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Westie Beach Themed Birthday Card

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I seem to have been doing a lot of beach themed papers lately and I have another beach themed card for you today. I was asked to do a birthday card with a beach theme and a westie dog in it. The Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze collection was perfect and I was so happy with how this turned out just like I had planned it in my mind. I wanted a little dog running up from the beach towards you among all the shells, birds and boats. Because I wanted this card done very quickly I die cut all the small embellishments out of the papers and all I had to do was trim the paper, add the frame, sentiment and flowers I had already made some time before and I was done. Once again I have downloaded the image for the dog from CoolerPainting on Etsy and printed it on watercolour paper and it was perfect! I was told that the recipient cried when she received this card which makes me very happy. 

My Project.

I created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I layered gold cardstock with a beach image paper for the base. I die cut the boat, seagull on marker and some birds from the paper collection and die cut plain dies to add the patterned dies on top for more dimension. These were added over the images on the paper. I die cut two frames from the Heartfelt Creations Majestic Swirls Frame Die – one from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. The gold frame was adhered to the white frame and then added to the card front with foam strips. I die cut more images from the paper collection and added them to plain dies and these were added to the card front. The gate was trimmed in half for both sides of the card and I added some shells, foliage and more birds to the bottom of the card. I also added some seagulls to the main body of the card. The westie image was printed onto watercolour paper, fussy cut and then added to the bottom of the frame to look like he was running up to meet you.

I made the hibiscus flowers and leaves out of watercolour paper and these were added to the top right of the card. To finish I added some more foliage from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Foliage which I die cut out of green cardstock around the hibiscus flowers and leaves.

To finish I added some Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the sea and generally over the card using Bearly Art Glue.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations A Day At the Sea Die

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour

Heartfelt Creations Tropical Hibiscus Die

Heartfelt Creations Majestic Swirls Frame Die

Heartfelt Creations Lattice Flourish Gateway Die

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Stamens

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts

Bearly Art Glue

Ranger Archival inks – Peachy Keen, Magenta Hue, Sunflower, Tiger Lily, Leaf Green, Vivid Chartreuse, Olive

Bockingford Water Colour Paper – 165 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit

Foam strips

Art Glitter Crystal Ultrafine Glitter

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Patricia

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Amaryllis

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I recently purchased the gorgeous Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Amaryllis Honey Cuts and my goodness this is a fabulous flower set to get. I had very few get well cards and this set was perfect for one. Here I have coloured the bowl, flowers and leaves with Copic markers and assembled them using foam squares for more dimension. Because the flowers are so dramatic I just added a white on white background by die cutting the Honey Bee Stamps Burlap Honey Cuts out of white cardstock and adding it to the front of the card. Add a sentiment and some iridescent rhinestone and the card was made very quickly.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Amaryllis Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Honey Cuts – Burlap

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set and coordinating die set

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300gsm

Copic Markers

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

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Sending You My Love

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This month’s challenge for Simon Says Stamps is for ‘white on white’ projects and of course that is one of my favourite styles so I had to make a card. 

For my card I have added a lot of texture with an embossed background using the Altenew 3D Embossing Folder – Textured Wicker. I created a frame by die cutting 4 frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles which were stacked together and then I added the roses and leaves from the Altenew Craft-A-Flower – Garden Rose set. I added white leaves under the frame and then single leaves around the roses above the frame to add extra depth and dimension to the card. I added a hint of colour to the centre of the roses with light yellow ink and finished the roses with some glitter to make them shine.

The sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock using the stamp from the Altenew Dotted Blooms stamp set and die cut with the die from the Altenew Featured Sentiments Die set and matted with black cardstock before being added to the card with some foam squares.

Products Used:

Altenew Embossing Folder – Wicker Texture

Altenew Craft-a-Flower – Garden Rose

Altenew Stamp – Dotted Blooms

Altenew Featured Sentiments Die Set

Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Dies

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Limoncello

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Art Glitter Crystal Ultrafine Glitter

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Squares

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Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus Trellis Card

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I have a very quick and easy card to share with you today that is a different take on Bibiana’s trellis cards. Rather than cutting strips to make the trellis I have made this card using the fabulous Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Barn Wood Fence Honey Cuts to make the trellis. I then make some dianthus using the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus Honey Cuts and added the chickadee from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Birds Honey Cuts. I finished off the card with a sentiment from Pink Fresh Studios – Wonderful Sentiments. This was so quick and easy to do and looked gorgeous.

My Project

For my project I cut a piece of white cardstock 11″ x 4 1/4 out of white cardstock and then scored at 5 1/2″ along the long side and folded the card in half. I then die cut the fence out of white cardstock and used this as a guide to trim the front of the card to fit the gate. The gate was then adhere at the top to the card front flap. I finished the gate by adding the crossbars to the gate.

The flowers were die cut from white cardstock and coloured with Pink Diamond ink and assembled according to the instructions that came with the die set. I die cut the leaves and base of the flowers out of green cardstock and added some Mowed Lawn ink for some more depth to the leaves. The flowers and extra leaves were then assembled.

I die cut the bird out of light grey, black and white cardstocks. I added some Lemon Whip and Sunshine inks to the main body of the bird before assembling it according to the instructions with the die set. I then played around with the placement of the flowers and bird before using some Press and Seal to then add to the front of the card.

To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studios – Wonderful Sentiments in Obsidian Pigment ink and die cut it with the coordinating die and adhered it to the front of the card as shown.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Barn Wood Fence Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Birds Honey Cuts

Pink Fresh Studios – Wonderful Sentiments

Neenah Classic Crest 80Ib Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

Concord & 9th Cardstock – White, Cobblestone, Black Onyx

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Sunshine,

Altenew ink – Pink Diamond. Obisidian Pigment ink

Distress Oxide ink – Mowed Lawn

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Amazing Paper Grace Forever in Our Memory

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Today I have an elegant sympathy card featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Forever in our Memory from the Amazing Paper Grace Beautiful Sentiment Vignette collection by Becca Feeken. I have kept to a blue and white palette with a touch of silver accents. Lilies are often associated with sorrow and grief and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Dies to adorn this card. I love how quick and easy a card can come together when you use these sentiment vignette dies.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

To make my card I have created a top folding base card of 5 1/2″ x 6″ out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of blue cardstock 5 1/4″ x 5 3/4″ and score two lines down each side 1/8″ apart 1/4″ inside each side and adhere to the front of the card.

Die cut the shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Forever in Our Memory dies out of blue cardstock. Die cut the decorative die from the same set in white cardstock and emboss it before adding to the blue shadow. Adhere this to the front of the card. Die cut the shadow inner panel out of blue cardstock and two decorative sentiment dies out of white cardstock. Stack the two sentiment dies together and then add to the blue shadow before adding to the centre of the decorative frame with foam tape.

Die cut the lilies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Dies out of white cardstock with the stamen out of yellow cardstock. Colour the inside with Lemon Whip and Sunshine ink and assemble as per instructions. I added some Key Lime ink to the bottoms of the flowers.

Die cut the leaves and stems from green cardstock. Trim the stems and add around the decorative sentiment. Add the lilies and leaves to the stems. Die cut the stems from green cardstock and flowers from yellow cardstock from the October 2021 Die of the Month Flourished Fleurit Dies and assemble. Add these around the lilies and leaves. Die cut the stems only out of silver cardstock and add as accents around the flowers and leaves.

To finish add some silver pearls to the corners of the card and on the decorative die as shown.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Forever in Our Memory Dies

Layered Lilies Dies

October 2021 Die of the Month Flourished Fleurit Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest, Chamomile, Peridot

Spellbinders Brushed Silver Card

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Key Lime

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An English Country Garden

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Today I have a very special card to share with you. I was asked to make a very special birthday card for a very special Grandma who is about to turn an incredible 94 years old and she lived in England. The brief was for roses and alstroemeria flowers as these were her favourite flowers and I thought that I would do a English country cottage scene with different flowers, a lovely seat to sit on and admire the garden and some sweet birdies to fill the air with song. The Heartfelt Creations Gateway Fold cards were perfect for this occasion. I have used many different products from Heartfelt Creations and as I did not have a lot of time I die cut the images from the paper collection rather than colouring them. I am so happy how this turned out and Olya if you are reading this I really really enjoyed making this. Thank you so much for asking me to make this card and I hope your Grandma really loves and cherishes this very special card/gift that has come from the heart from New Zealand.

Scroll past the photos for a full list of the products that I have used in this card. I will also have a video tutorial on my YouTube channel showing you how I have made these roses coming soon.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations 5″ x 7″ Gateway Fold Card

Lattice Flourish Gateway Die

Heartfelt Sentiment Stamp set

Eyelet Frame Gateway Die

Tear Drop Lattice Gateway Die – outer frame die

Cut Mat Create 1B die – sentiment

Spellbinders Victorian Numbers die

Cottage Tree’scapes – leaves and floral spray

Countryside Cottage Paper Collection

Hollyhock Stem and Bloom Dies

Hollyhock Garden Paper Collection

Wishing Well Oasis stamp and die – chair

Hollyhock Fence – hollyhock

Floral Fashionista dies – small flowers

Rustic Sunflower Bucket Die – bucket

Rustic Sunflower Paper Collection

Clematis Birdhouse and Trellis Dies- birds

Climbing Clematis Paper Collection

Classic Rose dies

Sweet Pea dies – alstromeria

Garden Lily Die- alstromeria

Leafy Accents Dies

Countryside Cottage Collection – pot plants – fussy cut (Cottage Summer’scapes

Hollyhock Garden Paper Collection

Ranger archival inks – Vivid Chartreuse, Leaf Green, Olive, Rosey Posey, Magenta Hue, Sunflower

Artline black pen

Petite Pollen Stamens – medium

Wow embossing ink

Ranger gold embossing powder

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – pink, yellow

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Luxe Gold cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Copic markers – C7, C5, C3, C1

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Celebrating with Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Magnolia – Honey Cuts

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I have a very pretty card to share with you today featuring the gorgeous Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Magnolia – Honey Cuts. This is a beautiful flower with lots of details and was so easy to colour and put together. The pink flower really pops as I have used a complementary colour – green to coordinate with the pink. I am definitely going to invest in more Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers flowers as they are just stunning.

My project today

I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock. I then layered black and white cardstock using my Crafty Corners. I cut a piece of white cardstock 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″ and stenciled the brick background using Mint ink and the Gina K Designs – Stencils – Brick Wall. This was then added to the card front to create the base for the leaves and flowers.

I die cut the large leaves from the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Spring Greenery – Honey Cuts out of Neenah Classic Crest 80Ib White Cardstock. I coloured them with Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll and Key Lime inks and shaped them lightly with my fingers. I then trimmed the ends and added them to the card front creating a corner on the lower left of the card.

I have die cut all the leaves and flowers from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Magnolia – Honey Cuts out of Neenah Classic Crest 80Ib White Cardstock. I coloured the petals with Ballet Slippers and Sparkling Rose inks before assembling the flower using foam tape to pop the petals. I then die cut the leaves from the same card and coloured them with Mint, Meadow and Emerald City inks. These were shaped lightly using my fingers. I added the leaves to the bottom left over the larger leaves using some foam tape for dimension. I then added the magnolia to the top of the leaves with some foam tape.

I stamped the sentiments from the Pink Fresh Studio – Basic Banners Stamp Set in Altenew Obsidian Black ink on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die. I then die cut two more banners using plain cardstock and stacked three banners together with the stamped image on top. This was added to the top of the card as shown.

To finish I have added some clear iridescent gems to the card for a bit of sparkle.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Magnolia Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Spring Greenery – Honey Cuts

Gina K Designs – Stencils – Brick Wall

Neenah Classic Crest 80Ib White Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio – Basic Banners Die

Pink Fresh Studio – Basic Banners Stamp Set

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Ballet Slippers, Sparkling Rose, Mint, Meadow, Emerald City, Lemon Whip, Sweet Mustard

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Bearly Art Glue

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Crafty Corners (for perfect matting)

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Taylored Expressions – Bits & Pieces – White Rhinestones

A Little Cutting

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Kia Ora Koutou

Welcome back and today I have six cards I have made using one sheet of elements from iCraft. It made quite a change from my usual dimensional cards. I have used Spellbinders dies for the backgrounds.

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

 

 

 

 

Pretty in Purple

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Today I have a card I have made with iCraft products and the gorgeous Spellbinders Tallulah Frill die which is perfect for the smaller cards.  This was one of those cards that all came together perfectly although I can’t decide whether it should be landscape or portrait!  What do you think?

iCraft flower shaping cardstock is amazing to use and it is so easy to shape into realistic looking flowers with the golf tools also available from iCraft.  All these products are available for sale at Gift Hutt

Products used:

iCraft Flora Natura Super White flower shaping cardstock

iCraft Medium and small grooved golf tools

iCraft Leaf die 95023

iCraft flower die 95020

iCraft thread stamens

iCraft pollen fillers

iCraft wired stamens

Heartfelt Creations white cardstock.

Ranger Archival ink – Viridian, Ultramarine Blue, Majestic Violet, Fern Green, Leaf Green

Narrow silk ribbon.

I have some very exciting news to share very shortly so watch this space…

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

Young at Heart Birthday Card

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It is Inspiration Wednesday again at Heartfelt Creations and this week I am featuring another card featuring the fabulous retro themed Young at Heart Collection.  This collection can be used for both masculine and feminine cards and today is a more feminine card featuring flowers and birds.

Materials Used:
HCDP-283 Young at Heart Paper Collection
HCD1-7158 Young at Heart die
HCPC-3800 Young at Heart Stamp set
HCSD1-2913 Wildwood Bird Haven
HCPC-3769 Wildwood Floral stamp set
HCD1–7125 Wildwood Floral die
HCD1-7128 Wildwood Cottage Accents die
HCPC-37772 Wildwood Cottage Accents stamp set
HCPC-3768 Woodsy Critters stamp set
HCD1-7124 Woodsy Critters die
HCD1-7156 Eyelet Oval & Small Basics Oval
HCD1-7119 Classic Border Basics
HCD1-7118 Delicate Border Basics
TSMP709 Memento Northern Pine
tSMP900 Memento Tuxedo Black
TSMP103Memento Canteloupe
TTSMP707 Memento Bamboo Leaves
TSMP604 Memento Summer Sky
71015 Colorbox Rouge
TSSZ31 Stazon Jet Black ink

Others – Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers 045, 041,Heart of Gold Prills, Spellbinders Decorated Birthday die, SU Wild Wasabi Cardstock, Bristol Smooth Card, Memento Flannel Grey

Instructions – Cut the base card using the Spellbinders Decorated Birthday die out of the green cardstock. Cut 1 piece of patterned paper 1” x 4”, sponge the edges with Canteloupe ink and adhere to the bottom of the card. Cut two pieces of patterned paper 1” x 1”, sponge the edges with Canteloupe ink and adhere to the side. Cut two pieces of patterned paper 1” x 3”, sponge the edges with Canteloupe ink and adhere along the long sides of the side step.

Cut 2 pieces of green cardstock 4” x 5 ½” and using the leaf edge die from the Elegant Border Basics die set cut the edge of the card. Adhere the two pieces together. Cut a piece of patterned paper 4” x 5 ½” and using the edge die from the Classic Borders Basic die set cut the edge to fit the green card. Trim to fit, sponge the edges with Canteloupe ink and adhere to the green card. Adhere to the card base with Dries Clear Glue.

Cut a piece of panel paper featuring the arch and penny farthing from the paper collection. Die cut the oval with the die from the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Oval & Small Basics Oval. Sponge the edges of the frame with Canteloupe ink and adhere to the front of the green card with foam strips as shown. Adhere the oval inner to the centre of the card with Dries Clear Glue. Die cut the eyelet frame out using the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Oval & Small Basics Oval outer eyelet die and the next size die and adhere to the edge of the oval.

Stamp the fence from the HCPC-37772 Wildwood Cottage Accents stamp set
in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and die cut using the coordinating die. Sponge lightly with Flannel Grey ink and trim and place on both the back steps of the card

Stamp the bird and flower image from the Wildwood HCSD1-2913 Wildwood Bird Haven
Stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock. Using the sponge daubers colour the bird in Summer Sky and Canteloupe inks, the flowers with Rouge ink and the leaves with Bamboo Leaves. Die cut using the coordinating die, shape and adhere to the right front of the oval as shown.

Stamp the flowers and leaves sprays from HCPC-3769 Wildwood Floral stamp set in Tuxedo Black on white cardstock. Sponge the flowers with Rouge ink and the leaves with Bamboo Leaves before die cutting with the coordinating die. Shape the flowers and leaves and adhere to the front of card and on the fences on the back steps.

To make the extra flowers stamp the small flowers from the HCPC-3769 Wildwood Floral stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock. Sponge with Canteloupe ink and Rouge ink and die cut with the coordinating die. Shape the flowers and adhere to the sprays of leaves and flowers as shown.

Stamp the grass images from the HCPC-37772 Wildwood Cottage Accents stamp set in Northern Pine ink on white cardstock, sponge with Bamboo Leaves and die cut using the coordinating die. Add to the front of the card and adhere the yellow flowers as shown.

Stamp the small birds from the HCPC-3768 Woodsy Critters stamp set with Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die. Sponge the top of the birds with Summer Sky ink and the bottoms of the birds with Canteloupe ink. Shape lightly and adhere to the card as shown.

Add Heart of Gold Prills to the centre of the flowers and using the Glue Gloss add Crystal Clear to the flowers.

Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment from the HCPC-3802 Good Times Sentiment Stamp Set in Stazon Black ink on Bristol Smooth card. Colour with the Zig Clean Brush markers and die cut with the coordinatind die. Add to the card on the top left as shown.

Don’t forget to visit the Heartfelt Creations blog to check out all the other gorgeous projects from the Design Team here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/628/new-fun-young-at-heart-inspiration

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia