Heart of Christmas - Week 3 - Peace to you at Christmas

 Week three of the Heart of Christmas and I loved the stamp set I used last week so much for the tags that I decided I would use the other image to create my card this week. I am going to use heat embossing with my favourite colour. Yes that is right Blackberry Bliss. Bring it on people!

So I have made a quick card for you today as I have been away for a few days and wanted to put something together quickly but that has a bit of impact for you.

I have used the large church scene from the stamp set and white heat embossed the image onto the gorgeous Pretty Prints DSP. 

I then layered my embossed church scene onto the brushed metallic card on a base of Blackberry Bliss. The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on blackberry bliss and then I have cut it out with the Stylish Shapes Dies and popped it up on a couple of dimensions. You could do this with any of the gorgeous DSP, stamp on them or heat emboss on them not only with these lovely Christmas images. Try it sometime!

If you would like anymore information about this card or would like to get your hands on this gorgeous paper please get in contact with me.

Now is the time to head to the next participant in this weeks Heart of Christmas and this week you will be heading to the very creative Kate Morgan. I love seeing what she has for us each week and I can't wait to see what she has come up with this week so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

I have the privilege each week to host our Heart of Christmas blog hop so if at any time the next blog buttons don't work just head back here and you can continue your week 3 Heart of Christmas with the list of participants below. 

Kate Morgan

Tina Gillespie

Amie McIlroy

Andrea Sargent

Theresa Gerrard

Claire Daly

KathrynRuddick

Catherine Proctor

Christine Blain

Rachel Woollard

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Rosa Leyden

Sharon Davern <= You are here

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 11 - Cajun Craze

 Welcome to week 11 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop, this week we are looking at the colour Cajun Craze. Each time we look at this colour it is not the favourite of the colours but everyone comes up with such fantastic projects so I am really looking forward to this week to see all the inspiration around this colour which is a real challenge at times!

So for my project tonight I thought I would play around with a technique called faux copper patina for the background.

To start I stamped the leaf from the Splendid Thoughts stamp set in Cajun craze on Cajun craze card.

Then I used an old toothbrush to brush over some versamark ink refill then added some white and then clear emboss powder!

After heat embossing I used soft suede ink on my finger and smudged over the places that had no embossing or stamped imaged and then all over the edge of the card.

After finishing the background I layered it on a card base of Cajun Craze and a layer of copper foil. The Splendid Stem dies are perfect for this card so that you can still see the background. I have used, old olive, cajun craze, merry merlot, so safron and soft sea foam for the foliage. The basket is also from the Splendid Stem dies and I have cut that out in crumb cake and embossed it in the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder and a little bakers twine bow to finish off. The sentiment is stamped in Cajun Craze on soft sea foam.

If you have any questions about today's project or would like to get your hands on some of the product and have a play yourself do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Cajun Craze and today you will be heading to Cathy Proctor I can't wait to see her creation. Cathy has such elegant and beautiful projects each week I love seeing what she creates! Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at any time there is a problem with the next blog button links just head back her and clink on over to our weekly host Cathy Proctor she will have a list of everyone participating and you can continue you journey in Cajun Craze there: Cathy's Blog. Thanks so much Cathy for all your work week after week!

Thanks for spending some crafty time with me today take care,

Heart of Christmas - Week 2 - Peace To You Tag

 Welcome to Week 2 of The Heart of Christmas. This week I am making some tags for my group from church. We meet once a month to go out on a Thursday night and this week we are having our Christmas in July dinner so this is going to be perfect little gift for them all, I like to give them a gift when we have Christmas in July.

So for my tag today I thought I would take a leaf out of Amie's play book from last week and use the Celebrations Tag Dies. I have paired it with the Peace to you stamp set as I thought that would be perfect for my church ladies and a little colouring with stamping blends and your tag is ready to go.

I stamped the Joseph, Mary and Jesus in Night of Navy on Basic White and as I need multiples I used my stamparatus to do this and in case there were any areas that didn't quite get a good covering of ink I could go back over to make sure it was well covered. I then coloured them with the Stampin' Blends in the New InColor Sweet Sorbet light and dark, Crumb Cake, Light and Dark, SU500 and Dark Pool Party.

The card base for the tag is Balmy Blue and I have stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso and cut it out with the Stylish Shapes dies. I coloured the textural elements with Sweet Sorbet  stampin blends before adhering with mini glue dots.

You can either adhere the sides of your tag shut and use an extra long piece of ribbon that you can then use as a slider and pull out a little message or a gift card. I tried my credit card in there and it fits perfectly so a gift card will work well. I have put in some Christmas Bible verses and attached them to some of the gorgeous Silver and Gold Sale-A-Bration DSP. OR....

You could not adhere the sides and just undo the ribbon at the top. I have used the sheer Pool Party ribbon and some Basic White bakers Twine on both examples. Which way do you prefer? I have a favourite! Oh don't forget to put some bling in the star. I put the gold pearl from the festive pearls!

Well I am sure the ladies that come out to dinner on Thursday night will love these and Stampin' Up make the so easy to make. Now I had better get on to making the rest of them. Only a small group this week with all the flu, colds and covid still going around there only be 12 of us so I don't need to make 30 this week. 

Now is the time to continue your Heart of Christmas Journey and this week you will be heading to the talented Rosa Leyden, she comes up with great layouts each week and I loved her use of the gorgeous DSP last week with the candy canes can't wait to see what she has for us this week. Just hit the the next blog button to go straight there.

If at anytime you have trouble with a link just head back here and I am privileged to host each week and you can continue your Heart of Christmas blog hop from the list below. 

TinaGillespie:  
Andrea Sargent: 
Michele Taylor: 
Catherine Proctor: 
AmieMcIlroy: 
Theresa Gerrard: 
Kate Morgan:  
Rachel Woollard: 
Christine Blain:  
Caroline Manwaring:  
Sharon Davern: <=You are here
Rosa Leyden:  

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

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 10 - Blushing Bride

 

We are at week 10 already on this years colour creation blog hop can you believe it! That is crazy! Where is the year going? This week we are looking at the colour Blushing Bride, a kind of dusty pink!

I have 2 cards for you this week. One I made a little while ago and then one a little bit more recent that my daughter asked me to make for a person at her work that was leaving.

Both cards I decided to use a sketch for the layouts. Over on Dawn Stampin' Thoughts she has 200+ card sketches. 

I use the sketch as a guide and then as they are in inches and convert them to cm's and sometimes I add extra layers!

For my first card I have used the sketch and added some layers. I have used the Blessings of Home stamp set. This is a lovely stamp set and I have gold embossed the sentiment and the flower.

The Designer Series Paper that I have layered on Mossy Meadow Card behind my flower is from the Awash in Beauty paper pack, it is such a gorgeous paper pack! I used the Blender Pen to add a little of the Blushing Bride ink to the flower as well as some a little Daffodil delight and a little old olive for the leaves. I used the Stylish Shapes Dies for the larger sentiment.

For the second card I used this sketch as my starting point. I was asked to do a pink card by my daughter for a lady who had been on placement at her work and she wanted to give her a card when she left. I still had all my product easy at hand so I used the same colours and DSP for this card and added a couple of things.

For this card however I changed up the stamp sets. I used the sentiment from the cup of tea stamp set which I think is a great one for just this kind of occasion. I have paired it with the Colour and Contour stamp set which coordinates with the Scalloped Contours dies.

For this card I have used a card base of of Thick Basic White then a layer of Mossy Meadow and a layer of Blushing Bride. The Blushing Bride Layer has been embossed with with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder. A Layer of DSP from the Awash in Beauty and that is wrapped in the gorgeous new Rose Gold and White Striped ribbon.

The flower is stamped in Mossy Meadow and then in Blushing Bride and cut out with the Scalloped contour dies and the sentiment with the Stylish Shapes Dies!

Hope you get some inspiration about using sketches as a starting point and think about using them to help kick of some of your creativity!

If you have any questions about these projects or would like some of these products to get you started please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next person on our journey of Blushing Bride and this week we will be heading to Christine Blain I can't wait to see what she has for us, she is the master of using Designer Series Paper and Male cards not sure it will be a male card with this gorgeous pink. She is always so creative so just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If at anytime the next blog buttons stop working just come back to my blog and you can head to our weekly host the lovely Cathy Proctor and she will have the list of the people playing along so you can continue your journey into Blushing Bride from there: Cathy's Blog.

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

 

Heart of Christmas - Week 1- Cascading Display Fun Fold

Welcome to the 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We will be coming to you each Monday right up until the last week in November. This means you have lots of inspiration and lots of time to get all your Christmas cards, tags and gift ideas ready before the crazy busy month of December.

So for the first card I always like to do a fun fancy fold card and I found this design on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts and wanted to give it a try

It is a fun card and not hard and in honor our our team header for our Christmas Blog Hops this year I had to use  Trees For Sale stamp set and the Sale-A-Bration Tree Lot Dies!

It was really fun making this card. and the card base is not hard. 

Cut the base and all the panels and the mechanism and score. Simple right.

Score the base to look like this

Cut of the corners

Add the scored "z" mechanism to both sides then it is time to decorate!

So for the layers of DSP on my Card base of Crumb Cake I have used the gorgeous Boughs of Holly from the new July - Dec Mini. 2 different designs on the the doors of the cascading fold. I thought the one with the trees was perfect for this card and the other less ornate was perfect for me to add the die cut trees.

The Die Cut trees have a base of Evening evergreen and a layer of Shaded Spruce over the top and of course you need to bling up your trees with the Red and Green adhesive backed pearls.

The whole card folds down to fit into our C6 Envelopes and then cascades open to reveal ......

Our caravan scene.

I have slightly sponged the Very Vanilla card with pool party and crumb cake before adding the cutest caravan and the trees. The Greeting is from the Trees For Sale stamp set. I kind of like that soft sea foam door! Just saying!

Don't forget to add a place on the back of the card so you can write your message and add another tree while you are there. 

If you have any questions at all about this project or would like to get your hands on the new Jun-Dec Mini with all the Christmas goodies please do not hesitate to contact me.

Now is the time to head to the next talented person on our journey with Christmas inspiration and this week you will be heading to the wonderful Kate Morgan, I love her creativity and can't wait to see what she has for us for our first Heart of Christmas for 2022. Just hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If you have any difficulties with the next blog buttons please come back to my blog and each week I have the privilege to host the Heart of Christmas blog hops and I will have the list of everyone who is participating and you can continue your journey from the list below.

Kate  Morgan:

Tina Gillespie:

Catherine Proctor:

Amie McIlroy:

Theresa Gerrard:

Christine Blain:

Michele Taylor:

Andrea  Sargent:

Caroline Manwaring:

Rosa Leyden: 

Rachel Woolard:

Sharon Davern: <= you are here

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