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Warmest Wishes To You This Holiday Season

Welcome...and a happy Christmas Eve!
I'm sure you are hustling and bustling about just
 as I am today...so I'm ever so appreciative that you took the time to stop by for a minute or two. 

I have to say that Christmas Eve is one of my most favorite days of the year.  For me, Christmas begins on Christmas Eve...I am finally able to slow down a little that day and just enjoy the season. Our little family celebrates together with a candlelight supper meal that has been specially planned together.  After supper we head out to church for the Christmas Eve service...which is just my favorite service!
The candle light, the mixture of hymns and carols, the reading of the Christmas story...it sets ones focus on what the real reason for the season is!  Then we head home and the kids get to open up their traditional present that they receive every year...a new pair of pajamas and a Bible based book about the true meaning of Christmas.  By the time they leave home one day, they'll have a wonderful collection of Christmas books that they can share with their families one day. 

With today being Christmas Eve and also a Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, I wanted to create a special creation from me to you...please consider this holiday card my warmest wishes for you this Christmas season and the upcoming New Year!

Here's a peek...


I wanted to create a card with a simpler vintage and country style feeling...something warm, cozy and a tad rustic that looked like it had been just recently rediscovered in your attic.  The Festive Christmas Collection is perfect for this type of card.  The rich reds and greens in this collection make this so easy! The premade card panels are perfect for creating a quick card, and some distressing and inking around the edges bring out a rustic and antiqued look perfectly!


 And what could be more country and rustic than a candle in the window and some poinsettias around the tree!  I love driving by houses and seeing their candles in the windows during the holiday season... and you will always find a poinsettia under my Christmas tree.

 
 So, I knew that I wanted to incorporate the candle stamp image on this project. To add to the country feeling, I've added some burlap paper in the background and some rusty elements such as jingle bells and a rusty safety pin!  And of course, several threaded buttons!  For a finishing touch, nothing says vintage country more than bakers twine!

You can find all the products and instructions for this card at the end of this blog post, or on the Heartfelt Creations blog!  While you're there, be sure to check out all of the other design teams creations!  Oh, and don't forget out the holiday special that is happening in the Heartfelt Creations store...maybe treat yourself to a little Christmas present from you to you? 

My wish for you this holiday season is that you would be blessed by family around your table, and beautiful memories of those who are no longer able to join you in the flesh... a peace in your heart that only our Heavenly Father can impart and a New Year full of God's richest blessings.

Oh, and one last bit of sharing...I have a video of one of my favorite Christmas songs that I'd love to share with you.  For those of you who have followed me for some time, you will recognize it as I try to post it every year.  It is sung by one of my favorite contemporary Christian bands...Third Day... and the lyrics so clearly remind us of what Christmas is really all about...the gift that was given so long ago, and the price that was paid for each and everyone of us after that. 
Enjoy!

 
Until next time...

Project Instructions:

Other Products Used:  Scor Tape, maroon card stock, Burlap paper, Versacolor Pine Cone Ink, Espresso Truffle Memento Ink, Toffee Crunch Memento Ink, distress tool, 3D pop dots, rusty jingle bells, rusty safety pin, bakers twine, small buttons, hot glue gun, premade 5"x7" premade card base, Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight Die, Big Shot manual die cutting machine, Stampin Up 1 3/4" circle punch, washi tape

Select the background paper you wish to use to cover the entire card front.  (This will only show through in the areas where the distressed premade card panel will curl or lift off the page.)  Next, select the premade 5"x7" card panel from the Festive Christmas Paper Collection you wish to work with as well as a smaller coordinating premade card panel. Mask the the open area in the smaller card panel with washi tape making sure to cover all areas you don't want stamped.  Ink a portion of the Festive Notes PreCut Set and stamp into open area.  Allow to dry and remove washi tape. Cut a piece of solid card stock slightly larger than the small panel to use as a mat. Ink all of the panels with a light brown ink.  Using a distress tool, distress the large and small card panels from the paper collection, however not the smaller solid color mat.  Then ink upturned edges with a darker brown ink.  Cut a piece of burlap paper to the size you wish to use on the card.  Die cut all of the pieces you will be needing in coordinating colors that you wish to use as per example shown.  Create one white circle using a circle punch.  Ink candle image from Bright Christmas PreCut Set with Toffee Crunch Memento ink, stamp it onto circle and allow to dry.  Mat onto doily die cut from the Fleur de Lis Doily Accents Set.  Moving back to the card panel, begin to assemble card.  Adhere background paper to front of card.  Then adhere large 5"x7" distressed premade card panel on top of background paper. Moving along, it is now time to adhere the burlap paper onto the card front, setting it down on an angle.  Next move along to the grouping of the smaller card panel elements. Take the distressed smaller panel and adhere it to the red solid color mat.  Now adhere this panel to the ornamental die cut background you have cut with the Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight die.  Wrap the bakers twine around the small panel several times and tie in a bow on the front.  Apply 3D pop up dots to small panel grouping and adhere to center of card front.  Add corner die cuts to one top and one bottom corner.  Add candle die cut to opposite top corner.  Choose and cut greeting from the paper pack collection you wish to use and add rusty safety pin.  Adhere to card.  Choose two buttons and thread with bakers twine.  Adhere with glue gun to the corner die cuts.  Adhere jingle bells to desired locations.  Surprise someone with a holiday greeting card in their mailbox this holiday season!


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A Last Minute Gift Idea

Welcome back!
So glad you were able to stop by for a visit today!
Christmas is fast approaching and I know that the crunch time for last minute preparations is closing in on us rather quickly!  With that being said, I decided that for Heartfelt Creations Wednesday I'd like to share with you a quick and easy last minute gift idea!
What makes this gift idea even more fantastic is that you will be able to use up some of those scraps kicking around your craft space from previous creating!
I've even included a very quick picture tutorial for you for part of it...not that you'll be needing it!  LOL

Here's a look at the project for today...


...and here's a close up of just the ornament...which by the way would make a great last minute gift even without the matching packaging...


These glass ornaments are all the rage this year and if you browse the internet you'll find all sorts of things to do with them.  I loved the idea of filling the bauble with beautiful scraps of Heartfelt Creations papers so they wouldn't go to waste.  The colors and patterns are so gorgeous!

So let's get started!

Gather together left over paper pieces from the Festive Christmas Paper Pack Collection and a clear glass ornament in the size of your choice.  Trim small pieces of scraps to the size that you wish to use to fill the inside of the ornament with.  Wrap each piece of paper over the body of a paper shaping tool or pencil.  While still rolled, remove from tool or pencil and place inside glass ornament.  Decide whether you would like to fill entire bauble or just half way and continue filling until you've reached desired amount.


 Locate a piece of light beige paper in the paper pack that has been printed with music and stamp the Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set once in Espresso Truffle Memento ink. Die cut the images using the Sun Kissed Fleur metal die.  Ink the flowers with the Cherry Cobbler and Close to Cocoa ink using finger daubers.


  Once dried, shape one mid sized poinsettia with 3 layers.  Apply small Cameo colored Sparklet to the centre and stickle edges of flower for added sparkle and shine.  Set aside to dry completely.


 Ink leaves using Old Olive and Garden Green inks.  Once dried, snip apart leaf sections and shape.


 Create the bow for the ornament while warming up your hot glue gun.  Attach ribbon, poinsettia and leaves to ornament using hot glue gun.  Attach gold twine to hang ornament.


And so concludes our ornament tutorial!

Now I have to admit that the box did give me some trouble as the overhead transparency paper I used was a tad too thin and this box did not come out as solid as I would have liked it to.  So, my advice to you is to use a stronger and thicker transparency or acetate sheet.
I've included the instructions here for the box as well...however I have not done a pic tutorial.

Here's a close up of the box...


 Cut pattern for clear portion of ornament box using your electronic die cutting machine (or fussy cut pattern available from on internet) and box insert from patterned paper in the paper pack collection according to the size of your ornament.  Measure and cut decorative strips from the Festive Christmas Collection papers to layer on the upper portion of the box insert on 3 sides.  Moving onto the back insert of the box, cut 2 matching pieces of paper measuring just a bit smaller than the size of the box itself.  Adhere them together so that the front and back are matching and the back of the box will show the same pattern as the front of the panel.  Choose a small coordinating card panel from the collection and adhere it to the front of the double sided piece.  Insert into the back of the box to give it some extra stability.  I also used small glue dots to stabalize the box adhereing a few along the sides and corners.  Choose the patterned paper you wish to use to create a band for around the box.  Cut four 1" strips across the entire 12" length.  You will need to adhere two together giving you 2 reinforced 1" strips thar are 12" long.  Adhere the two long strips together and begin to wrap around your box marking where you will want to score crisp folds. Once scored, use small glue dots to apply the box band to sides of box...do not adhere to top.  Add a piece of velcro to top where the ends of the box band meet so that band is easily opened and closed.  Fussy cut a premade tag from the Festive Christmas Collection and affix to the box band with gold twine.  Using your electronic die cutting machine cut the bow in matching paper to that of the box band.  (Fussy cut patterns for bow also available on internet.)  Assemble bow and adhere with hot glue to top of box band making sure to not glue it to the portion of the box band that needs to remain free to use velcro closure.  Present to a special friend, family member, teacher, neighbour, etc. to enjoy year after year!

 HCDP1 246 Festive Christmas Paper Collection
HCPC 3557 Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set
HCD 734 Sun Kissed Fleur Die
272486 Cameo Sparklets
048749 McGill Paper Shaping Tools and Piercing Mat
159223 McGill Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
SMP001 Stamp Mat Pad

Other Products Used:  clear glass ornament, Scor Tape, mini glue dots, Big Shot Manual Die Cutting Machine, Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutting Machine, Silhouette Design Store Cupcake Box Design ID #13565,  Silhouette Design Store 3D Layered Paper Bow Design ID #35588, ribbon, gold twine, Ranger Mercury Glass Stickles, hot glue gun, finger daubers, Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler ink, Stampin Up Close to Cocoa ink, Espresso Truffle Memento ink, Stampin Up Old Olive ink, Stampin Up Garden Green ink, overhead projector transparency sheets (x3)

 I hope you've enjoyed todays post and that you've gleaned a tiny bit of inspiration here!
Be sure to check out what the other extremely talented design team members have created for your inspiration as well and leave them some love on the blog!

Until next time...

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The Sweet Moment of the Season

Welcome Back!

It's Wednesday, which means it's a Heartfelt Creations inspiration day!
This week, the team was able to create with any Heartfelt Creations product line they desired!

I've had the Festive Christmas Collection sitting in my craft room for a bit now, and was excited to finally be able to dig into it!  This collection boasts beautiful shades of traditional Christmas colors with deep reds and gorgeous greens! 

And, not to mention the most traditional Christmas flower...the Poinsettia...I just could hardly wait to get creating those gorgeous holiday florals!
Were you aware that the shape of the poinsettia flower and leaves are sometimes thought as a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem which led the Wise Men to Jesus. The red colored leaves symbolize the blood of Christ, and the white leaves represent His purity!  There's also a fascinating Mexican legend behind this pretty Christmas flower...you can read up more on it here!  

Now, back to the business at hand!
Here's a look at what I was inspired to create this week...


...and a closer peek at the flowers...


I enjoyed myself so much creating this card!  Coloring, fussy cutting and creating beautiful flowers...it was just so much fun!
I hope I've been able to inspire you today!
There's still time to create some gorgeous Christmas cards...and this stunning product and paper line is sure to help you do that!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
I do hope you'll take time to stop by the Heartfelt Creations blog to check out the fantastic inspiration projects the other talented design team members have created!
Settle in with a warm beverage, browse and become inspired!

Until next time...

  Products Used
 HCDP1 246 Festive Christmas Paper Collection
HCPC 3621 Dove of Peace PreCut Set
HCPC 3557 Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set
HCD 734 Sun Kissed Fleur Die
273900 Zip Dry Paper Glue
048749 McGill Paper Shaping Tools and Piercing Mat
159223 McGill Paper Blossoms Molding Mat

Other Products Used:  white card stock, Spectrum Noir colored pencils 119, 117, 112, 058, 056, 047, 095, blending solution, Stampin Up Close to Cocoa Ink, Stampin Up Garden Green Ink, Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler Ink, Stampin Up More Mustard Ink,  Stampin Up Basic Black ink, Spellbinders Tapestry die, Ranger Stickles Champagne, paper doily, clear embossing powder, 3D pop dots, BigShot die cutting machine, Lindy’s Stamp Gang Bucket O Blood Red shimmer spray, heat tool, sponge daubers, premade 5”x7” card base

Instructions
Begin with a 5”x7” card base or create your own.  Select two coordinating background papers of your choice from the Festive Christmas Paper Pack Collection.  Cut both pieces to cover the card front.  The paper that you have chosen for the full background will remain in the 5x7 sizing.  The complimentary paper is to be die cut with the Spellbinders Tapestry die.  Once you have die cut the paper, cut down to the edges of the die cut portion making it a perfect size to mat against the background, ink both pieces of paper with brown ink, and adhere to the card.  Next adhere the doily to the center of the project. Choose a sentiment panel from the paper pack that you would like to use on the lower corner. Ink all edges of the piece with brown ink to give it an aged effect. Next, locate the premade scrapbook pages in the Festive Christmas Paper Collection and fussy cut the corner image with the poinsettias and baubles.  Also fussy cut the green round and red pointed dangling baubles from a second scrapbook page.  Ink all edges of the fussy cut items with brown ink.  Apply 3D pop dots to the corner die cut portion and position on card before adhering.  Position your sentiment panel as well before adhering.  Once happy with the placement of each of the pieces, secure onto the card. Proceed to adhere next fussy cut image with the round bauble covering the Merry Christmas sentiment bauble making sure to apply 3D pop dots to the pointed ornament so it flows with the rest of the dimensional images.   Begin with stamping the images you will need one dove image stamped on white card stock and as many flower images as you wish to create stamped on the light cream patterned paper from the Christmas collection.  On this creation I have used two stamp and cuts of the Poinsettia PreCut Set.  For the flowers, emboss with clear embossing powder while ink is still wet and set with heat tool.  Using the finger sponge daubers, apply the red ink and then a light coat of brown ink over it giving the flower a nice burgundy color. After inking, while ink is still wet, quickly remove a small amount between coats allowing a tiny bit of the cream colored paper to shine through. Use the yellow ink to give coloring to the center of the poinsettia.  Shape your flowers and layer as desired.  This creation has 3 various sized poinsettias that have two layers, and 2 poinsettias that have been layered three times.  Once flowers have been created, spray with shimmer spray and glitter centers.  Ink the die cut leaves with green ink and snip apart creating single leaves.  Set aside flowers and leaves and begin with coloring the dove image.  Once colored, apply dove image with 3D pop dots.  Then begin with flower arranging.  Once happy with your arrangement adhere to card.  Apply leaves among flower spray as desired.  Lastly, apply a few smaller flat poinsettia die cuts randomly around the sentiment portion of the card and glitter centers once adhered.  Send your card to a special friend or loved one for them to enjoy!

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