Heartfelt Creations - Debuting the Rustic Sunflower Collection

Hi and Welcome!

I am absolutely loving the gorgeous new Rustic Sunflower Collection.

"Just imagine creating with a rustic paper collection filled with hues of sunflower yellows and splashes of blues and aquamarine; perfectly accented by the beauty of rustic sunflowers. Perfect for creating rustic sunflower projects for any occasion! Stamp, die cut and let your rustic sunflowers paired with the coordinating stamps, dies, and 3D shaping molds be the simple rustic accent for your paper crafted projects."

My first project with this new collection is a pretty slimline card.

Card size is 3 3/4 x 8 3/4”. Cut black cardstock to 7 1/2 x 8 3/4”. Score and fold at 3 3/4” on the short side. Cut Tim Holtz Bronze Kraft Core cardstock to 3 1/2 x 8 1/2” 2x. Cut Rustic Sunflower Paper Collection, Sheet 1B, to 3 1/4 x 8 1/4” 2x, ink the edges using Archival Olive ink. Adhere the designer paper to the bronze paper and adhere one set to the inside of the card using dries clear adhesive. Stamp the ‘Thinking of You’ sentiment from the Just For You Sentiments Cling Stamp Set on the designer paper on the inside of the card using Archival Jet Black ink. Adhere the other set to the card front using dimensional tape. 

Using the Ticket and Tags Die, cut the eyelet die from black cardstock to fit the width of the card front 2x. Adhere one to the bottom of the card front as shown. Stamp the ‘For My Friend’ sentiment on the same designer paper using VersaMark, sprinkle with Ranger Fine Detail Black embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Ink the edges using Olive ink. Cut Bronze Kraft Core paper using the inside Ornamental Tags Die. Adhere the sentiment to the bronze cardstock and adhere to the second eyelet Ticket and Tags Die. Adhere to the top of the card front using dimensional tape. 

Stamp the milk can from the Rustic Sunflower Can & Freezer Cling Stamp Set on Kraft Core Bronze Cardstock using VersaMark 2x. Cover with Ranger Fine Detail Black embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Diecut 1x with full pail coordinating die and 1x just using the die for the lid, Dry emboss using the Stampin Up Subtle embossing folder. Diecut both 2 more times from chip board, adhere all the layers together and lightly shape. 

Stamp the sunflower images from the Rustic Sunflower Can & Freezer Cling Stamp Set 2x each on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper using Potter’s Clay for the Flowers and Olive for the stem and leaves. Color the flowers using ColorBox Harvest and Memento Peanut Brittle and color the leaves using Vivid Chartreuse ink. Diecut with the coordinating dies. Ink the edges of the leaves using Olive and ink the edges of the sunflowers using Rhubarb Stalk ink. Shape using the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit and finish shaping by pinching and twisting the tips. Spritz all of the diecuts using Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray-Sparkle. Cut the flower heads from the second set of flowers using a scissor and adhere to the first set being sure to offset. Add dries clear adhesive to the flower centers and add Gala Glitz – Brown to the centers. Adhere the cut stems and leaves for stability. 

Stamp the small Rustic Sunflowers on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper x3 using Memento Potter's Clay ink. Color using Memento Peanut Brittle and ColorBox Harvest inks. Diecut using the coordinating die, ink the edges using Memento Rhubarb Stalk, shape using the Rustic Sunflower Mold and finish shaping by pinching the and twisting the tips. Spray with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray - Sparkle and let dry. Adhere two flowers together using hot glue to create the sunflower. Add hot glue or dries clear adhesive to the flower centers and cover with brown Gala Glitz.

Adhere the pail to the card front using dimensional squares and create a sunflower bouquet using the sunflowers with the stems from the Rustic Sunflower Can & Freezer Cling Stamp Set and the Rustic Sunflowers. Adhere using hot glue and dimensional squares.

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Thank you for stopping by! 

Please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous Rustic Sunflower projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Till next week, please stay safe and be well!

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Heartfelt Creations - The Last Two Christmas Cards

 Happy September!!! Welcome to my blog!

I'm sad that the summer is coming to an end, but I do love the fall. Next week my blog will be all about that beautiful season.

Today it's all about Christmas. lol. I have two cards to share.

My first card 'Joy, Peace and Happiness' stars the beautiful Holiday Snowflake Frame and the beautiful Festive Poinsettia.

Instructions: Card size is 7 1/2 x 5 1/2”. Cut white cardstock to 11 x 5 1/2”. Score and fold at 5 1/2” on the long side to create card base. Cut Luxe Gold Cardstock 7 3/8 x 5 3/8” and adhere to card base using dries clear adhesive. Cut white cardstock 7 1/4 x 5 1/4” and adhere to gold cardstock. Using the largest die from the Holiday Snowflake Frame Die, cut 2x, once from white cardstock and once from Luxe Gold cardstock. Adhere the two together, slightly offsetting, and adhere to the card base using dimensional tape. Diecut the smaller frame 2x, once from gold cardstock and once from white cardstock, from the same set using the second and third largest dies. Adhere together, slightly offsetting, and adhere to the card base as shown. Using the fourth and fifth dies from the same set, cut a frame from Luxe Gold cardstock. Using the fifth die, cut from white cardstock. Stamp the sentiment ‘Merry Christmas’ from the Candlelit Poinsettia Cling Stamp set using Versamak ink, sprinkle with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Adhere the two pieces to the card front using dimensional adhesive tape.

For the inside of the card, cut Luxe gold cardstock 7 3/8 x 5/38” and adhere. Cut the largest Holiday Snowflake Frame from white cardstock and adhere to the gold cardstock. Using the fourth largest Snowflake frame, cut from Luxe Gold cardstock. Using the fifth largest die, cut from white cardstock. Adhere the two together and adhere to the inside of the card. Using the Cut Mat Create small square die cut the sentiment from the Festive Poinsettia Paper Collection, ink the edges using Archival Olive and adhere.

Stamp the largest Small Festive Poinsettia 2x on red pearl metallic cardstock using VersaMark ink, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Stamp the Small Festive Poinsettia Leaves 2x and the holly leaves from the Large Festive Poinsettia on green pearl metallic cardstock using VersaMark ink, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Stamp the large flourish from the Holly Berry Cling Stamp Set on Luxe Gold Cardstock using VersaMark ink, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Diecut all using the coordinating dies. Shape the poinsettias and leaves in the Small 3D Poinsettia Shaping Mold, shape the large holly leaves in the Large 3D Poinsettia Shaping Mold and shape the flourish using the Deluxe Flower shaping Kit. Pierce the center of the poinsettia flowers using the Groove Golf Tool and insert the stamens, adhere the two flowers together using hot glue making sure to offset them. Adhere the Holly Berry flourish, the poinsettia and the leaves to the left side of the card using hot glue as shown.

Diecut two of the large snowflakes from the Holiday Snowflake Frame Die, sponge with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with Ultrafine Transparent glitter. Add the snowflakes as shown using hot glue.

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My second card 'Leafy Framed Christmas Scene' stars the Home for the Holidays Collection and that amazing truck, along with the Frame A Card Leafy Border.

Instructions: Card size is 6 x 5”. Cut white cardstock to 10 x 6”, score and fold at 5” on the long side. Cut paper from the Festive Poinsettia Paper Collection, Sheet 11B, to 5 7/8 x 4 7/8” and adhere to the card front. Cut plaid paper from the same collection, Sheet 11A, 5 7/8 x 4 7/8”, ink the edges using Archival Olive ink and adhere to the inside of the card. Cut a border strip from the same collection Sheet 1A and adhere to the bottom of the inside. Stamp ‘Happy Holidays’ from the Festive Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set on 4 x 3” white cardstock using Real Red Ink, punch the corners using snowflake punch and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp the image with the back of the truck, the dog and the snowman from the Home for the Holidays Cling Stamp set 2x on Strathmore Bristol Vellum Cardstock using Jet Black Archival ink. Color everything except the truck on one scene and just the truck on the second scene using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Carmine Red, Wine Red, Yellow, May Green, Deep Green, and Light Gray. Diecut the full scene using the coordinating die and diecut again from plain white cardstock. Adhere the two together to create a strong base. Diecut the colored truck from the second scene using the coordinating dies. Cut the truck 4x more and adhere together. Spritz all the diecuts with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray-Sparkle and let dry. To create the snow effect, add dries white glue and ultrafine transparent glitter. Adhere the truck and then adhere the whole scene to the center of the card base.

Using the 6” and 5” outside dies from the Leafy Borders Frame a Card Dies, cut 2x each from the green Festive Poinsettia Paper Collection, Sheet 8B. Using the same dies and the inside decorative dies, cut 2x each from white cardstock. Sponge with dries clear adhesive and cover with Crystal Ultrafine Transparent glitter. When dry, adhere the white diecuts to the green diecuts and then adhere to the card front using double thick dimensional tape.

Using the Bow-It-All, make a multiloop bow from thin red satin ribbon and adhere to the front of the card using a hot glue gun.

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Thank you so much for stopping by!

Please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team!

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

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Heartfelt Creations - Two More Festive Poinsettia Cards

 Welcome - It's Day 3 of the debut of the Festive Poinsettia Collection!

Here's my third card.

'Silver Poinsettia Gateway'

Instructions: Card size is 5 x 7”. Using the outside Lattice Flourish Gateway die, cut 2x from 5 x 7” Pearl White Metallic cardstock and 2x from Festive Poinsettia paper. Add 1” double side tape to the top of one of the Pearl White Metallic pieces before diecutting. Score the diecut with the tape just under the tape and adhere to the other Pearl White diecut to create card base. Add one of the designer papers to the front of the card, trim the top of the other designer paper, ink the edges with Real Red ink and adhere to the inside of the card. Diecut one of the journal pages from the Festive Poinsettia paper collection using the eyelet rectangle die and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment on the front designer paper using VersaMark, sprinkle with WOW Metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the heat it tool. Diecut the decorative Lattice Flourish Gateway dies once from Pearl White Metallic cardstock and once from Luxe Silver cardstock. Adhere them together, slightly offset, and adhere the outside piece to the card front using dries clear adhesive and adhere the gate using foam strips.

Stamp the small flowers from the Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set 2x and the smallest Small Festive Poinsettia 2x on pearl white metallic cardstock using VersaMark, sprinkle with WOW metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It tool. Diecut using the coordinating dies and add a little Real Red ink to the poinsettias using Stack & Store Daubers. Shape in the 3D Festive Poinsettia Shaping Molds. Using the Groove Golf Tool Set, pierce a large hole in the center of the flowers and insert silver Assorted Bead-Medium stamens. Layer the flowers, slightly offsetting, and secure using hot glue.

Stamp the large spray and the leaves from the Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp Set and the leaves 2x from the Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set on Luxe Silver Cardstock using VersaMark, sprinkle with WOW metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It tool. Shape the leaves in the mold and the sprays using the Deluxe flower shaping kit.

Adhere the poinsettias, leaves and sprays to the card front using hot glue.

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And here's my fourth card.

'Intricate Swirl for Christmas' 

Instructions: Create a 7 x 5” shaped card base using the Intricate Swirl Frames outside Die. Cut two pieces of white cardstock 7 1/2 x 5 1/2”. Add 1” double sided tape to the top of the second one, then diecut both using the largest Intricate Swirl Frames die. Score the one with the tape just underneath the tape and adhere the two together. Cut two pieces of green Festive Poinsettia paper Sheet 8B 5 3/8 x 3 3/8”, ink the edges using Archival Olive ink and adhere one to the center of the card front and the other to the inside of the card. Using the same die, cut again from Luxe Gold cardstock, this time also using the next die in the set. Adhere the gold frame to the card front using dimensional tape offsetting slightly so that the white just peeks through. Adhere the intricate inside die using dries clear adhesive. Cut the next size die twice, once from Luxe Gold cardstock and once from white cardstock and adhere the white one behind the gold one making sure to offset. Adhere to the center using dimensional squares, Stamp “Merry Christmas’ from the Candlelit Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set on White cardstock using VersaMark, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set. Diecut using the second smallest Circle Basics Large Die, ink the edges using Olive ink and adhere to the center.

Diecut Luxe Gold Cardstock using the third smallest Eyelet Circle & Basics Small Die. Adhere the two together and adhere to the center, Using the smallest eyelet die from the Eyelet Rectangle and Basics Die, cut from Luxe Gold Cardstock. Cut white cardstock from the smallest plain rectangle die and ink the edges, Cut the sentiment from Festive Poinsettia paper collection, sheet 3A, 2 1/4 x 1 1/8” and ink the edges. Adhere all three together using dries clear adhesive and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp the smallest Small Festive Poinsettia 2x on red pearl metallic cardstock using VersaMark ink, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Stamp the Small Festive Poinsettia Leaves 2x on green pearl metallic cardstock using VersaMark ink, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Stamp the large flourish from the Holly Berry Cling Stamp Set on Luxe Gold Cardstock using VersaMark ink, sprinkle with gold embossing powder and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Diecut all using the coordinating dies. Shape the poinsettias and leaves in the Small Poinsettia Shaping Mold and shape the flourish using the Deluxe Flower shaping Kit. Pierce the center of the poinsettia flowers using the Groove Golf Tool and insert the stamens, adhere the two flowers together using hot glue making sure to offset them.

Adhere the Holly Berry flourish, the poinsettia and the leaves to the left side of the card using hot glue as shown.

Visit the Heartfelt Creations Gallery to find out what products I used on my card. 

Thank you you so much for stopping by and please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Till we meet next week, please stay safe and be well. 

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Heartfelt Creations - Glittering Gold Poinsettia

 Welcome - It's Day 2 of the debut of the Festive Poinsettia Collection!

Here's my second card.

Instructions: Card size is 6 x 6”. Score and fold 12 x 6" Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper at 6” to create a 6 x 6” tent fold card. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock 5 7/8 x 5 7/8”. Cut red paper from the Festive Poinsettia Paper Collection 6 3/4 x 6 3/4”. Adhere the two together and adhere to the card base with dries clear adhesive. Cut Deluxe Flower Shaping paper 5 3/8 x 5 3/8”. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock to 5 1/4 x 5 1/4”. Cut green designer paper to 5 1/8 x 5 1/8”. Adhere the three together and adhere to the card base. Cut Luxe Gold cardstock to 5 7/8 x 5 7/8” and red designer paper to 5 3/4 x 5 3/4”. Adhere the two together and adhere to the inside of the card.

Using the two largest Circle Basics Large dies, cut a circle from Luxe Gold cardstock. Adhere the circle to the card base using foam strips.

Stamp the Large and Small Festive Poinsettias on red metallic cardstock using VersaMark, stamp leaves with VersaMark on green metallic cardstock, sprinkle with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Place the flowers and leaves in the molds, spritz with water and run through the die-cutting machine. When dry, pierce the flower centers using the Groove golf Tool and insert the gold stamens. Use two flowers to create each poinsettia making sure to offset them.

Stamp the Small Festive Poinsettia leaves and the Holly Berry Spray leaves on Luxe Gold cardstock using VersaMark. Sprinkle with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Shape the Small Poinsettia leaves in the mold and shape the Holly Berry Spray leaves using the Deluxe Flower Shaping kit.

Create a cluster on the left side of the circle using the poinsettias and gold leaves, glue down using a hot glue gun. Add a few white pastel pollen stamens to the cluster.

Stamp the ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment on white cardstock using Versamark, sprinkle with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It Tool. Diecut using the arrows and banners die and mat onto Luxe Gold cardstock. Shape with fingers and adhere over the center of the circle.

Visit the Heartfelt Creations Gallery for a list of all the products used on my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see the magnificent projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Till I see you on Saturday, please stay safe and be well.

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Heartfelt Creations - Debuting the Festive Poinsettia Collection

 Hi and welcome!

Yay! the day is finally here when we can debut the gorgeous Festive Poinsettia Collection!

Celebrate the holidays with a festive paper collection full of classic Christmas colors of reds & greens, and full of holiday sentiments, perfect for cards, scrapbooks or home decor! Stamp, die cut, and shape your festive poinsettias and spread some holiday cheer with everyone’s favorite holiday floral! Your Christmas cards will bring fond memories of past Christmases with the timeless beauty of these holiday poinsettias.

Here's my Sparkling Silver Poinsettia card for day 1 of the debut.

Instructions: Card size is 8 x 5 1/2”. Score and fold 11 x 8” pearl white metallic cardstock at 5 1/2” to create tent fold card base. Cut Luxe Silver cardstock to 7 3/4 x 5 1/4”. Cut pearl white metallic cardstock to 7 1/2 x 5”, dry emboss, adhere the two mat layers together and adhere to the card base. Cut Luxe Silver Cardstock to 7 3/4 x 5 1/4” again and red paper, Sheet 7B, from the Festive Poinsettia Paper Collection to 7 1/2 x 5”, ink the edges using Real Red ink and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp ‘Happy Holidays’ from the Festive Winterscapes Cling Stamp Set on pearl white metallic cardstock using VersaMark, sprinkle with silver embossing powder and heat set. Diecut using the Eyelet Rectangle & Basics die and adhere to the inside of the card.

Stamp the Large Festive Poinsettia flower 2x and the leaf 4x on pearl white metallic cardstock using VersaMark, sprinkle with WOW metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It tool. Diecut using the Large Festive Poinsettia Die and add a little Real Red ink to the poinsettias and a little Garden Green ink to the leaves using Stack & Store Daubers. Shape in the 3D Large Festive Poinsettia Shaping Mold. Using the Groove Golf Tool Set, pierce a large hole in the center of the flowers and insert 20 silver Assorted Bead-Medium stamens. Layer the flowers, slightly off setting, and secure using hot glue.

Stamp the large spray from the Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp Set 2x and the leaves 4x from the Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set on Luxe Silver Cardstock using VersaMark, sprinkle with WOW metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter and heat set using the Heat It tool. Shape the leaves in the mold and the sprays using the Deluxe flower shaping kit.

Adhere the poinsettia, leaves and sprays to the card front using hot glue.

Visit the Heartfelt Creations Gallery to see all the products used on my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the gorgeous projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

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

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Heartfelt Creations - It's Snow Pretty

 Hi and welcome!

The summer is just flying by and here I am making Christmas Cards. I do absolutely love the Home for the Holidays Collection, I think it's one of my favorites. Today's card is a pretty snowy scene accented with bright red poinsettias.

Instructions: Card size with flowers is 7 3/4 x 5 1/4”. Cut three pieces of white cardstock 7 1/2 x 5 1/2”. Add 1” double sided tape to the third piece and diecut all using the largest Holiday Snowflake Frame Die. Adhere two of these large diecuts together for the front of the card. Diecut a smaller frame from white cardstock using the second and third largest dies from the same set. Diecut three of the larger snowflakes. Sponge all except the frame with the tape with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with ultrafine transparent glitter. When dry, adhere the two larger frames together using the tape to create the card base. Adhere the smaller frame and two of the snowflakes to the larger frame using dries clear adhesive as shown. Cut the panel with the truck from the Home for the Holidays Paper Collection sheet 3A, round the corners, ink the edges using Archival Olive ink, stamp the sentiment from the Holiday Village Stamp set using Archival Jet Black ink and adhere to the inside.

Stamp the image with the full truck and the barn and deer from the Home for the Holidays Cling Stamp set 2x on Strathmore Bristol Vellum Cardstock using Jet Black Archival ink. Color everything except the truck and Deer on one scene and just the truck and deer on the second scene using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Carmine Red, Wine Red, Yellow, May Green, Deep Green, Light Gray and Beige. Diecut the full scene using the coordinating die and diecut again from plain white cardstock. Adhere the two together to create a strong base. Diecut the colored truck and the deer from the second scene using the coordinating dies. cut the deer 2x more and the truck 4x more and adhere together. Spritz all the diecuts with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray-Sparkle and let dry. To create the snow effect, add dries white glue and ultrafine transparent glitter. Adhere the truck and the deer and then adhere the whole scene to the card base.

Stamp the small poinsettias from the Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set 3x on red pearl metallic cardstock using Archival Red Geranium ink, diecut using coordinating die and shape using the Large 3D Festive Poinsettia Shaping Mold and the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Adhere two flowers together making sure to offset them and add dries clear adhesive and gold glass shards to the flower centers.

Stamp the Holly Leaves from the Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set and the leaves from the Holly Berry Cling Stamp Set on green pearl metallic paper using Archival Olive ink and diecut using coordinating dies. Shape the leaves using the Small 3D Festive Poinsettia Shaping Mold and the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Add dries white adhesive to the tips of the poinsettias and leaves and dip them in the transparent ultrafine glitter. Adhere the poinsettias and leaves to the left side of the card as shown using hot glue. Cut the last snowflake in half and glue a half behind the top and bottom poinsettias.

Other Products: White Cardstock, Red Pearl Metallic Cardstock, green Pearl Metallic Cardstock, Gold Glass Shards, Strathmore Bristol Vellum Cardstock, Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray-Sparkle, Dimensional Squares, Corner Rounder, Funnel Tray, Misti, Double Sided Tape

Click here to see all of the products I used on this project.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the absolutely gorgeous projects created by the fabulous design team. 

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

Have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet

Heartfelt Creations - Debuting the Home for the Holidays Collection

 Hi and Welcome!

Here we are in 90 degree weather showcasing the beautiful Home for the Holidays Collection. The gorgeous winter scenes and the sparkling snowflakes will definitely help to cool us down.

Here's my first project with this collection.

Instructions: Card size with Flowers and Snowflakes is 8 x 6”. Cut white cardstock 7 x 10” score and fold at 5” on the long side to create a 7 x 5” top fold card base. Cut Home for the Holidays paper sheet 6A 2x to 6 7/8 x 5 7/8”. Cut one piece from the top right and the other from the bottom right that includes the beautiful scene with the truck. Ink the edges using Archival Olive ink and adhere the one with the scene on the inside of card and the plain green one on the card front, using dries clear adhesive. Using Jet Black ink, stamp the ‘Have a very Merry Christmas!’ Sentiment from the Holiday Village Cling Stamp set on the inside.

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.) Use the Cut Mat Create Die to cut the aperture in the front of the box. Cut paper from the paper collection sheet 5A x1 4 7/8 x 4 7 /8”, x4 3/8 x 4 7/8” and ink the edges with Olive ink. Use the Cut Mat Create 2A die to cut the aperture in the 4 7/8 x 4 7/8” pieces for the front of the shadow box. Adhere the papers to the box using dries clear adhesive prior to assembling. Cut 4 7/8 x 4 7/8” from the paper collection sheet 2B and adhere to the inside of the box. Finish folding at all score lines and adhere to form the shadow box.

Stamp the Holiday Village scene 2x, the woman and child and the trees 1x on Strathmore Bristol Vellum Cardstock using Jet Black Archival ink. Color everything except the church on one scene and just the church on the second scene using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Carmine Red, Wine Red, Yellow, May Green, Deep Green, Cornflower Blue, Light Blue and Beige. Diecut the whole scene and then just the church using coordinating dies. Diecut the whole scene one more time from deluxe flower shaping paper and adhere the two together. Diecut the church 4 more times and adhere all diecuts together to create dimension. Adhere the church to the rest of the scene. Diecut the woman and child and the trees 2x and adhere them to together, Cut the trees apart. Spritz all the diecuts with Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray-Sparkle and let dry. To create the snow effect, adhere dries white glue and Rajni Chawla’s Frosting Powder. Adhere the scene inside the box and adhere the woman and child and one tree to the outside of the box using dimensional squares.

Diecut the large snowflake from the Holiday Snowflake Frame Die 10x and a small snowflake 2x from white cardstock. Double three of the snowflakes to make them thicker and adhere the small snowflakes together. Sponge all the snowflakes with dries clear adhesive and sprinkle with Ultrafine Transparent Glitter. When dry, adhere the doubled snowflakes to the back of the top of the shadow box. Adhere the single large snowflakes to the bottom of the right side of the shadow box. Diecut two large tags using the Ticket and Tags dies from white cardstock and the inside tags from designer paper and ink the edges. Adhere the tags together and punch holes in the tops using Crop-A-Dile and add red silk cord. Cut the tags down at the bottom and adhere to the right side of the card front. Adhere the shadow box to the left side of the card front.

Diecut a small tag from sheet 5A of the paper collection and again from white cardstock. Adhere the two together and ink the edges using Archival Olive ink. Diecut from Luxe Gold Cardstock the ‘2021’ using the small numbers from the Letters & Numbers Die and adhere to the tag using dries clear adhesive. Use the Mini Laser Square to line up the numbers and place them using the QuickStik. Adhere the tag to the top of the shadow box and adhere the small snowflake to the right side of the box above the tree.

Stamp the small poinsettias from the Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set 3x on red pearl metallic cardstock using Archival Red Geranium ink, diecut using coordinating die and shape using the Large 3D Festive Poinsettia Shaping Mold and the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Adhere two flowers together making sure to offset them and add dries clear adhesive and gold glass shards to the flower centers.

Stamp the Holly Leaves from the Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp set and the leaves from the Holly Berry Cling Stamp Set on green pearl metallic paper using Archival Olive ink and diecut using coordinating dies. Shape the leaves using the Small 3D Festive Poinsettia Shaping Mold and the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Add dries white adhesive to the tips of the poinsettias and leaves and dip them in the transparent ultrafine glitter. Adhere the poinsettias and leaves to the left and bottom of the shadow box as shown using hot glue. Adhere the last snowflake to the left bottom corner in between the poinsettias.

Other Products: White cardstock, Red Pearl Metallic Cardstock, green Pearl Metallic Cardstock, Gold Glass Shards, Red Silk Cord, Strathmore Bristol Vellum Cardstock, Crop-A-Dile, Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray-Sparkle, Dimensional Squares, Mini Laser Square Funnel Tray, Misti.

Thank you so much for stopping by. To find out all the products used on this shadow box card, please visit the heartfelt creations gallery here. Also visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all of the amazing projects created by the fabulous Design Team.

Till we meet again, stay safe, be well and have a beautiful day!

Crafty Hugs, 🤗🤗🤗

Janet