Heart of Christmas - Week 11

Hi there

Welcome to week 11 of Heart of Christmas from the Art with Heart team. 

Yesterday I had the opportunity to craft with friends and as a result I've been inspired to try some angled layouts with the Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies.  As the holiday season edges closer, we need cards that are quick to create but still pack a punch in the style stakes. I think this layout is perfect for the photographic style prints in the Holiday Catalogue.

I started with a panel of Real Red card stock and spritzed it with water and ran it through the Big Shot with the Subtle embossing folder.  I chose one of the photographic designs from the All is Bright designer paper and cut it to the same size as my panel and then diagonally in half. After adhering the DSP I added a strip of Gold Glimmer to border the DSP and then added the 'Christmas' die cut in gold foil. This die has such a lovely font and makes a huge statement on the card.  The finished panel was adhered to the Whisper White card base.

You can see the lovely texture of the dry embossed section in this photo. I added the smaller gold embossed 'merry' greeting that was cropped with the cute label die also from the Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies. To finish, I added some gold Metallic Pearls to the label and to the 'i' on the die cut.

For the inside, I have a Real Red mat for the writing panel and I added the greeting from the Timeless Tidings stamp set to the centre with Garden Green ink. I've used  the corner element from the Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies in Gold Foil and I added the coordinating flower in Real Red over the top with a small Gold Glimmer centre.

 

I'm looking forward to creating more cards with this layout. I hope you give it a try too.

Project Details
Stamps	Timeless Tidings
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Gold Foil, Gold Glimmer, All is Bright DSP
Ink	Versamark, Garden Green
Accessories	Gold Metallic Pearls
Tools	Detailed Deer Framelits Dies, Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies, Subtle Dynamic TIEF, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Tombow glue, Gold EP, Heat gun

 
You can see more inspiring Christmas projects from other members of the team.  Click on Claire's Blog to see the full list of participants this week.

Thanks for visiting today!

Comments

[Diane Furniss]

What a lovely Christmas Card Judy,

[Theresa]

I absolutely love your card Judy. It is very effective yet elegant in its simplicity.

[Claire Daly]

Looks great Judy! You and Tina are rocking the angled layouts this week. Thanks for playing along with Heart of Christmas Week 11.

[Rachel Woollard]

Very stylish, traditional Christmas card Judy, just beautiful

[Catherine Proctor]

Another elegant and beautiful card, Judy. I love this design, it is perfect for such a busy DSP.

[Kate Morgan]

A very stylish layout, Judy, in beautiful traditional Christmas colours.

[Sharon Davern]

Such a lovely and elegant card Judy.

[Caroline]

A gorgeous card Judy and a lovely design layout. I can see that Subtle embossing folder sticking around for some time, it's so popular and I love it.