Welcome to my blog. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope that you will find some inspiration for your projects as I have from many lovely people. This is just a little space for me to share some of my cards, scrap book pages and maybe even some of my embroidery and quilting projects.
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.
Welcome to week 2 of the 2024-25 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are looking at the second New InColor called Petunia Pop!
If you were playing along last week I was making a 100 boxes for a Mother's day High Tea this coming Saturday, well while I was in the fancy fold mood I decided to make a fancy fold card for our Petunia Pop colour challenge this week. (I have photos of the finished boxes at the end of this post)
For the card base I have used Pebbled Path and when you open the gate fold the inside part of the fold will look like this. Now let's decorate!
I decided to used the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey Suite of products as the Thoughtful Journey DSP is simply gorgeous and has Petunia Pop as one of the colours. Thoughtful Wishes stamp set and dies are also gorgeous so it was calling my name this week.
You may be saying, Sharon I can't really see Petunia Pop on your card apart from the little bit of ribbon and the stamped sentiment. I can see lots of Blackberry Bliss. Guess what my favourite colour goes really well with Petunia Pop don't you think!!!! I have backed some of the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey DSP on each side of my Gate fold with Blackberry Bliss and the belly band is also Blackberry bliss but WAIT......
Slip off the belly band and open up your card and there you have all of your Petunia Pop for this week.
Each section of the fold is layered in Petunia Pop and then I have followed the design around with the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey DSP.
In the center of the card that pops up I have embossed with the Eyelet 3D embossing folder and using the dies that come in the Thoughtful Wishes bundle I cut out some leaves and flowers in Mossy Meadow, Basic White and Petunia Pop to layer with the Petunia Pop Ribbon under the sentiment from the stamp set that I cut out with a deckled circle die.
On the back of the card I have also added a piece of Basic White so that you can write your greeting to the card recipient.
I do hope you have enjoyed my surprise Petunia Pop fancy fold card today.
If you have any questions about my project today or if you would like to get your hands on the gorgeous new Annual Catalogue please do not hesitate to contact me
Now is the time to head to the next person on our Petunia Pop journey and this week we will be going to Vicki Boucher I can't wait to see what she makes this week she always makes the most gorgeous creations. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.
If at any time on your Petunia Pop journey the next blog button doesn't go where it is supposed to go please head back here and go to our host for our weekly Colour Creation Blog Hops Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of those participating and you will be able today and you will be able to continue your hop there: Cathy's Blog
Next week we will be looking at the colour Pretty in Pink, I do hope you will join us.
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today, take care,
P.S. for those who played along last week I have now finished up the 100 boxes just in time for the friend to fill them for her Mother's Day High Tea on Saturday morning!
Welcome to our last week of the Heart of Christmas for 2023. I can't believe we have come to the end of another fantastic year of Christmas inspiration! I would like to thank the wonderful Art With Heart team for another wonderful year of the Heart of Christmas it has been another year of such beautiful inspiration.
For my card tonight I have revisited a fancy fold card that I did in 2018 and it is still a card that people ask me for details about today. If you would like to see that card here is the blog post: click here
My card today is a front panel gate fold card. I couldn't resist using the beautiful Night Divine Bundle one more time to create this card.
Here is the template for the card. There are only 2 cuts and the rest is score and folding. I suggest you score the 2 side panels at 5 cm first Cut between the 2 score lines 3 cm from the edge. then do your other score lines. It is quick and easy! Then decorate to your hearts content.
This view shows how to fold the card. With the bottom and the top thin section folded back in a point and the middle section out to the front and the side sections although folded back slightly to the front to help with balance since I have added the Nativity to the centre of the card!
When you lay the card flat this is how it looks. I have a base of Night of Navy and have used the O Holy Night DSP to decorate the panels. Making sure I have some stars at the top. I used the Deckled Circle Dies for my focal point! Night of Navy backed again and then a piece of the O Holy Night DSP with stars then I cut out the Nativity in gold foil and cut just the little bit off the hem of the shepherd and wise man to make them fit the circle.
Of course we can not forget the camels and the cattle and the sheep so they are there and some wispy clouds as well. The sentiment is from the Night Divine stamp set heat embossed in gold and die cut with the Christmas Classic Dies. Don't forget the star which is die cut from gold foil from the Stars at Night dies.
Now it will fold to go in a normal envelope but it will be a little bulky so I would lay it flat and put it in a little bit bigger envelop or make a box envelope for it.
I also added a place to write on the back and another camel as you can not have enough of these animals!
If you would like more information on how to create this card please do not hesitate to contact me.
Now is the time to head to the next wonderfully talented person on our travels this week and you will be heading to Andrea Sargent, I love her work so much 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 you have trouble with any of the links please continue your Christmas inspiration blog hop from the list of amazingly talented Art With Heart team members below: Andrea Sargent:
Welcome to another week of some gorgeous Christmas craft fun and inspiration from the Art with Heart team!
This week I am going to make a Stair Stepper card! I saw a few different versions with diamonds or ovals as the focal point, I was still undecided until I sat down to create the card. I have made a side stepper cards but I thought I would do a regular stair stepper card!
Being our Heart of Christmas blog hop I went with my favourite bundle to decorate my stair stepper fun fold card! Night Divine!
When I thought about the steps of the card I thought they were perfect for all the sheep and cattle for this bundle. So I went to town and cut lots!
On the card base of Night of Navy that I have folded into different size steps, I have adhered O Holy Night DSP that follows on, one piece to another. You can see that I have done it even for the down slopes that you can't see when you look at that card from the front and you don't have to place it on these sections but I like the finished look this creates.
Under each of the steps I have added little hinges to keep the card from sliding apart when it is all standing up. Especially as I have added an extra large panel for the stable on the back stair.
I have cut out all the gorgeous Nativity scene with Basic Black and Gold Foil. I decided that the black that Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus got lost in all the commotion of the stable and all the animals and visitors of shepherds and wise men. I have no idea how Baby Jesus was able to sleep! The other card stock that I have used to create the scene is Basic White, Pecan Pie, Copper Clay, and Crumb Cake.
You may have been wondering where the sentiment was. I just couldn't bring myself to put it on the front of the card but there was a perfect spot on the back so I have heat embossed in white the sentiment from the stamp set Night Divine onto Night of Navy and layered on O Holy Night DSP. I have added a spot on the back of the last stair to write your greeting for the card recipient.
If you have any questions about my project today please do not hesitate to contact me.
Now is the time to head to the next person on our Heart of Christmas inspiration journey. This week you will be heading to the wonderful Tina Gillespie. I can't wait to see what fantastic and fun layout Tina has for us today!
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