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Nautical Christmas Card

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Today I have another downunder Christmas card to share with you featuring a nautical theme with a kiwi twist. When I saw the stunning Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle at Spellbinders I had to get this set as it was perfect for masculine cards, for the sailing enthusiasts as well as Christmas cards to send overseas. For the Christmas cards I also stamped, coloured and fussy cut some pohutakawa flowers to add a kiwi flavour to the cards I sent overseas. The pohutakawa tree is a New Zealand native tree that blooms with red flowers at Christmas time and is known as the New Zealand Christmas tree. I have also added some background with the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Collection papers and coordinating dies. Of course I had to add some glitter to the flowers and sea to add some sparkle. Watch out for more Christmas cards to come for Christmas in July celebrations.

Products used:

Spellbinders Uncharted Waters Stencil

Spellbinders Set Sail Etched Dies

Spellbinders Guiding Light Etched Dies

Spellbinders Oh Buoy! Etched Dies

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour Paper Collection and Dies – birds

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Paper Collection and Dies- shells

Heartfelt Creations A Day At Sea -Paper Collection and Dies – grass, frame

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp and Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ocean Breeze, Turquoise, Waterfall,Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Marigold, Clementine, Sage, Eucalyptus, Grassy Knoll, Spruce Tips, Warm Buff – grass

Distress inks – Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Scorched Timber, Ground Expresso

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock

Spellbinders Mirror Silver Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Phone Booth, Lunar Grey, Graphite, Raindrop

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 100 Lb

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80 Lb

Foam Strips

Foam Squares

Foam Tape

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers – Sand E44, E43, E42, E41, Fence – E47, E35, E33, E41, Grass – G94, G21, YG63 Anchor – W5, W3, W1, W0

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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A Nautical Father’s Day Card

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We have just had Father’s Day last weekend in New Zealand and my husband was a keen sailor when he was young so when I saw the Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle I had to have this collection. I loved how Dawn had created the whole package with stencils for a gorgeous background to the dies to create the scenes. The seagulls were sooo cute and the boat was so easy to put together. I have made several cards and some will end up being Christmas cards seeing as we have warm Christmas’ here.

I have used the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap to create a ‘watercolour’ finish to my stenciled background and it really does look like the background is on a canvas. This was done prior to adding all the other elements which helped the images to pop. The Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Etched Dies which look like. they could be ropes carried through the nautical theme to frame the boat.

I have added some shells to the base of the card from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper collection to give an extra ‘beachy’ touch to the posts, buoys, seagulls, and life preservers at the bottom of the card. I coloured clear Bitty Sparkles with black alcohol marker and added them as eyes to the seagulls.

To finish the card front I added some Star Dust Stickles to the sea for some sparkle on the sea.

I just couldn’t bear to add a sentiment to the front so I added the sentiment from the Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set in the inside of the card.

Products Used:

Spellbinders Set Sail Dies

Spellbinders Guiding Light Dies

Spellbinders Oh, Buoy Dies

Spellbinders Uncharted Waters 6″ x 6″ Stencils

Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Dies

Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder’

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Phone Booth, Lunar Grey, Graphite, 

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 100 Lb

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80 Lb

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ocean Breeze, Turquoise, Waterfall,Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Marigold, Clementine, Sage, Eucalyptus, Grassy Knoll

Distress inks – Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Scorched Timber, Ground Expresso

CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Copic Marker – 100

Stickles – Star Dust

Foam Squares

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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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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Love and Peace

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It has been a while since I have made any big flowers as I have been having a lot of problems with arthritis in my hands. However, I saw a challenge called ‘Peace’ in a Facebook group I belong to and I couldn’t resist getting my Susan’s Garden Floribunda Roses dies to make a Peace Rose. I have tried making this rose for a long time and I have finally realised that this rose is a very vibrant yellow with touches of pink on the outer petals so I was very happy with how my rose turned out – almost like the real Peace rose. I have added some Forget-Me Knots from Susan’s Garden to help us remember those that have been lost in wars over the centuries and the sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and is a reminder that Love is what makes the world so much better. 

Products Used:

Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose Dies

Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knots and Ladybirds Dies

Susan’s Garden Ferns & Ivy Dies

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Winter Greenery

Heartfelt Creations Decorative Heart Die

Spellbinders Die Cutting Foam

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm, Latte 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Susan’s Garden Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Geo Foliage Glimmer Plate & Dies

Spellbiners Tufted 3D Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, Phone Booth

Gina K Designs Bodacious Blooms Layering Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Fresh, Sunshine, Sweet Mustard, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Summer Shower, Gathered Twigs, Bubblegum, Sparkling Rose

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Prills – Express-O Yourself

Blending Brushes

Copic Markers YG67, YG64, G07, G03, YG03

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust

Susan’s Garden Shaping Mold

Black Fine Line Marker

Meri Kirihimete from Aoteraroa New Zealand

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This is my penultimate Christmas card for the year and I have my final New Zealand themed Christmas card. I have used a similar design that I have used in the past but this time I changed the orientation and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies for the background and used pink papers and a pink poinsettia for a more non-traditional feel to go with the summer Christmas themes. Once again I have used the fantail image from Montarga Rubber Stamps shop as my focal point on a background of stenciled clouds. The Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Poinsettia and Winter Greenery Honey Cuts are just gorgeous and make it so easy to create beautiful bouquets of flowers and foliage on my cards.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Circle Dies

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Winter’s Eve Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern Stamp and Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Ballet Slippers, Sparkling Rose, Bubblegum, Lemon Whip, Sky Blue, Summer Shower

Rubber Stamps by Montarga – 1237G Fantail on a Branch

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers 

Fine Black Pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, Phone Booth

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Cardsz,.

White gel pen

Concord & 9 Cardstock Nutmeg, Sprout

House of Paper Cardstock – Latte

Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil

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Santa in the Sun

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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

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic Pens – R46, R27, $14, RV23, E43, E21, E40, W3, W1, O, G99, G94, YG225, YG21,

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

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A Paddington Bear Christmas Card

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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.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Window Hinges

Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Rectangle & Basics Die

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Holly Accents (bird)

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern (sentiment)

Heartfelt Creations Regal Frame and Accents Die

Heartfelt Creations Holiday Ornament Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Poinsettia & Holly

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Winter Greenery Honey Cuts

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Fern, Rainforest, Phone Booth, 

Concord & 9 Cardstock – Sprout

House of Paper Cardstock – Latte

Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Cardstock – Snow Drift

Copic Markers

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock 80Ib

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Doe

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Wow Embossing Ink

Le Pen Drawing Pen 0.5

Spellbinders Acetate

Rajni Chawla’s Frosting Powder

Little Bear London Post Image from Bubblegum Designs

Bockingford 300 gsm watercolour card

Gansai Tombi Pearl Paints

Bearly Art Glue

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Diamond

Bearly Art Foam Strips

Foam Squares

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

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A Seaside Wedding Card

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I was recently asked to make a wedding card for my husband’s colleague and the brief was the couple loved the beach and ocean so I immediately thought of the Heartfelt Sea Breeze collection and after that the card came together very quickly. I have added a bridal arch and birds from Marianne Designs and the wedding couple is from Creative Expressions. I had already made the flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Wild Rose dies and the colour was perfect for the card. And I also saved a lot of time die cutting the images from the paper collection.

My Project

I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card from white cardstock for my card base. I then layered gold cardstock and patterned paper for the base for the embellishments. I made sure to measure the top layer so that the boat was visible in the centre of the bridal arch.

I die cut a fence from the paper collection and trimmed it in half placing the halves on the sides of the card. I then die cut some grass from the paper collection and added over the fence on the right side.

I die cut two bridal arches – one from gold cardstock and one from white cardstock. I adhered the gold die behind the white die and offset it lightly for a glimpse of gold. The arch was then added to the front of the card with foam strips.

I die cut two wedding couple dies – one from black cardstock and one from white cardstock. I then embossed the die on some pearlised cardstock and cut around the embossed edge. I added the white die cut over this and trimmed the black die to add the male figure to the die. This was then added to the front of the bridal arch with foam squares.

I die cut the bird on the marker image from the paper collection and then die cut a separate die from plain cardstock. I adhered the coloured image to the plain die and then added it to the bottom left of the card with foam tape.

To complete the background I die cut the birds from the paper collection and trimmed them and added them around the base of the card.

I die cut the flowers using the Small and Large Wild Rose dies from watercolour paper. I coloured them with Pink Peony, Sunflower, Peachy Keen inks, wet them and shaped them with the coordinating molds. When dry I assembled them and added some stamens through the centres and added them to the top right of the card. The leaves were coloured with Pink Peony, Vivid Chartreuse and Leaf Green inks and also shaped using the coordinating mold and were then added around the roses.

To finish I added some glitter to the sea and some die cut birds from the paper collection.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbor Die Set

Heartfelt Creations A Day at the Sea Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Heartfelt Sentiments Cling Stamp

Heartfelt Creations Small Wild Rose Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Large Wild Rose Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Small Wild Rose Mold

Heartfelt Creations Large Wild Rose Mold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Creative Expressions Special Occasions Sentiments – The Happy Couple

Marianne Designs Creatables – LR0276

Marianne Designs Creatables – LR0298

Bockingford Watercolour Paper – 150 GSM

Ranger Archival inks – Pink Peony, Vivid Chartreuse, Leaf Green. Sunflower, Peachy Keen

Bearly Art Glue

Creative Expressions Diamond Sprinkles

Foam strips, tape, squares

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Wishing You a Wonderful Kiwi Christmas

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I have another Kiwi Christmas card to share with you today that features a gorgeous Tui using a stamp from Montarga Rubber Stamps. The Tui looks black but the colours when up close are purple/blue, green and bronze iridescent colours but as I am still learning about Copic markers I have stuck to blues and purple colours. You can find more on the Tui here.

I have used a range of Heartfelt Creations, Amazing Paper Grace and Honey Bee Stamps products to make this card and I was very happy with the result. I love how the tui on the flax branch just organically rises up from the poinsettia and Christmas foliage. I have die cut the leaf image from the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers in silver to represent the silver fern and make it uniquely New Zealand.

Scroll past the photos to get to the full list of products I have used.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Festive Winterscape Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lanterns Stamp and Die sets

Amazing Paper Grace Petite Picot Ovals

Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classic Ovals

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Ovals

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia

Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers

Rubber Stamps by Montarga 1999 Tui on a Flax Bush

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Copic Markers 

White gel pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, Alabaster

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Card

Concord & 9 Cardstock Nutmeg, Sprout, Cranberry, Evergreen

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella

Silver mica powder

Green mica powder

Craft Artist Mica Magic

Sea Breeze Happy Birthday Card

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Today I am sharing a card I made for my brother-in-law for his birthday. He is a keen sailor and loves the ocean so I made a special card for him using a combination of Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze and Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies. The Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Cling stamp and coordinating die set is one I use a lot and here I have created an ornate window frame looking out onto a seascape with a light house and finished it with dogwood flowers and a cute bird.

My Project

I have made a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered gold and light green paper on the front.

I stamped the light house image from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour cling stamp set on X-Press It card and coloured it with Copic markers. I stamped a plain image of Magic Masking Paper and trimmed it to cover the image I had coloured. I then ink blended some sky in the background using the Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil and ink blended the sea with pale yellow and blue inks. I then die cut it out with the plain window die from the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame cling stamp set and adhered it to the front of the card.

I then stamped the window frame image twice from the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame Cling stamp on gold cardstock and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I die cut one full frame including the window panes and the window, and one ornate heading from these images. I glued the window to some acetate and then trimmed to fit the window. I added the outside decorative frame to the front of the coloured image with foam tape and then added the window inside the frame.

I die cut the bird from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts using grey, black and white colours to represent seagulls and added it to the top right of the window frame. I then die cut the dogwood flowers from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts and assembled them and added them to the bottom left of the window frame.

To finish I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. This was added to the window frame as shown.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame Cling Stamp and coordinating die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour Cling Stamp set

Heartfelt Creations Snowy Pine Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set and coordinating die set

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Chamomile

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

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Lemon Whip, Grassy Knoll

Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil

Gina K Masking Magic Paper

Copic Markers

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Strips

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