Noel Spin Ornament

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Welcome back to a very sad Inspiration Wednesday at Heartfelt Creations. This month sees the launch of their final collection – the Noel Holiday Collection. And what a wonderful collection to bow out with – gorgeous ornaments to delight everyone. I have two cards this week and here is the first card which is a spin card.

For more details of the products I have used please visit here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/gallery/noel-spin-ornament

Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.

For instructions on how I have made this card please scroll past the photos.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 10” x 7”, score at 5” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 5” x 7”.  Cut a piece of gold cardstock 5” x 7”.  Die cut the decorative frame using the No. 1 from the HCD1-7306 Decorative Circle Frames Die and the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics die cut the circle out of front of the card. Cut a piece of plaid pattern paper 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the front of the gold card.  Cut a piece of gold card 4 5/8” x 6 5/8″.  Cut a piece of pattern paper 4 1/2” x 6 1/2” and adhere to the smaller gold card.   Die cut a circle out of both layers using the largest die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics  die using the decorative oval as a guide and then adhere together.  

Stamp the images from the HCPC-31031 Noel Holiday Ornaments Cling Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black ink on alcohol marker friendly paper using a stamp positioner.  Leave the stamps in on the stamp positioner and colour the images with alcohol markers and then stamp again with Versamark ink and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  Die cut with the coordinating dies,  Add Wink of Stella to the ornaments and then add 3D Crystal Lacquer.  When dry, add strong thread to the centre of the ornament with the front facing down in the middle of the die cut circle and adhere the other ornament on top.  Adhere the ornament threads to the top and bottom of the die cut circle and then add the two pre done layers on top securing the threads.  Adhere the decorative frame to the card front. 

Die cut an eyelet frame using the largest eyelet circle die from the HCD1-7306 Decorative Circle Frames Die and the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7154 Circle Basics Large Die set and adhere to the circle as shown.  Die cut a narrow circle frame using the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7155 Circle Basics Large die and the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics die frame from green pattern paper and adhere to the front of the eyelet frame.

Stamp the large and small spray images from the HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray in Olive ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the leaves with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Adhere the large and smaller sprays to the top of the card. Stamp the small leaf image from the  HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp in Olive ink on Deluxe flower shaping paper and die cut with the coordinating die and adhere around the 

Stamp the small leaf spray from the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set in Leaf Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the image swith Leaf Green and Vivid Chartreuse inks and die cut with the coordinating die.  Adhere around the larger holly sprays.

Stamp the poinsettia images from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp and the HCPC-3958 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling stamp in Vermillion ink.  Colour centres with Sunflower ink and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Colour the petals and backs of the flowers with Vermillion ink and shape using the coordinating molds.  Assemble flowers with two of each size.  Dye small polystyrene balls with Lemonade and Peach Bellini alcohol inks and adhere to the centres of the flowers with 3D Crystal Lacquer.  Adhere the flowers at the top of the card as shown.  

Stamp the leaves from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp in Olive ink on Deluxe flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the leaves with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die.  Shape using the coordinating mold, trim and adhere around the flowers.

Stamp the small birdie images from the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set in Olive ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the images with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die.  Stamp the small birdie images from the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set again in Tuxedo Black ink on alcohol marker friendly paper.  Colour the images with alcohol markers and die cut with the birdie die only.  Adhere the birdies to the inked leaves with small foam squares and adhere to the base of the circle aperture as shown.

Stamp the ornaments from the HCPC-31031 Noel Holiday Ornaments Cling Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black ink on alcohol friendly paper.  Colour with alcohol markers and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Add Wink of Stella to the images and the add 3D Crystal Lacquer to the images.  Adhere around the flowers as shown.

Dye small and micro polystyrene beads with Crimson alcohol ink and finish by colouring the beads with a red alcohol marker and adhere around the leaves.

To finish add Crystal Clear glitter to the flowers, leaves, birds and holly with clear gloss gel medium on a paintbrush.

Inside left of card

Cut a piece of gold cardstock 4 7/8” x 6 7/8”.  Cut a piece of pattern paper 4 3/4” x 6 3/4” and adhere to the front of the gold card.  Die cut the circle out using the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics and adhere to the inside left of the card. Die cut an eyelet frame using the largest eyelet circle die from the HCD1-7306 Decorative Circle Frames Die and the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics and adhere to the circle as shown.  Die cut a narrow circle frame using the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7155 Circle Basic Large die and the No. 1 die from the HCD1-7154 Eyelet Circle & Basics frame from green pattern paper and adhere to the front of the eyelet frame.

Inside back of card.

Cut a piece of gold cardstock 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the inside back of the card.  Cut a piece of pattern paper 4 3/4” x 6 3/4” and adhere to the front of the gold card. 

Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set in Versamark ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  Die cut with the coordinating die and then adhere to the inside back as shown.  

To finish, add gold pearls around the sentiment.

Other Products Used:

Clear gloss gel medium, paintbrush, Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls, Copic Markers – Green YG67, G07, YG231, YG03, Red R59, R29, R22, Yellow Y38, YR12, Y06, Versamark ink, Neenah Classic Crest 80 Ib cardstock, Clear Wink of Stella, Micro Polystyrene balls, Ranger Alcohol inks – Crimson, Lemonade and Peach Bellini, foam squares, white upholstery thread

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Amazing Paper Grace Oh What Fun!

Today I am continuing my theme of gold, white, pink and green Christmas cards by going back in time and using the stunning November 2020 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh with the Amazing Paper Grace Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder hot foil plate and the Amazing Paper Grace Mosaic Bracket Card Builder die set from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Medley Collection by Becca Feeken for a beautiful Christmas card. I love how easy it is to mix and match Amazing Paper Grace Christmas collections and I know that my friends and family will love their Christmas cards.

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

My Project

For my card today I have made a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ base card. I have cut a piece of white cardstock 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ and hot foiled one side using the Amazing Paper Grace Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder hot foil plate in gold foil. I adhered this to the front of the card with the foiled side at the top of the card. I then die cut two decorative brackets from the Amazing Paper Grace Mosaic Bracket Card Builder die set – one from gold card and one from white card. I adhered the two brackets together with the white bracket on top of the gold bracket which is slightly offset. I then created a base for the brackets by cutting a piece of white cardstock 5 1/2″ long and using one of the edge dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Mosaic Bracket Card Builder die set I die cut the edge to fit the mosaic brackets on. This bracket was then added to the bottom of the card – I had to trim the sides of the bracket. I then hot foiled the trim from the Amazing Paper Grace Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder hot foil plate set and die cut using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Mosaic Bracket Card Builder die set. This was then added to the top of the brackets to neaten the edge.

The sleigh ha been die cut out using gold and white cardstock using the November 2020 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh. I added this to the front of the card using foam squares and then added pink and green poinsettias to the sleigh over green leaves.

To finish the card I used the sentiment die from the November 2020 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh and added it to the top left of the card.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

November 2020 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh

Mosaic Bracket Card Builder

Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Peridot

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Ranger Archival ink – Magenta Hue, Vivid Chartreuse

Bearly Art Glue

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Honey Bee Dogwood Birthday Card

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I have a sweet and simple card to share with you today. I am really loving the intricate and detailed layering flower dies that are being released by Honey Bee Stamps and so I took the plunge and purchased the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts and had a play. I prefer soft pastel shades and for this card I have used soft pink and green inks to make dogwood flowers that pop on a white framed embossed background with a simple foiled sentiment.

My Project

For my card today I have made a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ tent card and embossed a piece of white cardstock using the stunning Honey Bee Stamps Daisy Field 3D Embossing Folder and adhered it to the front. I die cut a frame using the largest die from the Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop Rectangle dies and added it to the front of the card with foam strips for more dimension.

I die cut two base layers of the Dogwood dies and adhered them together. I then coloured the stems with brown copic markers to create the branches. The flowers and leaves were die cut separately and coloured using Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime and Bubble Gum. These were added to the branches and I then added the branches and flowers to the front of the card as shown.

To finish I added a sentiment from the Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments that had been hot foiled with Matte Gold.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps Daisy Field 3D Embossing Folder

Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts

Lawn Fawn – Stitched Scallop Rectangle Dies

Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Plate – Be Bold Sentiments

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Spellbinders Foil – Matte Gold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Copic Markers

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Bubble Gum

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Strips

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Frosty Festive Christmas

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Welcome back to Inspiration Wednesday and today I have my last card using the Festive Christmas collection by Heartfelt Creations. I have made a special fold card for depth and dimension for the cosy scene inside the window. For instructions on how I have made this card please scroll past the photos.

For more details of the products I have used please visit here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/gallery/frosty-festive-christmas

Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe flower Shaping Paper 10” x 7”, score at 5 “ along the long side and fold to create a base card of 5” x 7”.  Cut a piece of pattern paper with the window frame 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the front of the card.  Add Ultrafine Crystal Glitter to the paper using Dries Clear Glue.

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 7” x 8”.  Score along the long side at 1/2”, 1”, 1 1/2”, 6 1/2”, 7” and 7 1/2”.  Fold the sides to create a small concertina effect. 

Cut another piece of pattern paper with the window frame 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the centre of this panel.  Die cut the window panes out using the dies from the Window Frame Die. Adhere the front panel to the base card front using strong double sided tape on each end 1/2” lining up the front image with the back image. This will create a shadow box effect.

Stamp two window frame images from the HCPC-31016 Ornate Window using Black Tuxedo ink on Neenah 80Lb Classic Crest cardstock. Colour the images with alcohol markers  and die cut one entire frame including the window panes and one with the ornate header only. Adhere the ornate header to the base frame and then adhere to the front of the shadow box. Add snow effects with Texture Paste and Ultrafine glitter.

Stamp the fruit, ivy, birds and holly eaves images from the HCPC-31026 Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-31027 Festive Berry & Birdies Cling Stamp Set and the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Sets in Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah 80LB Classic Crest Cardstock. Colour the images using alcohol markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. Die cut plain images using the coordinating dies and then adhere the coloured  images to the plain die cuts. Adhere the holly leaves on the bottom left and top right of the window frame and add the fruit images as shown. Adhere the birds with the flowers and leaves to the top right and bottom left of the window frame over the holly leaves with pop dots.  

Stamp the leaf filler image from the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set in English Ivy ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the images with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere around the holly and birds as shown.

Add green and pink sequins around the birds and leaves. Add Minnie Pearl Prills to the leaves on the top right and around the leaves. Add Frosting Powder randomly to the leaves with Dries Clear glue on a sponge.

To finish, stamp the Christmas Sentiment from the HCPC-31026 Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp Set in Obsidian ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and die cut with the coordinating die. Die cut a plain die from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere the stamped images to the top of the plain dies and then adhere to the top left of the card as shown.

Other Products:

Copic markers – G28, Y17, BG23, RV29, R46, RO2, B23, B05, B02, Neenah 80LB Classic Crest Cardstock, strong double sided tape, Sequins – Craft Medley Cup Sequins Go Green, Princess

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Amazing Paper Grace Wishing You a Merry Christmas

Wow it is hard to believe that it is just 6 months until Christmas! Where has the year gone… Anyway I have officially started making my Christmas cards and I was rummaging through all the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas dies and there was so much to choose from and I should have a lovely range of cards by the end of the year. This year I have decided to go with a pink, green, gold and white theme for my Christmas cards. I started with making lots of pretty pink and green poinsettias from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month – 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh die set and then for this card I have added them to card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Noel Mini Slimline Dies, Silent Night Make A Scene Dies and Elegant Holiday Sentiments. Once the flowers were made this was a super quick and easy card and super elegant Christmas card.

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

My Project

For my Christmas card I have made a 5″ x 7″ base card and layered the front with gold and white cardstock – with the top layer embossed using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder to add some texture to the background. I then die cut the frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Noel Mini Slimline Dies – the base out of gold cardstock and the top out of white cardstock. After adhering the frame together I added it to the card front with foam tape. I then hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Holiday Sentiments in gold foil and then die cut the sentiment using the inner die from the frame and then inserted it inside the frame.

I die cut three Santa sleighs using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make A Scene Dies – two from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I stacked these together and adhered them to the top of the frame as shown.

I have made the poinsettias using the poinsettia dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – November 2020- 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh out of flower shaping paper. I have assembled them with two petals of one size and one petal of the next size down. I added a gold gem to the centre of the flowers and then added them over the coordinating leaves from the same die set die cut from green cardstock in two different shades.

To finish I have added some gold gems around the flowers.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Noel Mini Slimline Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – November 2020- 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh

Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

Silent Night Make A Scene Dies

Elegant Holiday Sentiments

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Peridot, Rainforest

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Pink Fresh Studio – Gold Gems

Beartly Art Glue

Foam Tape

Ranger Archival inks – Magenta Hue, Vivid Chartreuse

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Birthday Anemone Wishes

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I have been teaching myself how to colour with Copic markers and I have started taking classes through Kit and Clowder. I have coloured for many years and recently I have been using Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers but I have got arthritis in my hands and holding the pens are getting harder for me. So I decided that this year I would look into learning how to colour with Copics as the pens are much easier for me to grip and I have more control. I will post pictures of the classes I have taken so as to show my journey in coming posts.

For my card today I have used a Woodware Craft Collection stamp called Anemone. It is a fairly simple stamp to colour in and good to practice my techniques. I have used a colour combination from one of the classes I have taken which is so pretty. I am still working on my ‘flicks’ and control and it will be interesting to colour this stamp again some time in the future to see how I progress in my colouring journey. However, I am pleased with how I am going and have to set a timer for me to colour in as I enjoy it so much.

For my card base I have used a fabulous embossing folder from Altenew called ‘Wicker Texture’ and then I have added a small frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rectangles to create some interest in the background and also to ground the flower. The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamp and Die set. I have kept the background clean and simple to allow the vibrant coloured flower to be the hero.

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