Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - Swinging Ornament

 Hi and welcome to my last post as a Heartfelt Creations Design Team member. 

My journey with Heartfelt Creations over the last 6 or 7 years (I lost count) has been one of the most treasured journeys of my life. I still pinch myself in disbelief that they chose me to go on this wondrous odyssey with them. It has been an honor and a privilege to be a part of this crafting family and I am eternally grateful to everyone at Heartfelt Creations. They have always made me feel like a family member, both on the Design Team and in the job I did for them behind the scenes. 

It is with a heavy heart that I say farewell to Heartfelt Creations but I will always treasure my memories here. I wish everyone at HC much success and happiness on their new journeys. You have all Blessed my life!!!

My card today is created using the beautiful Holiday Ornament Collection! I still can't believe that this is the last collection they will be releasing. How lucky are we though that we have so many of their collections to create with over the coming years. The collections are timeless and I know that I will create with them eternally. 





Instructions: Card size is 6 x 6”. Score and fold 12 x 6” Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper at 6” on the long side to create a tent fold card base. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock 2x to 5 7/8 x 5 7/8”. Cut sheets 8B (green) and sheet 11A (plaid) to 5 3/4 x 5 3/4” and ink the edges using Archival English Ivy ink. Trim the card front from sheet 1A to 5 1/8 x 5 1/8” and ink the edges using Vermillion ink. Using removable tape, adhere a gold mat layer, the green layer and the 5 1/8 square layer to the card front. Using the largest Circle Basics Large Die, diecut the circle from the center of the card front to create an aperture. It won’t cut through all the layers at once but the die will leave a nice impression so you can go back and cut through whatever layers didn’t cut the first time. Using the largest Eyelet Circle & Basics Small Die and the second largest Circle Basics Large Die, cut a border from Luxe Gold cardstock.

Stamp the ornament from the Noel Holiday Ornaments Cling Stamp Set on Luxe gold cardstock using VersaMark ink, cover with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing glitter and heat set using the Heat it tool. Diecut using the coordinating die and diecut a second time from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Adhere the layers together, add a gold cord to the top and adhere to the card front with hot glue in the center of the aperture. Adhere the gold, green and card front layers together and adhere to the card front. Adhere the eyelet gold border. Adhere the other gold layer behind the plaid layer and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp the Small and Large Festive Poinsettias on red cardstock using VersaMark ink, cover with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set. Diecut using the coordinating dies and shape in the coordinating molds. Use the stylus to press down in the flower centers, offset two flowers and adhere together using hot glue to create two small and one medium flowers. Add a little hot glue to the flower centers add cover with Gold Gala Glitz. Stamp the image from the Holly Berry Cling Stamp set 2x on Luxe gold cardstock, cover with the WOW Embossing Glitter, heat set and diecut using the coordinating die. Use the deluxe Flower Shaping Kit to add shape to diecuts. Adhere the flowers and holly berry diecuts to the bottom left of the card front.

Stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment from the Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp set on Luxe gold cardstock using VersaMark ink, cover with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing glitter and heat set using the Heat it tool. Diecut using the coordinating die and then diecut 3 more times and adhere the layers together to create dimension. Adhere to the top of the card using dries clear adhesive. 

You can find all the products used on this card in the Heartfelt Creations GalleryPlease be sure to also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see the gorgeous last projects created by the absolutely fabulous Design Team. Geez, I will miss them all!

Hopefully we'll meet again. Till then, please stay safe and be well, my friends!

Thank you for traveling on this journey with me. I truly appreciate each and every one of you.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - Golden Christmas Shadow Box

 Hi and welcome!

Today I have a shadow box card to share with you. This is one of my favorite fun fold cards to create. Once again I've used the gorgeous Holiday Ornament Collection for this project.







 

Instructions: Card size is 7 x 5”. Score and fold 10 x 7” white cardstock at 5” on the long side to create card base. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock 2x to 6 7/8 x 4 7/8”. Cut Holiday Ornament Paper Collection sheet 3A 2x to 6 3/4 x 4 3/4”, ink the edges with Leaf Green ink, stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment from the Festive Berry & Birdies Cling Stamp set using Archival Vermilion ink on one of the designer papers, adhere it to a Luxe Gold layer and adhere to the inside of the card. Adhere the other designer paper to the other gold mat layer and adhere to the card front. Cut two tags from the paper collection using the smaller Tickets and Tags Die, ink the edges with Leaf Green ink and adhere to Luxe Gold cardstock tags cut using the larger tag die. Punch the holes in the tags, diecut the reinforcements for the holes from gold using the same die set, adhere the reinforcements to the tags and add Red satin cord. Trim a little off the bottom of the tags and adhere them to the right side of the card front as shown.

Create a 5 x 5” shadow box. Score a 7 x 11 1/2” piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper on the short side at 1/2”, 1”, 6” and 6 1/2”. Score the long side at 1/2”, 1”, 6” and 6 1/2”. Trim the right top and bottom score lines off up to the first vertical score line, using scissors to cut tabs. (See sample on my blog.) Cut paper from the paper collection sheet 8B 1x to 4 7/8 x 4 7 /8”, 4x to 3/8 x 4 7/8” and ink the edges with Leaf Green ink. Using removable tape, temporarily adhere the 4 7/8 x 4 7/8” designer paper to the front of the shadow box. Using the Cut Mat Create 2A die, cut the aperture in both the card front and the designer paper at the same time. Adhere the designer papers to the box using dries clear adhesive prior to assembling. Cut a 4 7/8 x 4 7/8” piece from the paper collection sheet 10A and adhere to the inside of the box. Finish folding at all score lines and adhere to form the shadow box. Adhere the shadow box to the left side of the card front using dries clear adhesive.

Stamp the images from the Sparkling Holiday Ornaments cling stamp set on white cardstock using VersaMark ink, cover with Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder, heat set using the Heat It tool, color using Stampin Blends markers and diecut using the coordinating dies. Diecut a second time from white cardstock and adhere to the back of the stamped images for stability. Spray the images with Imagine Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Sparkle and let dry. Adhere the ornament images to the shadow box as pictured using dries clear adhesive and dimensional dots. 

Stamp the Small and Large Festive Poinsettias on red cardstock using VersaMark ink, cover with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set. Diecut using the coordinating dies and shape in the coordinating molds. Use the stylus to press down in the flower centers, offset two flowers and adhere together using hot glue to create two small and one medium flowers. Add a little hot glue to the flower centers and cover with Gold Gala Glitz. Stamp the holly leaf image from the Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set on Luxe gold cardstock, cover with the WOW Embossing Glitter, heat set and diecut using the coordinating die. Use the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit to add shape to diecuts.

Adhere the flowers and leaves to the shadow box. Randomly sponge the shadow box, ornaments, tags, inside of card, flowers and leaves with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with Magic Glitter powder.

You can find a list of all the products used on this card in the Heartfelt Creations Gallery. Please be sure to also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet


Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - Debuting the Holiday Ornament Collection

Hi and welcome!

Today we're debuting the beautiful Holiday Ornament Collection.

"Do you love creating holiday cards with iconic decorative images, but don’t seem to have enough time to create elegant Christmas cards? Creating is made easy with the Holiday Ornament Collection. Whether you’re wanting to create an elegant Christmas card featuring an array of ornaments from large to small, with exquisite detail and design, you can create so much with this!"











Instructions: Card size is 4 x 6”. Score and fold 8 1/2 x 5” white cardstock at 4 1/4” on the long side. Using the Large Holiday Ornament Die, cut a shaped card base. I placed the top of the die about 1” over the fold to keep the fold intact. Score and fold the ornament at 2 1/4” to form the easel. Diecut the full ornament two more times, once from white cardstock and once from the Holiday Ornament Collection sheet 6B. Adhere the two together and adhere to the bottom portion of the folded easel. Stamp the Large Holiday Ornament on Luxe Gold cardstock 2x using VersaMark ink, cover with Ranger Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder and heat set using the Heat It tool. Diecut the full ornament image using the coordinating two dies and diecut just the center star from the second image. Adhere the diecuts to the card front as shown with dries clear adhesive and a dimensional dot for the star.

Stamp the ornament 2x on sheet 6B using VersaMark ink, cover with Ranger Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder and heat set using the Heat It tool. Diecut and trim to fit the inside of the card. Adhere using dries clear adhesive.

Stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment from the Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp on white cardstock using VersaMark ink, cover with WOW Primary Apple Red Superfine Embossing Powder and heat set. Diecut using the coordinating die. Cut 4 more times from white cardstock and adhere the layers together. Adhere to the inside of the card as shown to create the easel stop. 

Stamp the poinsettias and holly leaves from the Poinsettia & Holly Clusters Cling Stamp set on Real Red and Garden Green cardstock using Real Red and Garden Green ink, diecut using the coordinating dies and shape using the coordinating mold. Using a stylus from the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, cup the centers and adhere two flowers together and one holly using dries clear adhesive to create the poinsettias. Using a paint brush, add diluted dries clear adhesive to the flowers and leaves and sprinkle with Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear glitter. Add Heart of Gold Prills to the flower centers and adhere the flowers to the card front as shown using hot glue.

Using red satin cord, make a small bow and adhere to the top of the ornament. 

Please visit the Heartfelt Creations Gallery to see all the products used on this card. Please be sure to also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the absolutely gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet



Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - Simply Embossed

 Hi and welcome!

My card today is very simply yet elegant at the same time.





Instructions: Card size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”. Score and fold 8 1/2 x 5 1/2” Real Red cardstock at 4 1/4” on the long side to create side fold card base. Cut Luxe gold cardstock 2x to 4 x 5 1/4”. Cut white cardstock 2x to 3 3/4 x 5”. Stamp the ‘Wishing you a wonderful Christmas’ sentiment from Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp set on one of the white layers, adhere to a Luxe Gold layer and adhere to the inside of the card. Cut Real Red cardstock to 2 3/4 x 4”, cut Luxe Gold cardstock to 2 1/2 x 3 3/4” and cut white cardstock 2 1/4 x 3 1/2”. Dry emboss the two white layers using a holiday embossing folder. Then adhere the larger Luxe Gold and white embossed layers to the card front using dries clear adhesive. Adhere the smaller red, gold and white layers together using dries clear adhesive and adhere to the card front using dimensional tape. 

Stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment from the Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp set on white cardstock using Real Red ink and diecut using the coordinating die. Diecut 4 more times from white cardstock, adhere the layers together to create a dimensional piece and adhere to the card front. 

Stamp the poinsettias and holly leaves from the Poinsettia & Holly Clusters Cling Stamp set on Real Red and Garden Green cardstock using Real Red and Garden Green ink, diecut using the coordinating dies and shape using the coordinating mold. Using a stylus from the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, cup the centers and adhere two flowers together and one holly using dries clear adhesive to create the poinsettias. Using a paint brush, add diluted dries clear adhesive to the flowers and leaves and sprinkle with Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear glitter. Add Heart of Gold Prills to the flower centers and adhere the flowers to the card front as shown using hot glue. Use the Heat It tool to remove any hot glue strings.

See all of the products used on this card in the Heartfelt Creations Gallery. Please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet





Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - Sweet Christmas Birdies

 Hi and welcome!

My Christmas card today has a pretty decorative edge and sweet little birdies. 






Instructions: Card size is 7 x 5”. Score and fold 7 x 10” white cardstock at 5” on the long side to create card base. Using the Filigree Accents Die, cut the bottom edge of the card front. Using the same die, cut again from 7 x 5” Luxe Gold cardstock. Adhere the gold behind the white slightly offset to create a golden shadow. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock 7 x 2 7/8” and white cardstock 7 7/8 x 2 3/4”. Dry emboss the white using any embossing folder and adhere to the gold. Then adhere to the card front as shown. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock 7 x 4 7/8” and 7 x 2 7/8” and cut sheet 9B 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 and 6 7/8 x 2 3/4”. Adhere the designer paper to the Luxe Gold pieces and adhere to the inside of the card. Cut white cardstock 6 3/4 x 2 5/8”, stamp the sentiment ‘Wishing You A Wonderful Christmas” from the Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp set using Real Red ink, use a corner snowflake punch to create the decorative corners and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp the images from the Festive Berry & Birdies Cling Stamp set on watercolor paper using Archival Olive ink and color using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers – Blue Gray, Warm Gray 2, Carmine Red, Light Green and Pale Green. Stamp the image with the three birdies a second time using Archival Jet Black ink and color just the birds with the Zig markers on this one. Diecut the images a second time from white cardstock and adhere to the stamped images using dries clear adhesive. Diecut the three colored birdies, cut two more times from white cardstock, adhere together and adhere to the full diecut image. Lightly shape, spray with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Sparkle and adhere Minnie Pearl prills to the image with the single bird. When dry, adhere to the card front using dimension squares and hot glue.

Stamp the poinsettias and holly leaves from the Poinsettia & Holly Clusters Cling Stamp set on Real Red and Garden Green cardstock using Real Red and Garden Green ink, diecut using the coordinating dies and shape using the coordinating mold. Using a stylus from the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, cup the centers and adhere two flowers together and one holly using dries clear adhesive to create the poinsettias. Using a paint brush, add diluted dries clear adhesive to the flowers and leaves and sprinkle with Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear glitter. Add Heart of Gold Prills to the flower centers and adhere the flowers to the card front as shown using hot glue.

You can find a list of all the products used on this card in the Heartfelt Creations Gallery. Please be sure to also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the absolutely gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well. 

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - A Christmas Lantern

 Hi and welcome!

Today I'm sharing another card with an aperture using the beautiful Festive Christmas Collection. 







Instructions: Card size is 5 x 7”. Score and fold 10 x 7” white cardstock at 5” on the long side to create card base. Cut Luxe Silver cardstock 2x at 4 7/8 x 6 7/8” and sheet 9B from the Festive Christmas Paper Collection 2x at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4”. Ink the edges of the designer papers with Real Red ink. Adhere one Luxe Silver piece and one designer paper to the card front using removable tape. Using the plain oval from the Simply Classic Oval Frame Die, cut an aperture in the card front. It will usually only cut through two of the layers but will leave a deep impression on the cardstock so you can remove the two mat layers, lay the die on the impression on the card base and run through the diecutting machine one more time. You will wind up with perfectly aligned layers to adhere permanently with dries clear adhesive. Adhere the second set of mat layers to the inside of the card. Using the third, fourth and fifth largest Simply Classic Oval Frame Dies, cut from white cardstock and Luxe Silver cardstock. Cut the corner pieces from the same set 2x each from white cardstock and 2x each from Luxe Silver cardstock. Sponge the white diecuts with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear adhesive. When dry, adhere to the silver diecuts slightly offset and adhere to the card front as shown using dimensional dots.

Stamp the image from the Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp set on heavy white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and color using Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light and Dark Granny Apple green, Light and Dark Real Red, Light and Dark Smokey Slate, Dark Daffodil Delight and Light So Saffron. Diecut using the coordinating die. Diecut again from white cardstock and from Luxe Silver Cardstock. Adhere the white behind the white for stability, then adhere the silver slightly offset. Lightly shape using the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit and adhere to the card front over the aperture using hot glue.

Stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ from the Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set on white cardstock using Real Red Ink and diecut using the coordinating die. Diecut again from white cardstock and adhere the layers together using dries clear adhesive. Adhere to the inside of the card so that it shows through the bottom of the opening.

Sponge the lantern and the sentiment with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with Crystal Ultrafine Transparent glitter.

Check out the heartfelt Creations Gallery and you'll see all the products I used on this card. Please be sure to also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the magnificent projects created by the fabulous design team.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well. 

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Heartfelt Creations - Festive Christmas Accents

 Hi and welcome!

Today we're debuting the gorgeous Festive Christmas Collection. I just love all the little birdies in this one. 







Instructions: Card size is 5 x 7”. Score and fold 10 x 7” white cardstock at 5” on the long side to create card base. Cut Luxe Silver cardstock 2x at 4 7/8 x 6 7/8” and sheet 5B from the Festive Christmas Paper Collection 2x at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4”. Ink the edges of the designer papers with Archival Sky Blue ink. Adhere one Luxe Silver piece and one designer paper to the card front using removable tape. Using the plain oval from the Fancy Classic Oval Frame Die, cut an aperture in the card front. It will usually only cut through two of the layers but will leave a deep impression on the cardstock so you can remove the two mat layers, lay the die on the impression on the card base and run through the diecutting machine one more time. You will wind up with perfectly aligned layers to adhere permanently with dries clear adhesive. Adhere the second set of mat layers to the inside of the card. Using the third and fourth largest Fancy Classic Oval Frame Dies, cut from white cardstock and Luxe Silver cardstock. Adhere together slightly offset and adhere to the card front using dimensional dots.

Stamp the images from the Christmas Holly Accents Cling Stamp Set on watercolor paper using Archival Olive, Jet Black and Vermillion inks, Color using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers - Pale Green, Light Green, Carmine Red, Wine Red, Cornflower Blue, Yellow and Ochre and a water brush. Stamp the images with the birds two times, once in Olive and once in Jet Black. Color the leaves on the one stamped in Olive and color the birds on the one stamped in Jet Black. Diecut all images using the coordinating dies, diecut the images a second time from white cardstock one more time and adhere to the back of the stamped images. Diecut the birds four more times and adhere for dimension. Lightly shape the images using the Deluxe Flower Shaping kit and spritz with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Sparkle. Adhere the images to the frame and the inside of the card as pictured using dimensional dots and hot glue.

Add some extra sparkle by randomly dabbing the images, the frame, the card front and the inside with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with Crystal Ultrafine Transparent glitter.

You can find all the products used on my card in the Heartfelt Creations Gallery. Please be sure to also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

I really appreciation you stopping by. Thank you!

Till we meet again, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet