Tag: Holidays

Amazing Paper Grace Love Hope Joy

On By patriciamanhireIn Patricia's Creations2 Comments

Kia ora Koutou

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

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Foam Squares

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

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Patricia

Starry Purple Poinsettias

On By patriciamanhireIn Patricia's Creations6 Comments

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Here is my second card featuring the beautiful Joyous Noel collection by Heartfelt Creations. The angel is just beautiful!! I love how you can mix and match previous collections – here I have used the Festive Poinsettia along with Christmas elements from the Seasonal Wreath collection.

For more details on the products I have used please visit Heartfelt Creations here.

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

Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 10 ½ ’ x 7 ½”, score at 5” along the long side and fold.  Die cut the shaped base using the No. 1 background die from the HCD2-7383 Simply Classic Rectangle Frame Die.  Die cut a single background die using the No. 1 die from the HCD2-7383 Simply Classic Rectangle Frame Die Die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Die cut the light green/blue  background using the same die from the paper collection and adhere to the front of the card.

Stamp the background stamp image from the HCPC-3998 Joyous Noel Background Cling Stamp Set in clear embossing ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder.  Sponge Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac inks over and die cut with the No. 2 die from the HCD2-7383 Simply Classic Rectangle Frame Die set.  Adhere over the front of the card.  Die cut a silver frame using the No. 2 die from the HCD2-7383 Simply Classic Rectangle Frame Die and adhere to the edge of the stamped image.

Stamp the large angel image from the HCPC-3997 Starry Noel Angel Cling Stamp Set in Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass inks and die cut with the coordinating die.  Die cut a plain die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere the stamped image to it and then adhere to the front of the card as shown with foam tape.  

Stamp the large and small spray images from the HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp Set in English Ivy on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the leaves with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the leaves with clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush.  Adhere a large and small spray to the top left of the card.

Stamp the small spray image from the HCPC-3958 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set in English Ivy ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the leaves with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating die.  Shape using the coordinating die and add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush.  Adhere to the bottom right of the card.

Stamp the small flower images from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp and the smaller flower images from the HCPC-3959 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set in Paris Dusk ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the images with Periwinkle, Violet and Magenta Hue inks and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Colour the backs of the petals with Periwinkle in and then shape using the coordinating mold and assemble with two of each size petal.  Pierce the centres of the flowers and insert the silver pearl stamens and secure them with Dries Clear glue.  Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush.  Trim the stamen threads and adhere over the holly sprays with a hot glue gun – two large and one small flower to the top right and one small flower to the bottom right of the card.

Stap the bell, ornament, holly, fir branches and pine cone images from the HCPC- 3967 Winter Wreath Accents Cling Stamp set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock.  Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and Prismacolour pencils and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Adhere around the flowers as shown.

Stamp the dove and holly images from the HCPC-3997 Starry Noel Angel Cling Stamp Set in Black Onyx ink.  Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die.  Die cut a plain image out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere the painted image on the top.  Add Crystal Clear glitter to the image with clear gloss gel medium and adhere over the poinsettias as shown.

To finish add clear sparkles to the angel’s gown at the base.

Other Products Used:

Iris cardstock, Prismacolour Pencils, Distress Oxide inks – Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, clear gloss gel medium, paintbrush, foam tape, Clear sparkles, Versafine Black Onyx ink, Ranger Archival ink – Violet, Ranger White embossing Powder, Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark ink

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Elegant Joyous Noel

On By patriciamanhireIn Patricia's Creations8 Comments

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I am late sharing my Joyous Noel projects for Heartfelt Creations as I had some health issues at the time the collection was sent to me but better late than never. This is such a gorgeous collection for traditional Christmas cards especially when paired with the Festive Poinsettias.

For more details of the products I have used please visit Heartfelt Creations here.

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

Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 12” x 7”, score at 6” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 6” x 7”.  Cut a piece of silver cardstock 6” x 7” and adhere to front of the card.  Cut a piece of dark blue cardstock 5 7/8” x 6 7/8 and adhere to the front of the silver cardstock.

Die cut two outer frames from the HCD1-7416 Noel Decorative Die out of light blue pattern paper.  Adhere to the front  of the card as shown.  Die cut 4 decorative dies from the HCD1-7416 Noel Decorative Die – two from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and two from silver cardstock.  Adhere the white dies over the silver dies slightly offsetting the silver.  Adhere over the background as shown. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 1/2″ x 7 and adhere to the centre of the card hiding the join.  Cut a piece of dark blue pattern paper 3/5” x 7” and adhere over the silver band.  Die cut the shaped eyelet tag from the HCD1-7202 Album Tags and Accents die and adhere to the centre of the band.  Die cut the inner die out of green pattern paper using the plain inner tag die from the HCD1-7202 and adhere over the silver eyelet tag.  Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-3997 Starry Noel Angel Cling Stamp Set in Night Sky ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the berries and holly with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die.  Adhere to the centre of the tag.

Stamp the angel and harp from the HCPC-3996 Joyous Noel Angel Cling Stamp Set in Black Onyx ink on Iris cardstock.  Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Adhere the angel to the top left of the tag and the harp to the bottom right of the tag as shown.

Stamp the large and small spray images from the HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp Set in English Ivy on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the leaves with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the leaves with clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush.  Adhere a large and small spray to the  bottom left of the card.  Stamp the small leaf spray using English Ivy on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and die cut with the coordinating die. 

Stamp the small flower images from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp and the small flowers from the HCC-3959 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set in Paris Dusk ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Colour the images with Periwinkle and Paris Dusk inks and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Colour the backs of the petals with Periwinkle in and then shape using the coordinating mold and assemble with two of each size petal.  Pierce the centres of the flowers and insert the silver pearl stamens and secure them with Dries Clear glue.  Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush.  Trim the stamen threads and adhere over the holly sprays on the bottom left as shown.

To finish add clear iridescent gems to the decorative background die and on the tag.

Other Products Used:

Iris cardstock, clear gloss gel medium, paintbrush, iridescent gems, Versafine Onyx Black ink, foam tape

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Patricia

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Christmas Cards, Heartfelt Creations3 Comments

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Welcome back and today I am so excited with the debut of the stunning Candlelit Christmas collection from Heartfelt Creations.

The snow is gently falling, the decorating has been done, and the soft glow from the candles in the window invite you to just sit, relax and enjoy the peaceful side of the holiday season! Flickering candlelight is always a cozy welcome addition to any Christmas festivities, and is a lovely way to create a warm and welcoming ambiance, allowing for a stillness that leads to reflections of the season! Steeped in traditions for centuries, illuminated candles have been associated with the yuletide season in various ways…from being placed in the window offering a warm welcome to travelers from afar, to representing the Star of Bethlehem guiding the Wise Men to the birthplace of Jesus Christ, to setting the ambiance to a family Christmas dinner! Whether you enjoy the brilliance of candlelit lanterns, grand candelabras or a glowing votive, there is no denying the beautiful luminescence candles bring to the advent season! Join us as we leave behind the hustle and bustle and take time to reflect on the calmer side of the holiday season with the new Candlelit Christmas Collection! Become enraptured in a glimmering paper collection hued in brilliant blues, garland greens and holly berry reds, ensconced in illustrations of glowing candlelit lanterns, pretty centerpieces, and gladdening poinsettias, all dipped in elegant snowflake patterns, breathtaking brocades and festive floral clusters! A brilliant assembling of cling stamp sets, along with coordinating dies, offer radiant illustrations of festive lanterns, stunning ornamental centerpieces and beautifully scripted sentiments, perfect for embellishing all of your Christmas themed paper crafting creations. Stamp, die cut and shape an assortment of traditional flowering poinsettias, along with decorative holly accents quickly and easily with the coordinating cling stamp set, dies and dimensional shaping mold, allowing you to assemble realistic holiday poinsettias ideal for accenting handmade holiday greeting cards, scrapbook layouts, and heirloom albums!  So, join us as we light our favorite candles, take in the beauty of the holiday season, and enjoy the shimmer and incandescence of the Candlelit Christmas Collection!

These poinsettias are just so easy to create and it is fun to make them in different colours.  Today I am sharing an easel shaker card – check out the deer in the snow!

Products Used:

Candlelit Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3882
Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3881
Candlelit Christmas Paper Collection, HCDP1-2104
Starry Night Decorative Die, HCD1-7252
Candlelit Poinsettia Die, HCD1-7250
Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Die, HCD1-7249
3D Christmas Poinsettia Shaping Mold, HCFB1-478
Window Frame Die, HCD1-7148
Window Frame Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3794
Window Box Elements Die, HCD1-7150
Decorative Pocket Accents Die, HCD1-7211
Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50 – White, HCPP1-475
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black, RACP468
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Library Green, RACP475
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Leaf Green, RACP436
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Olive, RACP482
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Red Geranium, RACP993
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Viridian, RACP669
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – French Ultramarine, RACP607

 

Other Products: 

White cardstock, iCraft Iris cardstock, Ranger Archival ink – Cobalt, Clear Sparkles, Viva Decor 3D Stamp Paint – Grass Green

For more tips on creating with the Candlelit Christmas collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/PJeFD_d3AiM.

Instructions: 

Cut a piece of white cardstock 12″ x 6″. Score at 3″ and 6″ to create the base easel card. Cut two 6″ x 6″ panels from the paper collection. Die cut 6 decorative dies from the HCD1–7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die set and add Frosting Powder to the dies with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Adhere the dies behind the panels as shown. Cut a piece of white cardstock 6″ x 6″ and adhere to the back of one of the panels and adhere to the top easel. Adhere the other panel to the base of the card. Die cut two straight edge snowflake dies from the HCD1-7252 Starry Night Decorative Die out of white cardstock. Add Frosting Powder to the dies with Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Add one die to the top of the card and one to the base of the card.

Stamp the window image from the HCPC-3794 Window Frame Stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the window with French Ultramarine ink. Cut a piece of clear cardstock 2 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ and adhere to the back of the window. Die cut the lace edge die from the HCD1-7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die pocket accents die out of white cardstock. Sponge the edge with Viridian ink and add Frosting Powder using Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Trim and adhere to the back of the window at the top. Die cut a plain window die without the windowpanes cut out from white cardstock. Die cut the cottage and deer scene from the patterned paper using the inner plain edge die from the HCD1-7148 Window Frame Die set. Adhere to the back plain window die cut. Add Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Diamond glitter using Dries Clear glue to the image. Add strips of foam tape around each side leaving no gaps. Add 1/2 tsp of Frosting Powder to the centre and then adhere the base window to the top window to create a shaker. Adhere to the card front to the left. Die cut the window decorative dies from the HCD1–7211 Decorative Pocket Accents Die set out of white cardstock. Add Frosting Powder to the dies, trim the large die in half and adhere to the sides as shown. Add the decorative die to the top of the window.

Stamp the small candle image from the HCPC-3882 Candlelit Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour with Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the image with Dries Clear glue on a dry sponge. Adhere to the bottom left of the window frame as shown.

Stamp the holly images from the HCPC-3881 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp Set with Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping paper. Colour with Red Geranium ink and Leaf Green and Olive inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Add green stamp paint with a damp sponge to the holly leaves and shape using the coordinating mold. Add Crystal Clear glitter with Dries Clear Glue on a damp sponge. Adhere to the top right of the card top and to the bottom left around window. Add Red Berry Nuvo drops to the holly berries.

Stamp the poinsettia images from the HCPC-3881 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp Set in Cobalt Blue ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Cobalt Blue ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Shape using the coordinating mold and add Crystal Clear glue using Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Add Minnie Pearl Prills to the centres and adhere over the holly leaves.

Base of easel: Cut the sentiment from the paper collection and mat it on white card. Add to the bottom with foam tape to create the ledge for the easel.

Stamp the holly images from the HCPC-3881 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp Set with Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping paper. Colour with Red Geranium ink and Leaf Green and Olive inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Add green stamp paint with a damp sponge to the holly leaves and shape using the coordinating mold. Add Crystal Clear glitter with Dries Clear Glue on a damp sponge. Adhere to the left of the sentiment as shown and add Red Berry Nuvo drops to the holly berries.

Stamp the poinsettia images from the HCPC-3881 Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp Set in Cobalt Blue ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Cobalt Blue ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Shape using the coordinating mold and add Crystal Clear glue using Dries Clear glue on a damp sponge. Add Minnie Pearl Prills to the centres and adhere over the holly leaves.

To finish, add clear sparkles to the snowflake dies as shown.

Happy Crafting

Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts, Stamping31 Comments

Hello and welcome aboard our first Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop.  If you have arrived here from Sharyn’s Blog then you are in the right place.  If you landed here by accident, no problem please join in following the link at the end of this post.

Today I would like to share some of the fabulous products from the Holidays with Heart Gift Guide live now through December 31st.

My creation is double sided step card which was very easy to do, except that I made the card smaller than the original design which I got from Glimmercraft.blogspot.ca.  The original was a 5 x 7 inch card and I wanted to make a 4 x 6 inch card so  I played around with some scrap paper first to get the dimensions right.  I was then able to cut into the cardstock and use my paper pattern which meant less mistakes and wasted cardstock.  If you would like the dimensions please leave a comment below and I will look at posting them at another date. I have stamped the Santa images using Ruby ink and then fussy cut them out and adhered them using foam tape to make them stand out.   They are sooo cute.

CTMH Sparkle and Shine Christmas CardMaterials used:

Cardstock – White Daisy, Slate, Ruby

Sparkle and Shine paper

Clear sparkles

Stamp sets – Workshops on the Go Sparkle and Shine, Santa Claus

Bakers twine – grey

Cricut Cartridge – Art Philosophy

All the products in the Holidays with Heart Gift Guide are available through December 31st from your CTMH consultant while stocks last.  Some items are in short supply so order early to avoid disappointment.  Orders totaling over $150 during the promotion can choose one starred item from The Holidays with Heart Gift Guide for free so it is an ideal time to purchase one of our Cricut Collections or our ink and marker organiser.

I hope you have enjoyed my creation and please check out what Monika has done on her blog A Sprinkle of Glitter.  I love the name of her blog and I can’t wait to see what she has done as well.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

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I found the Easter Bunny!

On By patriciamanhireIn Art, Cardmaking, Crafts, Creative Memories, Digital Art, Easter, Greetings, Holidays, Photography5 Comments

Today I went out to take some photos down at the Hutt River and came across an errant bunny in the bushes around the bridge.  I managed to get one photo of it before it disappeared.  I thought the timing was quite timely especially as we have just had Easter in the weekend.  However, I could not find any Easter eggs – lol!

The Easter Bunny

While on Easter I have just purchased the Creative Memories Border Maker rustic fence cartridge and I could not resist making one last Easter card with it.  I can see myself using this cartridge a lot – and distressing it with inks as well.  This would look lovely with flowers and leaves climbing up on it on a card.  This cartridge is while stocks last only.

It seems strange to put a cute lamb on an Easter card in the southern hemisphere as Easter is a sign of Autumn for us with the changing colours of leaves and cooler temperatures (?), but it is a sign of rebirth that is universal.  I also love using the Classic Stickers from Creative Memories they are so colourful and pretty. Plus they are reasonably priced.

Easter card

 

The sentiment on this card was last weeks freebie from Creative Memories that I printed off from my StoryBook Creator, as well as the background paper.

Materials used in this card:

Creative Memories Cardstock – Green Apple

Creative Memories Stickers – Easter

Creative Memories Border Maker – rustic fence cartridge

Creative Memories Reflections Digital Kit

Creative Memories freebie sentiment

I hope that you all had a great Easter.

Happy Crafting

Patricia