Purr-fectly Elegant

Kia Ora Koutou

Welcome back to my second post for the release of the very cute and cuddly Purr-fect Posies Collection from Heartfelt Creations.  These kitties are just so cute and the flowers are so pretty!

I:rresistibly charming and oh so amusing, watching the carefree, fun filled antics of playful kittens bounding through the summer flowers beds, or hiding behind large leafy foliage, ready to pounce on whatever comes their way, provides endless hours of entertainment and can quickly turn one’s frown upside down! Warm snuggles with a furry friend, whisker filled kisses, the soft sound of purring, and a gently twitching tail are always welcome affections and never fail to cheer up the soul. Whether your favorite kitty is timid, or filled with sass from the tip of their nose to the tip of their tail, we invite you to celebrate your “purr-fect” fur babies along with us with the new Purr-fect Posies Collection from Heartfelt Creations! Leap into an elegant paper collection featuring soft hues of baby blanket blues, subdued catnip greens, squeaky toy pinks, and soothing lilacs, all scattered with adorable illustrations of kittens at play, pretty posies and beautiful garden scenes. Littered with enchanting premade card panels, this “catty” paper collection makes assembling and gifting special handmade greeting cards effortless, while charming scrapbook pages allow for creating fun and entertaining layouts showcasing those treasured photos of your favorite feline! Three cute and captivating cling stamp sets along with coordinating dies, feature finely illustrated images of loveable kittens at play, and are “purr-fect” for creating furry, fun filled scenes on all of your paper crafting creations, while a “purr-fectly” charming floral cling stamp set and coordinating die, lend themselves to assembling pretty, whimsical dimensional posies “purr-fect” for accenting your summer themed paper craft creations! So, whether you’re an avid card maker who’s crazy about kitties, enjoy documenting your favorite furry friend through scrapbooking, or love creating memory keeping albums for family and friends, we’re sure you’ll find this collection “the cats’ meow” for all occasions…and pure “purr-fection” for brightening the days of both the young and the young at heart!

Products Used:

Purr-fect Posies Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3874
Purr-fect Posies DieHCD1-7238
3D Purr-fect Posies Shaping MoldHCFB1-476
Playful Miss Kitty Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3877
Playful Miss Kitty DieHCD1-7241
Purr-fect Playdate Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3875
Purring and Playful Cling Stamp SetHCPC-3876
Purring and Playful DieHCD1-7240
Purr-fect Posies Paper CollectionHCDP1-2102
Delicate Border Basics DieHCD1-7118
Classic Border Basics DieHCD1-7119
Eyelet Oval & Basics Small DieHCD1-7156
Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50 – WhiteHCPP1-475
Arrows and Banner DieHCD1-7204
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet BlackRACP468
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Library GreenRACP475
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – OliveRACP482
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Leaf GreenRACP436
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – French UltramarineRACP607

Other Products: 

iCraft Iris cardstock, foam tape, white cardstock

For more tips on creating with the Purr-fect Posies collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/88KR6a5RRmg.

For more tips on creating with the flower shaping molds, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FSdPL7nXvQE.

Instructions: 

Cut a piece of white cardstock 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 checked paper 5″ x 7″ and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of white card 4 3/4″ x 7″ and using the lace edge die from the HCD1-7118 Delicate Border Basics set die cut each end. Add Frosting Powder to the lace edges with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Adhere to the front of the card with foam tape. Cut a piece of white card 4 3/4″ x 6″ and die cut the edges with the eyelet edge die and the stitch die from the HCD1-7119 Classic Border Basics set. Add Frosting powder to the edges with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Adhere to the front of the white card. Cut a piece of purple patterned paper 4 3/4″ x 5″ and die cut the ends with the plain edge die from the HCD1-7119 Classic Border Basics set and adhere to the front of the white card as shown.

Die cut the eyelet oval using the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Oval & Basics – Small Die set out of white cardstock and adhere to the card front. Die cut the purple oval using the next size down oval die from the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Oval & Basics – Small Die set and adhere to the eyelet oval. Die cut the white oval using the next size down die from the HCD1-7156 Eyelet Oval & Basics – Small Die set out of white cardstock and adhere to the purple oval.

Stamp two kitty images from the HCPC-3877 Playful Miss Kitty Stamp set in Jet Black on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush markers and trim one of the kitties from the flowers and add to the top of the other image. Adhere the kitty to the oval as shown.

Stamp two leaf frond images from the HCPC-3876 Purring and Playful Stamp set in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping card. Colour the leaves with Leaf Green and Olive inks and the flowers with Wisteria and French Ultramarine inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Shape, trim and adhere around the oval and kitty.

Stamp the leaf images from HCPC-3874 Purr-fect Posies Stamp set in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping card. Colour with Leaf Green and Olive inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. Shape using the coordinating mold and add Crystal Clear glitter with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge and arrange over the leaf fronds.

Stamp the flower images from HCPC-3874 Purr-fect Posies Stamp set in Wisteria ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping card. Colour with Wisteria and French Ultramarine inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. Shape using the coordinating mold, add Crystal Clear glitter with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge and Lemon Chiffon Prills to the centres and add over the leaves and the flowers around the kitty as shown.

Stamp the kitty and bird image from the HCPC-3875 Purr-fect Playdates Stamp set on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Add the little bird image to the right of the kitty above the flowers as shown.

Stamp the Purr-fect sentiment from the HCPC-3875 Purr-fect Playdates Stamp set on white cardstock. Die cut the sentiment out using the second smallest die from the HCD1-7204 Arrows and Banners Die set and shape and adhere to the card as shown.

I hope you have a lot of fun with these kitties.  For more inspiration please visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/822/debuting-the-purr-fect-posies-collection

Happy Crafting

Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

Thinking of You Classic Roses from Heartfelt Creations

Welcome back

Today I thought I would try and do something different with the Classic Rose stamp and die set from Heartfelt Creations.  Roses come in all shapes and sizes and this stamp and die set is just so great at making a wide range of flowers.

Materials Used:

Cardstock – Bazzill White Smooth, Timbrels White cardstock

Paper – Heartfelt Creations Wildwood Cottage

Stamps – Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose, Classic Rose Vine, Elegant Sentiments,

Dies Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose, Classic Rose Vine, Elegant Sentiments, Eyelet Oval, Decorative Oval, Classic Border Basics

Inks – Memento Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine, Bamboo Leaves, Rhubarb Stalk, Canteloupe, Brilliance Orchid

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Shaping Kit

Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive

Foam tape

Sponge daubers

Instructions:

Cut a piece of white cardstock 6” x 12” and score along the long side at 6” to make a 6” x 6” card base.

Cut a piece of pink patterned paper 6” x 2 ½” and adhere to the bottom of the card base.  Cut a piece of white cardstock 6” x 5 ½” and using the lace edge of the border basics die cut the edge and adhere to the top of the card base over the pink patterned paper.

Die cut the outer eyelet oval in white cardstock.  Die cut the Decorative Oval and adhere to the eyelet oval.  Using foam tape adhere to the base card as shown.

To make the leaves stamp the images with Northern Pine.  Sponge the leaves with Bamboo Leaves and touch the ends of the leaves with Rhubarb Stalk.  Die cut the leaves and shape using the Deluxe Shaping Kit.  Adhere to the base of the oval with Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive and foam strips.

To make the flowers stamp with Brilliance Orchid ink and sponge the centres with Canteloupe ink before die cutting out.  Sponge the edges with the Orchid ink both front and back of the flowers and sponge Canteloupe on the centres of the smallest flowers.  Shape the flowers using the Deluxe Shaping kit and put together using Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive making different size flowers.  Adhere to the front of the card as shown.

Stamp the Thinking of You Sentiment in Tuxedo Black on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die.  Adhere to the top of the card with Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

Flowering Dogwood Elegance

Welcome back

Today I am featuring another card using the Heartfelt Creations Flowering Dogwood flowers.  I love white on white simplicity with just a touch of colour and I was very pleased how it turned out.

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Materials Used:

Cardstock – Bazzill white smooth, Timbrels green cardstock.

Stamps – Flowering Dogwood, Classic Message

Dies – Flowering Dogwood, Fleur Border Basics, Arianna Lace

Inks – Memento Lilac Posies, New Sprout

Embossing folder – Couture Creations A4 Tied Together

Prills – Lettuce Entertain You

Deluxe Shaping Kit

Art Glitter Ultrafine Glitter – Crystal

Krystallos Vintage Glass Glitter

Art Glitter Dries Clear

Instructions:

Cut a piece of white cardstock 10” x 7”.  Fold in half to make the base card.  For the front of the card cut a piece of white cardstock 7” x 5” and then using the lacy border from the Fleur Border Basics set with the cutting die cut the end of the cardstock as shown.  Emboss the upper card using the Tied Together embossing folder.

To make the fan die cut the smaller flower die from the Arianna Lace set and cut in half.  Die cut 4 of the small matching single pieces and adhere to the base lace die cut to create a fan.

To make the flowers stamp the flowers using Lilac Posies ink.  Sponge the centre of the flowers with the New Sprout ink and then die cut the flowers.  Softly sponge the edge of the flowers with the Lilac Posies ink.  Spritz a little water on the back of the flowers and then shape using the Deluxe Shaping Kit.  Die cut the small and large stamens in green cardstock and roll them up using the quilling tool from the Deluxe Shaping Kit.  Adhere them to the centre of the flowers.  Add glitter using the Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive along the veins of the flowers.  Add the prills to the centre of the flowers.  Finally add the Krystallos Vintage Glass Glitter to the flowers on the outside.

For further information about making these flowers check out Emma Lou’s video here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/video/146/how-to-create-flowering-dogwoods-and-stamens

To make the leaves stamp using the Pistachio ink.  Sponge the leaves with New Sprout and then die cut the leaves.  Sponge the edges lightly with Pistachio ink before shaping them with the Deluxe Shaping kit.

To assemble the card adhere the embossed piece to the base card and then adhere the lace edge up against the embossed piece.  Adhere the fan on the curved edge and then add the flowers and leaves as shown.  Add the pearls to the centres of the crossed lines.  Stamp the sentiment on the bottom right hand corner.

There is still time to vote for the semi-finalists for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team.  Please take the time to vote for me here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/538/21-joyful-springtime-paper-crafting-ideas-sneak-peek-2017-design-team-semifinalists-announced

Happy Crafting

Patricia

Welcome back

I have just received the new Border Basics die set from Heartfelt Creations along with their new fold out cards and I think the dies are beautiful and will add a new dimension to my paper crafting.  There are so many things you can do with them and here are my first efforts.

First up is a fold out card featuring paper from the Cut Mat Create Collection which is no longer available unfortunately,  However, I had a lot of fun with the papers and also adding the glitter to the flowers.  
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Here is the inside of the card:

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My next card:

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With this card I ended up gluing the folds together to make a single fold card but it still came together well.  Here is the inside of the card.

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For this next card I have used one of the inserts from the Flip Fold Albums – Insert B

This made a lovely pop up card and featured the border dies very nicely.

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And finally here is a very simple but elegant card using the Classic Border Basics dies and a single rose from the Classic Rose set.

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These cards were quite fiddly but so worth it with the end results.  I hope you enjoy them.

Materials used:

Cardstock – Timbrels, CTMH Colonial White, Fern

Paper – Heartfelt Creations Cut Mat Create

Stamps – Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms, Classic Rose, Birds and Blooms, Open Leaf, CTMH Framed, Just Sayin’

Dies – Heartfelt Creations Fleur Borders and Corners, Arianna Blooms, Classic Rose, Birds and Blooms Leafy Branch, Classic Leaf, Elegant Border Basics, Fleur Border Basics, Classic Border Basics, Delicate Border Basics, Cut Mat Create 1A, Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8,

Inks – Bamboo Leaves, Pistachio, Lilac Posies, New Sprout, Sweet Plum, Paris Blue, Summer Sky, Colorbox Wisteria, Berrylicious

Heartfelt Creations Fold Out Cards – 6″ x 6″ Kraft

Flip Fold Album Insert B – White

Prills – Lettuce Celebrate

Viva Decor Stamp Paint – Green

Krystallos Vintage Glass Shards

I hope everyone has a happy, healthy and safe Christmas and Happy Crafting

Patricia