
Kia Ora Koutou
Welcome back to more inspiration for Heartfelt Creations and today I have a sweet Christmas card to inspire you for next Christmas. Isn’t that snowman so cute!! I have used the new Countryside Cottage collection to create this card.





Products Used:
HCD1-7332 Countryside Cottage Die
HCD1-7333 Cottage Tree-scapes Die
HCD1-7336 Countryside Winter-scapes Die
HCPC-3938 Countryside Cottage Cling Stamp
HCPC-3940 Cottage Tree-scapes Cling Stamp
HCPC-3942 Countryside Winter’scapes Cling Stamp
HCDP1-2123 Countryside Cottage Paper Collection
HCD2-749 Cut Mat Create 1A Die
HCD1-7249 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Die
HCPC-3381 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp
HCFB1-478 3D Christmas Poinsettia Shaping Mold
HCPC-3884 Candy Cane Cottage Cling Stamp
HCD1-7202 Album Tags & Accents Die
HCST1-401 Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
HCST1-401 Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit
HCDA2-450 Stack and Store Precision Daubers
RACP461 Ranger Archival Ink – Vermillion
RACP475 Ranger Archival ink – Library Green
RACP468 Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black
RACP531 Ranger Archival ink – Vivid Chartreuse
ANC821 Prills – Hot Mama
ANC804 Prills – Heart of Gold
PGM15016 Frosting Powder
PGM15015 Crystal Clear
478594 Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers
159723 Art Glitter Dries Clear Glue
159951 Art Glitter Dries White Glue
D12061 Darice Adhesive Foam Strips
Other Products:
Foam squares, Iris Cardstock, glossy gel medium, heavy cardboard, blue pearl
Instructions:
Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping cardstock 10” x 7”, score at 5” along the long side and fold to create a base card 5” x 7”. Cut a piece of background pattern paper 5” x 7” and adhere to the front of the card.
Stamp the tree from the HCPC-3940 Cottage Tree-scapes Cling Stamp set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere to the left side of the card front with some foam strips. Stamp the cottage, shrubs and pot plant images from the HCPC-3938 Countryside Cottage Cling Stamp set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Frosting Powder to the roof with Dries Clear glitter on a dry sponge. Adhere the cottage over the tree and the shrubs, trees and pots at the base of the cottage as shown. Stamp the berry branches from the HCPC-3942 Countryside Winter’scapes Cling Stamp set in Jet Black ink. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Hot Mama Prills to the branches and then trim the ends and adhere to the left around the tree base as shown.
Stamp the snow images from the HCPC-3942 Countryside Winter’scapes Cling Stamp in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere to the front of the cottage as shown. Add glittery snow effects with Dries White glue and Frosting Powder on the tree, chimneys and the front of the cottage as shown.
Cut a piece of blue pattern paper 5” x 7”. Die cut an opening using the largest rectangle die from the HCD2-749 Cut Mat Create 1A Die set. Adhere to the front of the card using strips of heavy cardboard.
Stamp the poinsettia images from the HCPC-3881 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Stamp set in Vermillion ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping paper. Colour the centres with Vermillion ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Assemble with two of the same size and add Crystal Clear glitter using clear glossy gel. Add Heart of Gold Prills to the centres of the flowers and adhere to the top left corner.
Stamp the holly leaf images from the HCPC-3881 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Stamp set in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Crystal Clear glitter with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Adhere around the poinsettias as shown.
Stamp the snowman, cardinals and present images from the HCPC-3942 Countryside Winter’scapes Cling Stamp in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Frosting Powder to the snowman body with Dries Clear glue on a dry sponge and sparkling snow on the base with Dries White glue and Frosting Powder. Die cut another snowman image out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere behind the painted image and then adhere to the bottom right as shown. Add the presents as shown and the birds to the tree.
Stamp the Christmas sentiment from the HCPC-3884 Candy Cane Cottage Cling Stamp set in Jet Black ink on blue pattern paper. Die cut the sentiment using the tag die from the HCD1-7202 Album Tags & Accents Die set and adhere to the top of the card as shown. Add a blue pearl.
I hope that I have inspired you to make an early start on your Christmas cards.
Happy Crafting
Ka Kite Anu
Patricia
What an adorable scene! I love the sparkly snow on the roofs and trees and the happy snowman in front.
Evelyn
Thank you so much Evelyn. This set is gorgeous!