We are on the last week before Christmas and I have another downunder Santa Christmas card to share with you. We are meant to be in summer here but we have had a lot of rain and storms over the last week so it will be quite a relief if we get a warm summer’s day for Christmas Day. My card today features another image from Montarga Rubber Stamp Shop in Christchurch and I have teamed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Dies which made a wonderful frame for the festive green, red and gold papers. I have also added some embellishments from the Amazing Paper Grace Noel Mini Slimline Dies on the corners of the square frame. Once I had the image coloured it did not take long for me to make the card once I had sorted the papers and dies.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Squares Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Noel Mini Slimline Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene
Montarga Rubber Stamps Sunbathing Santa – 2301
Heartfelt Creations Candlewick Christmas Paper Collection
Christmas is just around the corner and I have a special card I made for a colleague of my husband. the brief was to have Paddington Bear and lots of snow. I purchased a cute Paddington Bear image from Bubblegum Designs from Etsy and printing it on watercolour paper and then made my card around this image. I used the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window stamp and die set to create a window that can be opened out to look at Paddington Bear in the snow with his presents and Christmas tree beside a cute street lamp. I even added a little robin to the top left of the window frame to further add to the English Christmas theme. I was very happy with how this card turned out.
For the rest of the card I have used other products from Heartfelt Creations and Honey Bee Stamps to add all the embellishments to the card. Scroll past all the photos for the full list of products I have used.
Today I am sharing a card that I have created for a challenge in a Facebook group I belong to and the challenge is to create a card featuring a snow globe from any company’s designs. Of course I had to go to Amazing Paper Grace and the Let It Snowman dies from the Christmas Flourishes Collection by Becca Feeken. The colour combination on this card has been inspired by a card I saw on Instagram. I don’t normally put gold accents with soft blue and white but this combination really does work. This die set is an A2 set by I have made this A5 to really show up the embossed background I have created.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To make my card I have created a side opening 5″ x 7″ card from white cardstock. I have added a piece of 5″ x 7″ Snowdrift card to the front of the card to coordinate with my die cuts. I then cut a piece of soft blue cardstock 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ and added it to the front. I cut a piece of vellum the same size and embossed it with the Holly Flourish Embossing Folder. Before adding the vellum to the front of the card I die cut three frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Let it Snowman A2 Card Front Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and some snow flakes from some white glitter paper I had in my stash. I stacked the three frames together and added them to the embossed vellum. I added some snowflakes above the frame. I then added some glue behind the snowflakes and frame and added the vellum to the front of the card.
I die cut the main body of the snowman out of Snowdrift cardstock and then added gold to the back of the body and trimmed it to fit. I hot foiled Opal foil to some blue cardstock and then die cut the hat and some snowflakes out of the lovely shiny blue card. The accents were die cut from gold cardstock and the nose from orange cardstock. I assembled the snowman and added it inside the frame.
I die cut the sentiment from Snowdrift and gold cardstocks, assembled them and added them to the base of the frame.
I added the blue snowflakes to the frame and more white glitter snowflakes to the centre of the frame around the snowman as shown.
To finish I added gold pearls to the frame, snowflakes and the snowman.
I have been having so much fun making New Zealand themed Christmas cards using a wide range of different products and I am so happy with how they turned out. My card today features the New Zealand native bird the Fantail or the Piwakwaka in Te Reo. This is a very cute little bird and we have a lot around where I live by native bush and they are almost impossible to photograph as they are always flitting around without stopping. You can find out more about the birds here. This is another stamp that I purchased from Montarga Rubber Stamps in Christchurch which I have coloured with Copic Markers. I thinks this card was my favourite as I just loved how all the colours came together.
Scroll past all the photos for a list of all the products I have used.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Holiday Ornament Paper collection
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock
Heartfelt Creations Decorative Circle Frame dies
Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lanterns Stamp and Die sets
Today I have another Kiwi Christmas card to share with you. This card is a little outside my comfort zone with ink blending and silhouette stamping but I was so pleased at how it turned out. Once again I have used a couple of Kiwiana stamps from Montarga Rubber Stamps shop but gave it my twist with die cutting a gorgeous frame for the silhouette image, trees with lights and of course a poinsettia flower to celebrate Christmas down under. Plus there is a cheeky kiwi peeking out from behind the Christmas tree with a wee present. I have used a mix of Heartfelt Creations, Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers and Amazing Paper Grace dies to complete my card – scroll past the full list of products I have used.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Holiday Ornament Paper collection
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Heartfelt Creations Simply Classic Rectangle Frame die
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Trees Honey Cuts
Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop up 3D Vignette Sleigh (poinsettias and leaves)
Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene dies
Yikes!!! Christmas is just around the corner!! I really don’t know where the time has gone but I am feeling very organised for my Christmas cards this year. My theme has been white, gold, pink and green and I have another Christmas card to share with you today to inspire you. I have used the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace February 2022 Die of the Month – Marvelous Medallion. I love how easy it is to get the gold shadows with this set. I have paired this die with the Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Sleigh poinsettias and the gorgeous birds from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Frame Gala dies. The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene dies. I made a lot of flowers and birds at once so once I did my die cutting this card came together very quickly.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project:
I made a top folding 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock. I layered one gold card and two white layers to the front of the card. The top layer has been embossed with the Amazing Paper Grace Flourished Holly embossing folder.
I die cut the two medallions out of gold and white cardstock and layered the white top layer over the gold layer. These were added to the front of the card . I then die cut two banners out of white cardstock and stacked them together and adhered it across the centre of the medallions. I die cut two Merry Christmas sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene dies and stacked them together before adding them to the banner.
The poinsettias have beenI have handcrafted the green and pink poinsettias out of flower shaping paper using the poinsettia dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – November 2020- 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh.and adhered them to the top right of the banner and bottom left of the banner over green leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – November 2020- 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh.
I made a pair of birds from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Frame Gala dies out of gold and white cardstock and added a touch of pink to the bodies of the birds and then added them above the poinsettias.
To finish the card I have added some gold pearls around the flowers and sentiment.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Holly Frame Gala dies
Amazing Paper Grace February 2022 Die of the Month – Marvelous Medallion
Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Sleigh
Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Sleigh
Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder
I have another White and Gold Christmas card to share with you today featuring the stunning Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree. This die set has everything you need for a very elegant Christmas card and I have added a Christmas themed embossed background using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and an elegant frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom die. This card came together very quickly.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have made a 5″ x 7″ side folding card base out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder before adding it to the frame of the card. I then made a frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Die out of white and gold cardstock. I die cut two outline frames in white cardstock to get more of a ‘stained glass” effect and to complete the frame I have inlaid the decorative elements in the frame with white cardstock.
I die cut the tree and presents out of white and gold cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree. The tree and presents had their embellishments added and was then added to the front of the card inside the frame.
To finish I added the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree in white backed with gold to go across the tree as shown.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree
Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Die
Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder
Today I have my final Christmas in July themed card. This time I have created a beautiful interactive card using the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Cascade Collection by Becca Feeken from September 2020. I love making interactive cards and Becca has made it so easy with this collection. All the elements to make this card come with the Christmas Cascade Collection and I just added a frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Dies for the kinetic element to sit in. I have also kept to my white, gold, pink and green theme for a very elegant card that I am sure will delight the recipient.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project today I have created a 5″ x 7″ card base out of white cardstock. I die cut two outer frames using the three outer dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Dies out of white cardstock and adhered them together. I then die cut a frame out of gold cardstock using the plain outer frame dies and adhered the decorative frame to the plain gold frame before adding the frame to the card front with foam tape. I used one of the leftover inner rectangles and embossed it using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and added this to the centre of the frame. I then used the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Cascade Dies (you can find a video tutorial here on how to create the base: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XAL_CovQrE) out of white cardstock. I have then decorated the flaps with embellishments from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Frame Gala Dies and Holiday Word Blocks Dies from the same collection, and the flowers and leaves are from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – November 2020- 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh. To keep with my pink, gold, white and green theme I have blended some pink ink on the birds and on some spare white cardstock and then die cut the word blocks out again and inlaid the pink to gold words to highlight the words.
To finish I have added gold pearls to the centres of the flowers and the bird dies.
I have another Christmas card to share with you today that I have made for a challenge in a Facebook Group I belong to. The challenge was to use Susan’s Garden poinsettia flowers in a project. I have had the original Susan’s Garden Poinsettia dies from when Susan was with Sizzix and have never used them as I did not have all the right products to make them. Now this challenge has got me to make the poinsettia and yes I do have all the right tools and equipment now.
My project
I have made the base card using the instructions for the Triple Diamond Point Cards from YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ESQqfhJSs&t=19s and decorated it with the new Heartfelt Creations Holiday Ornament paper collection and gold cardstock. One diamond point has a small decorative border from the Pink Fresh Studio Stitched Scallop Squares die.
I die cut the basket from the Susan’s Garden Gathering Basket dies out of Portabello cardstock and inked the basket with some brown inks to really show the texture of the basket. This was added to the bottom right of the card.
I have made the poinsettia, Bee Blossom flowers and leaves out of Susan’s Garden specialty papers which have been coloured with Copic markers. This paper is new to me and it was interesting to use but I am happy with the results. I have added Lemon Chiffon and Heart of Gold Prills to the stamens in the centre of the poinsettia and yellow pollen to the ends of the stamens in the Bee Blossom These were adhered to the basket and card as shown. I painted the poinsettia with clear gloss gel medium and finished with some clear Wink of Stella for a subtle shine. The holly and ivy sprays were die cut out of green cardstock. I painted the holly leaves with clear gloss gel medium and then added Red Berry Nuvo Drops to the berries and when dry I have added them around the flowers and leaves.
I have dyed some small styrofoam balls with green alcohol ink and adhered them over the the lighter green leaves and added some spots to them with a fine tip black marker.
To finish I have heat embossed in gold the sentiments from the Heartfelt Creations Christmas Holly Accents Cling stamp and die cut with the coordinating die. I then die cut another two plain dies and stacked the dies together with the embossed sentiment on top and adhered it to the centre diamond. I added some holly leaves and berries to the corner of this point.
I then added gold pearls to the front of the card.
For the inside of the card I have heat embossed the sentiment from the Starry Holiday Greetings in gold on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. This was adhered to the inside of the card.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp and coordinating die
Heartfelt Creations Starr Holiday Greetings Cling Stamp and coordinating die
Spellbinders Gathering Basket Die
Sizzix Susan’s Garden Poinsettia Die
Spellbinders Sealed Holly Sprigs Die
Spellbinders Ferns and Ivy Dies
Spellbinders Bee Blossom Die
Pink Fresh Studio – Essentials Stitched Scallop Squares Die
This is a very sad post for me today as it is my final Design Team post for Heartfelt Creations. I have been on the Heartfelt Creations Design Team for over five years now and it has been such an amazing experience. I have learnt so much and worked with so many incredibly talented people from around the world and I am very grateful and humble that Heartfelt Creations believed in me and selected me to be part of the Heartfelt family. I have so many wonderful memories of my time with the Heartfelt Family and they will always be in my heart. Thank you Heartfelt Creations for all that you have done for crafters around the world. You have made the world a much better place with your hearts and caring souls. I would like to wish Linda, Willis, Emma-Lou, Richard, Ellen, Ben, Waneda, Kathy, Pam, Martha and all the Heartfelt family all the best for their new ‘seasons’ and wish them all good health and happiness in their new journeys. Kia kaha and ka kite anu.
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 1/2” x 7 1/4”, score at 5 1/4” along the long side and fold. Die cut the shaped card using the outline die from the HCD2-7383 Simply Classic Rectangle Die set with one edge slightly over the fold to create the hinged shape card. Die cut a piece of green pattern paper using the outline die from the same die set and adhere to the front of the card. Die cut a frame using the outline die and the plain rectangle die out of pattern paper. Die cut the decorative die from the HCD1-7246 Fanci-fold Pocket & Accent Die out of gold cardstock and adhere behind the frame. Adhere the frame to the front of the card with foam tape. Die cut the decorative frame from gold cardstock using the No. 2 die from the HCD2-7383 Simply Classic Rectangle die set and adhere to the frame. Inlay the gold accents as shown.
Stamp the ornaments from the Colour the images from the HCPC-31030 Sparkling Holiday Ornaments Cling Stamp Set and the HCPC-31031 Noel Holiday Ornaments Cling Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black ink on alcohol marker friendly paper. 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. Add Wink of Stella to the ornaments and then add 3D Crystal Lacquer. Die cut another set of plain dies and adhere the coloured images to the top and add the larger ornament set at the top of the card. Add smaller ornaments under the gold decorative die as shown.
Stamp the birdie images from the HCPC-31027 Festive Berry & Birdies Cling Stamp Set and the HCPC-31028 Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Sets in Tuxedo Black ink on alcohol friendly paper. Colour with alcohol markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. Die cut another set of dies from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere behind the coloured images. Add the birdie images over the large ornament decoration with foam squares as shown. Add a small birdie to the bottom left of the frame.
Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-31026 Christmas Lantern 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 adhere the sentiment to the bottom left of the card inside the frame.
To finish add Crystal Clear glitter to the birdies with clear gloss gel medium with a paintbrush. Add gold gems around the sentiment.
