Week 22 - Heart of Christmas 2021

 

Well this is week 22 of our journey of all things Christmas and our final blog hop for this year for the Heart of Christmas. I do hope you have enjoyed hopping along with us and that you have a lovely lot of Christmas cards ready to go.

Well for the last fold of this series of Christmas blog hops I have searched for yet another fancy fold to share with you and I have come across a quadruple step card. I had to try it and I converted it to Centimetres from Inches and it worked quite well so here goes.

I have used the gorgeous Tidings and Trimmings Bundle and the Tidings of Christmas DSP to create this card with lots of copper foil.

This card starts with a base of Evening Evergreen 20.5 x 25 cm around 8 x 10 inches and that is where the fun comes in and you measure and score and cut and fold until you have all these wonderful steps off the centre of your card.

If you look at my card from the inside where I have placed some of the DSP and some Basic White so that you can write to the recipient of the card you can see all the wonderful folds with out the decorations.

Here is another view of the steps to give you an idea of the fold.

No for the front I have cut out the Tidings of Christmas DSP and layered that on to the copper foil before adding the decorations. I have stamped and cut out  using the dies the twigs, berries and leaves using the Christmas tripping dies after doing a little bit of stamping with  Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Cherry Cobbler ink. I have done the same with the stockings and added a Basic Gray one in as well for a little bit of contrast with the DSP and also to tie in to the Sentiments which I stamped in Basic Gray and then fussy cut around so that you could see the gorgeous copper Star which is layered onto some more DSP.

I have also added some of the In Color Ribbon which is just beautiful to the centre piece. 

Now it will lay flat and fit perfectly into a C5 envelope if you didn't want to try an make your own. Now I need to go an make a template so I don't forget how I made it and so I can make some more in the future!

If you have any questions at anytime about today's project or any of your craft needs do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our Heart of Christmas blog hop Andrea Sargent. I love seeing her creativity each week. Please hit the next blog button now so that you will go straight to her blog.

Tina Gillespie is our host for the last week of Heart of Christmas 2021 so if there are any technical issues please head over to Tina's Blog and she will have the list of all those participating this week and you can continue your Christmas hop from there.

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

Week 18 - Heart of Christmas

 

Welcome to week 18 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.
You may have come to my blog from the lovely Cathy but no matter where you have entered the blog you please have fun hopping around with the Art with Heart team for this week's Christmas inspiration and if at any time one of the next blog buttons sends you to Mars instead of to the next person on our journey just head to our host Tina Gillespie and you can continue your blog hop from there as she will have the whole list of today's participants.

I have 2 projects for you today, you will be happy that I have found another fancy fold for you and it is quick and easy so I have made it all gold and Blackberry "blissy"! So Regal! Just fitting for the Wise Men Kings I think and a Christmas Tag! So let's get started!

I saw this card by Mari Fredericks and converted it from inches to cm so that it would work with our A4 cardstock so that you would get 2 cards per sheet of cardstock. This fun fancy fold is perfect for showcasing the 2 Wise Men from the Great Tidings stamp set.

I started with a 1/2 piece of my favourite Blackberry Bliss cardstock cut @ 10.5 cm x 28 cm. I then scored the base @ 7,12.7,15.2,20.2 and 22.9 cm which if you are using inches equates to 2 3/4, 5,6,8 and 9 inches.

So fold and the base up like a little fan with the last one folding over the front.

Once you fold out your card and line it with the gorgeous Blackberry Beauty Specialty DSP gold embossed Wise Men and the sentiment. Oh and don't forget to gold emboss the belly band that holds the card all together.

Now for my tag I needed 20 bags of goodies for my Church ladies to go out for dinner in a couple of weeks and my friend who normally helps me organise these nights is on her way driving to Canberra to see her Mum and Dad so she wanted to get them organised like now as she won't be here when we get to go out for our night out. Which sounds so good after months locked down. So she came by with lollies, chocolates, bells, stars and bags ready for me to add a tag. 

Now Stampin' Up has bags that you can use that are just perfect but she had them all ready for me so I couldn't change them. So how did I make the tags.

I have made these tags using the Tailor Made Tags, the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder and the Tidings and Trimming Bundle. I first cut out the Sahara Sand tags and embossed them with the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder. Fun note you can get 10 of the largest die out of one sheet so great I needed 20! Winning with 2 sheets! Then I cut out the Christmas Tidings DSP with the same size tag and you can get 4 out of one of the 6x6 sheets. I have only decorated one of the tags so far so on to the next 19 but I wanted to show you I have cut a silhouette star in the DSP and then in gold foil the filigree star. Heat embossed in white onto Cherry cobbler the Noel which I thought went well with the music embossed tag. I then stamped and cut some of the foliage and popped them behind the star.

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

Now is the time to head to my friend the lovely and talented Christine Blain. I always love to see what she has created, she has the best ideas with Designer series paper so I can't wait to see her creation this week. Just hit the next blog button to be taken to her blog.

Tina's Blog in case you visit Mars: Tina

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

take care,

Week 14 - Heart Of Christmas

 

Welcome to week 14 of the Heart of Christmas, for this week I thought I would do another fancy fold for you. I know I just can't help myself.

This week I have created a Tri-Corn Fold! Along with this weeks card I am using the Trimmings & Tidings Bundle I have had it sitting there forever but I have been playing with my Angels stamp set and I thought I would get it out and have a play this week.

So for this card the base is is half of your A4 card and you just fold and glue.

It is a good idea once you have made all your folds to cut and adhere your papers before adhering your card finally together in the middle. It is just easier that way. I have used the Brushed Metallic Card stock and the Tidings of Christmas DSP layered on a base of Evening Evergreen for this card.

I kept the decorations quite simple for this card as the fold is so fancy like one of those hats a sailor of the tall ships wear. For my decoration I stamped the sentiment first and then cut out the tag with the Tailor Made Tags  but you could do it the other way round. I knew the angle I kind of wanted it it on but still wanted the word straight. I have stamped the stocking in Basic Gray and cut it out with the Christmas Tidings Dies as well as the star. The Stocking is coloured in with Light and Dark Poppy Parade, Dark Evening Evergreen and Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends.

I also cut out a couple extra pieced of Basic White to place on the back / inside of the hat for writing.

Of course this card folds nicely flat to fit into our C6 envelopes so it is a fun card to make and send for Christmas.

I have topped off the tag with some Evening Evergreen Sheer ribbon and some white Bakers Twine.

Hope you have enjoyed this fancy fold tonight and if you have any questions about my card today or any of your crafty needs please do not hesitate to contact me.

The next person on our journey around our Christmas blog hop this week is the lovely Judy May, I always love to see how creative she is each week. Can't wait to see what she does this week. Just hit the next blog button to go there now!

The Heart Of Christmas is hosted by the lovely Tina so if at anytime one of the next blog buttons doesn't work just head to Tina's blog and she will have a list of the participants and you can continue you blog hop from there! Tina's Blog

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