Week 6 - Heart of Christmas

 

Well today I have hunted hi and low for another fancy fold for you and I have been working on it all day. You will have to forgive that people in lockdown think that they actually need to be fed. I mean don't they know I have fancy fold cards to make! So today the card is more the adventure than the decorations I might put more on later but I am happy with where I am at now but it is quite the grand card and needs a few more decorations on other parts I think.

I found this fold by Jo Blackman a lady in the UK and I thought I just needed to give it a try. She called it a Hexagonal layered card. There are 10 pieces of card stock and 60 pieces of DSP before I started to decorate so stick with me and here we go!

So the very fist thing I did was cut all the base of the hexagonal card. I did this in Garden Green card as I was using the Peaceful Prints DSP which is a Sale-A-Bration item that you can earn for free when you purchase $90 work of product and if you have been looking in the New July-Dec Mini Catalogue I don't think that will be hard . Add a couple of things to bundle of Peaceful Deer and  Deer builder Punch.

  So we start with the tall centre hexagon and build our way around that firstly with the 3 full size  hexagons then with the 3 that we have cut a little bit out of as a place to decorate. Now we have the card base and we can start to put all those pieces of Peaceful Prints DSP on each section.

Before attaching the centre strip I attached the loop so that I could use it for the decorations.

 

As you can see both inside and out of each section is there is the lovely DSP.

I used an off cut from my card stock to measure exactly where I wanted the loop for the decorations.

Each section of decoration I  have used the Peaceful Dear Stamp set and used the garden green in and Soft Succulent Ink for the trees and put them through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder. I used the Label Me Fancy Punch for this sentiment and just made it a little shorter to fit into the spot.

This section I stamped the Deer in Early Espresso ink and then coloured him in with Crumb Cake Light and Dark  Stampin Blends. I love the Stampin' Blends

For this section I used the Deer Builder punch once again and punched out the red deer from the Peaceful Prints Paper.

Of course all of this can fold flat if you want it too.

And if you like you can even put a tea light candle in the bottom as well.

I hope you enjoyed my card tonight I certainly enjoyed putting it together. If you have any questions about this card please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please head over to the next blog which is Vick Boucher, I love all the layers and gorgeous textures Vicki has on her projects so I am looking forward to seeing what she has for us this week.

If for any reason the next blog button doesn't work and it does sometimes happen in technology land please head over to the host of this weeks Heart of Christmas blog hop Tina Gillespie and there you will find the list of participants this week and you can continue your blog hop there! Tina's Blog!

Week 10 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - "Cherry Cobbler"

 

Week 10 and we are at one of my favourites! I know you thought it was Blackberry Bliss and you would be correct that is my favourite but I am quite fond of Cherry Cobbler as well.

I decided to do a fancy fold. I know you are saying about time Sharon that you got back on the fancy fun fold wagon. Ok I did 2 fancy folds in 1 for you today just because you have wondering where they have been hiding! I am running out of fancy fold ideas I tell you!

So no I have not made a Christmas card with Cherry Cobbler but I have used the traditional colours of Cherry Cobbler and Evening Evergreen for my card.  I think if I put the "Just want to say" on the outside in these colours you could put anything on the inside. You could put "Just want to say Merry Christmas" But I needed a birthday card so I have made a birthday card. 

I have used the gorgeous Art Gallery Stamp set and Floral Gallery Dies for this card as it is just so quick to put it together. I have stamped the flowers first in Petal Pink and then in Cherry Cobbler and the leaves are in Evening Evergreen. I have cut them out with the dies and also cut a layer of them in the Cherry Cobbler card and Evening Evergreen Card. The smaller flower I have popped up on dimensionals on the larger flower to give a bit more movement to the flower.

The Designer Series Paper I have used on the front and the inside of the card are quite the mix. The Cherry Cobbler DSP is from the Tidings of Christmas 6x6 pack and the little bit of gold you can see is from the new 12x12 Gold Shimmer Vellum, and the other piece as the backing to the focal point is from the Simply Elegant 12x12 Specialty Designer series paper and is the other side to the side you will see on the surprise on the inside of the card.

So the main fancy fold of the card is a Book Fold card and I made one for our first week of the all new in colours and I forgot to put it in the post so I thought I would make another one. and the second fold is the inside pop up surprise card using the Simply Elegant Specialty DSP.

So on the inside of the card you have the fold that pops open. On one section I have stamped and cut out with the dies another flower and adhered it and also the Happy Birthday. and on the other square you can have a place to write to the person you are giving the card.

Here is a little video of how it opens. I asked my daughter to help me video it so you could see how the card pops up.

If you have any questions about todays card please do not hesitate to contact me. Such a fun quick card to make.

Now is the time to head to the next person on the blog hop and this week you will be heading to the lovely Theresa Gerrard. I love to see what gorgeous creations Theresa comes up with each week. Last week she had the most beautiful birthday card and embossed background so I can't wait to see what she has this week. So just click on the next button below to head to her post for Cherry Cobbler.

If for any reason along your blog hop journey the next buttons stop working please head to the host of our Colour Creations Blog Hop, Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of everyone participating and you will be able to continue you blog hop from there. Cathy's Blog

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

Week 5 - Heart Of Christmas

 

Welcome to Heart of Christmas week 5. I have a simple layout for you today. I know What is wrong with you Sharon. I think I am in shock at some great news that I got today that my Migraine medicine is now going on the list to be mostly covered by the government. WOOHOO! No more car payments and house payments. Just the normal out of pocket co-payments! I am just a little bit excited! So a simple card for you today!

I have used the new Heartfelt Wishes stamp set as the focal point of the card and I have used 3 stamps from the  set to create the greeting. I have heat embossed the 3 stamps in Gold Emboss powder. To go with the Gold Shimmer Ribbon. Both of these, the stamp set and the ribbon you will be able to purchase starting tomorrow with the start of the new July-December Mini Catalogue. So Exciting!

This gorgeous DSP is just perfect for any card with all the gorgeous tones and colours and I have layered 3 different designs for this card and layered them on a base of Cherry Cobbler card. With the little bits that I have trimmed off I have added to the inside of my card to decorate, can't forget the inside of your card.

So from our family to you and your, Merry Christmas.

If you have any questions about this card or would like to get your hands on the new July-December Mini. Do not hesitate to contact me.

Just click on the contact Sharon button anytime.

Now is the time to head to the next person participating in this weeks Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. The Lovely Claire Daly always has the best cards and I love to see what she has for us. Last time she had the fantastic 6x6 inch Designer series paper one sheet wonder card making plan for us and how you can get multiple cards from 1 sheet. Think how many you can get from 1 packet of 6x6 paper for Christmas! I look forward to seeing what she has in store for us this week so click on the next button to go there now!

If for any reason the next blog button has not gone on to Claire and we are experiencing some technical issues as sometimes happens in computer land please head to the blog of Rachel Woollard as she is hosting our Heart of Christmas Blog hop this week and she will have all the list of participants so you will be able to continue your hop from there.

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

Week 9 - Colour Creations Blog Hop - " Calypso Coral"

Today we are looking at the gorgeous colour Calypso Coral. The name always makes me thing of  Harry Belefonte as he was nicknamed the King of Calypso music! You know Day-o, Daaaay-0! I actually like this colour but I rarely use it. Today I have paired it with a couple of other colours and used the Spotlight Technique to create my card.

For this card I have used the Daisy garden stamp which is a 1 large background stamp which I have stamped in memento black ink on Basic White card. I did this twice so I could colour the second one to create the spotlighted area.

For the Spotlight area of the card I have stamped the Daisy Garden a second time and I then used my Stampin' Write markers to colour the daisies. I used Bumblebee for the centre, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow for the leaves, Cherry Cobbler and our colour of the day Calypso Coral for the daisy petals. For the area around the daisies I have used the Light Pool Party Stampin Blend to colour the area in. The little flower at the bottom is from the Daisy Lane stamp set which I have stamped and coloured the same way and fussy cut out.

I then used the Layering Circle Dies to cut out the the spotlight and a scalloped circle of Basic Black to layer over the front of the background stamped image.

What is not easy to see is that I have added a little bit of Wink of tella to the petals and it just lifts the whole card. Under the extra daisy I have added some Gold Shimmer Ribbon which is from the new July-December Mini which you will be able to get your hands on in just a few more days as it goes live on August 3rd. It is so lovely! Now you might be wondering where the " Love you" comes from well I am glad you asked. It is from the Love you more than dies, you know the one with chocolate and coffee and all that fun stuff in it!

Behind the daisy layer before the Basic Black card base I have used the Pansy Petals Designer Series paper which has Calypso Coral as one of the colours.

Hope you have enjoyed this little walk down memory lane of  this technique. 

If you would like any information about this card or would like to get your hands on the new Mini coming out next week do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on the colour creations blog hop. Theresa Gerrard always has very creative cards and I love to see what she has for us each week so click on the next blog button below to continue on in this weeks blog hop journey. 

If for any reason a next blog button doesn't work, (you know those computer gremlins) please head to the host of our colour creations blog hop and there you will find the list of all those participating in this weeks blog hop so you can continue: Cathy Proctor's Blog

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

Week 4 - Heart of Christmas

 

I am loving our Heart of Christmas Blog hops this year and I hope you are too and getting lots of inspiration for your Christmas cards already. We are at week 4 and there are lots more to come.

Last week I fell in love with the "Angels of Peace" stamp set giving you a sneak peak at the new stamp set from the July -Dec Mini catalogue which will go live on August 3rd.and I have used it again this week and I am using another fancy fold just because I think this one also lends itself to this stamp set and I couldn't help myself!

This card is a side step card with the 2 panels so that the Angels are highlighted. I love that the Angels are oriented this way to make a card like this just so easy to make.

For this card I have chosen to use the Painted Christmas DSP from the new mini which has the gorgeous colours of Pear Pizzazz, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen as part of the colours and those are the ones I have chosen to use.

I have used the Evening Evergreen as my card base and the Soft Succulent as the first layer of matting before using the holly layer of Pear Pizzazz Painted Christmas DSP. I have stamped the Angels in Basic Gray on Basic White and coloured them with the Stampin' Blends so I have added another green with the Mint Macaron in the dresses of the angels. Pale Papaya wings, So Saffron hair Polished Pink flowers and Evening Evergreen holly. The Sentiment on I have stamped in Basic Gray and punched out using the Label Me Fancy punch then I cut down the edges, I punched out 2 in Evening Evergreen and cut one in half and trimmed it so that only the curved edged showed so I could just have them come out around the edges. and popped it up on dimensionals like I have with the larger angel.

Don't forget to add a little star stamping and sentiment to the inside of your card.

Hope you have enjoyed this weeks design and use of the side step card for the Angels of Peace. If you have any questions at all about this card or you would like to get the July-December mini in your hands please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next blog on our Christmas trip this week and the next person today is Claire Daly. Last week Claire bought us a set of gorgeous quick cards to make, I can't wait to see what she has for us this week so click on the button below and head there now!

If at any time there is a technical issue and one of the links are broken, (it does happen some times) please head over to this weeks host Tina Gillespie and she will have the list of all the participants and you will be able to continue the hop there. Tina's blog

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