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Heart of Christmas - Merriest Trees

October 30, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects.

This week I have a card featuring the Merriest Trees Dies. I finally caved on this bundle and I don't know why I waited so long! I'm channeling Artisan Tammy Wilson who made a gorgeous card with ink blended trees in Pretty Peacock and Granny Apple Green. I decided to try it with Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green, watercoloured to get some nice variation in colour for my trees. Note to Self: don't get too creative when you're short on time!

I started with a Thick Basic White card base and then dry embossed another panel with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder for some background texture.

I've used 3 layers for the trees that I die cut from my watercoloured panels and adhered them together with 1mm foam pads for a little dimension. I've decorated the first tree with gold sequins and die cut the 2 piece star from the Gold Glimmer. The second tree has the strings of beads cropped with the die from the Merriest Trees Dies. These are so easy with the Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper. The greeting is from the Joy of Noel stamp set, stamped in Shaded Spruce ink and fussy cut. I'm not sure about the greeting, maybe it should have been in a contrasting colour?

Project Details
Stamps	Joy of Noel
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper, Fluid100 Watercolour Paper
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim Combo Pack
Tools	Merriest Trees Dies, Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Strip, Water Painters

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation our lovely hostess Sharon has for you this week.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up, please click on the link for our host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting today!

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Heart of Christmas - Joy of Christmas

October 23, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects. My gosh, can you believe it is already week 1o!

The Joy of Christmas DSP is one of my favourites of the offerings for the holidays this year. I've used almost all of the prints apart from the beautiful large scale print, so this week it was my mission to use the 6" x 12" panel I had left from a team paper share.

I wanted a really simple layout that would let the paper be the hero. I cut the panel into 3 card front pieces and adhered to them to Shaded Spruce card bases, which was the option I liked best. I decided on a strip of Gold Foil as a background for the NOEL and adhered the letters flat so I could pop up the fussy cut 'Joyous'. I liberally sprinkled gold sequins to tie in with the Gold Foil.

For the inside, I have a strip of the red plaid paper at the bottom and the writing panel above. I partially stamped the spray from the Joy of Noel stamp set and coloured it with Stampin' Blends.

Here are the finished cards and the NOEL in 3 colour ways!

Project Details
Stamps	Joy of Noel
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Gold Foil, Joy of Christmas DSP
Ink	Real Red, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins
Tools	Joy of Noel Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Strip, Stampin' Blends (Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green)

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation our lovely hostess Sharon has for you this week.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up, please click on the link for our host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting today!

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Heart of Christmas - More Wishes All Around

October 16, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects. My gosh, can you believe it is already week 1o!

This week I have another card with the Wishes All Around Bundle, this time a simple fancy fold using the tree wreath.

I think this fancy fold is called a Double Gate Fold and it is perfect for using your 6" x 12" sheets of patterned paper. It works best with an all over design and a strong contrast on the reverse. I have used the holly design from the Shining Christmas Specialty Paper that is in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. It is quite hard to photograph with all the shininess, but it is very pretty in real life. I have used the 6" x 12" sheet as is, but you can cut it down to the normal metric size if you like. The finished card fits into a metric Medium Envelope and stands for display.

For the centre embellishment that keeps the card closed, I have stamped the tree wreath in Mossy Meadow ink and adhered it to a Foam Adhesive Sheet and then cropped it with the coordinating die. The greeting was stamped and cropped with a circle from the Deckled Circles Dies - there is one almost the exact size and the tree wreath was adhered over it. It adds a lovely dimension to the embellishment, which I adhered to a Gold Glimmer circle also cropped with the next size Deckled Circle Die. I could have used the wreath by itself, but I do love the sparkle of the glimmer paper when it catches the light.

This photo gives you a better view of the entire card and how it unfolds. I have used a Mossy Meadow mat with a strip of the holly paper at the bottom, with a space to create the border and then the writing panel. You can see how only half of the embellishment is adhered to the front fold.

Project Details
Stamps	Wishes All Around
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Shining Christmas Specialty DSP, Adhesive-Backed Gold Glimmer
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow
Accessories
Tools	Wishes All Around Dies, Deckled Circles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Foam Adhesive Sheets

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation our lovely hostess Sharon has for you this week.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up, please click on the link for our host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting today!

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CASE-ing the Catty - Giving it a Twist!

October 15, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty this week.

If you've come from visiting Monique, then welcome! If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

This week we are taking inspiration from a project in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and giving it a twist.

I chose the pretty package in the photo above for my inspiration. My twist is that I have turned an embellished gift box into a Christmas card.

I started with a Thick Basic White card base and cut a card-front sized panel from Basic White and adhered the FA LA LA LA... design from the Merry Bold & Bright DSP. Because it is rather bold paper and my embellishments are quite open, I decided to add a layer of Vellum over the top. I rounded the corners to coordinate with the rounded rectangle die I used for the greeting. The pretty Iridescent Ribbon was laid across the centre and secured it at the back and the panel was adhered to the card base.

The greeting from the Joy to You stamp set was stamped in Real Red, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce. The centre line was stamped separately and trimmed and then popped up over the top. I cropped it with the largest of the rounded rectangles from the Nested Essentials Dies. I cut it a second time to reduce the width. My pine branches, foliage and holly were layered around the end of the greeting as it worked better than just in the corner. The holly was cropped from Gold Foil and the berries from Real Red Glimmer from last year's Real Red & White 6" x 6" Glimmer Paper pack. I finished with the bow at the of the greeting which is so sparkly in the light and a sprinkle of gold sequins.

For the inside, I have added a Granny Apple Green mat and a strip of the FA LA LA LA... paper down the side, leaving a narrow border in between.

Project Details
Stamps	Joy To You
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Gold Foil, Red Glimmer, Vellum, Merry Bold & Bright DSP
Ink	Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Iridescent Ribbon, Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins
*Tools*	Christmas Classics Dies, Nested Essentials Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Foam Adhesive Strip, Glue Dots

We would love to see your CASE of a project from the 2023-24 Annual Catalogue, giving it a twist this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog.

You can head over to Kathryn to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

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Heart of Christmas - Wishes All Around

October 09, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects. My gosh, can you believe it is already week 1o!

This week I have the same card in 2 shapes, using the fabulous Wishes All Around Bundle.

My first thought was to make a square card, as I think wreaths look great on square cards, but decided to make the standard size and shape first. So I started with a Thick Basic White card base and added a layer of the Shaded Spruce & Gold Foil plaid paper from the Joyful Specialty DSP. I love the vibrancy of Shaded Spruce for holiday cards and the touch of gold is so pretty.

The background to the wreath is another piece of Basic White dry embossed with the cross-hatch design from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders. I butted up the narrow strip of Gold Glimmer, which is so easy now that it is adhesive-backed. The detailed wreath from Wishes All Around Dies was cropped 3 times in Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Gold Glimmer and layered together, alternating the design so all the colours peek through. I added little dots of Tombow just around the centre circle, waited for it to go tacky and added it to the card. My favourite greeting was heat embossed in white on Real Red card stock, fussy cut and popped up on 1mm foam pads. I decided to keep it clean and simple without any further embellishment and it is super sparkly in real life. This makes it a great card for making multiples and for posting, as it isn't too lumpy!

So now to the square version, which is my standard 13.5cm and the art panel is 10cm square. As I have less white space, I decided to leave the background plain this time.

For the inside, I have a Real Red mat with a strip of Shaded Spruce plaid at the bottom and I've stamped the small tree at each side of the writing panel, above.

I'd love to know which shape you prefer, leaving aside that the square one costs more to post (sad face).

Project Details
Stamps	Wishes All Around
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Joyful Specialty DSP, Adhesive-Backed Gold Glimmer
Ink	Versamark, Shaded Spruce
Accessories
Tools	Wishes All Around Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, White EP, Heat Tool, 1mm foam pads (not SU)

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation my lovely friend Christine has for you this week.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up, please click on the link for our host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting today!

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