of all the DSP stripes! I have cut out a Candy cane from the DSP that had the Pool Party to match!

Here is the Red Dotty DSP card and this time I have chosen a 3rd sentiment. There is so much fun to be had with this stamp set and have you noticed I have used different coloured Adhesive-backed seasonal sequins on all the cards.

The 4th colour in the DSP was Sweet Sorbet so I just had to use the Merry & Bright sentiment for this card. I also switched up the way the Candy Cane Stripes were going on the DSP to add some interest. This card also has a double linen thread bow.

Here they are all together. Thanks for your inspiration Tina and Sheet Load of Cards sketches, I still have other ideas of how to use this sketch. So I will see if it works out.

If you have any questions or would like to get your hands on some of these gorgeous products and get started or continue making your Christmas cards do get in contact with me.

Now is the time to head to the next very talented person on our Christmas blog hop and this week we are heading to Kate Morgan. Kate always has very creative ways to use the products and I can't wait to see what she has for us this week so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time you have a broken link please head back here and continue your Christmas Blog Hop from the list of very talented ladies below.

Kate Morgan:

Tina Gillespie:

Theresa Gerrard:

Andrea Sargent:

Christine Blain:

Caroline Manwaring:

Michele Taylor:

Catherine Proctor:

Rosa Leyden:

Sharon Davern: <=You are Here

Here are a couple of photos from our Murder Mystery 21st Birthday Dinner Party!

Thank you for spending some Christmas Crafty Time with me today, take care,