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It's been awhile since we've had a visit, hasn't it!
It is another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, and today I have a quick and easy Christmas card to share with you! Do you know what makes these handmade cards quick and easy? It's making sure that you have pre-stamped, colored and die cut your images ahead of the design process! I try to stamp as many poinsettias onto a sheet of white card stock as I can, and will usually do multiple sheets...especially when you know you're needing to creative a significant number of holiday cards. Then, when the family decides to watch a movie, I'm up late waiting to pick up my daughter from work, or we're just watching tv in the evening, I can color away! The inks and other supplies are out once and I can just get it done! Then I like to die cut the images and store them away for when I am ready to use them. With a quick card base design, and with the embellishments just needing a bit of shaping, the cards get done very quickly!
...here's a peek at my card design share today...
I've used the Sparkling Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set to create these gorgeous holiday florals....and did you know that they are currently on the Limited Editions list? That's right, they are retiring...so if they have been on your wish list, now is the time to snatch them up at a fantastic price point! You can find them here!
I've also fallen madly in love with the pine cone image from the O Holy Night Collection! I think it adds such a festive holiday look to your Christmas creations...and is perfect for pairing with other favorite collections as well.
I've paired up the small wedding bells image from the Classic Wedding Collection with the O Holy Night Collection as I thought they were perfect for the holiday season! They make me think of the song "C'mon ring those bells, light the Christmas tree...Jesus is the King, born for you and me...C'mon Ring those bells, everybody sing...Jesus we remember it's your birthday"
Do I have you singing in now? LOL
The icing on a Christmas card is always the glitter! It's Christmas and we need some sparkle!
I've used the fantastic Rajni Chawla's Frosting Powder on this creation, and I love the sparkle and the frosted look it gives to the floral clusters!
Well, I hope I've inspired you to get working on those holiday cards! Don't wait until mid November...the most wonderful time of the year is also the most busy time of the year!
Do pop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog as there are so many beautiful inspirational creations there that they design team have created to inspire you!
Until next time...
Project Supplies and Instructions
Other Products Used: white card stock, BigShot die cutting machine,
paper trimmer, scissors, Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard, pop dots
For more tips on creating
with the O Holy Night collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/UWDeK6soJ0E.
Create
a card base from white card stock measuring 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Trim out premade card
panel shown in sample, as well as a red decorative background mat measuring
just slightly smaller than the card base from the O Holy Night Paper
Collection.
Using
manual die cutting machine, along with the rectangle die from the Cut Mat
Create 1B Die that coordinates to the center rectangle on the premade card
panel, die cut out center image portion. Ink edges of die cut, outer portion of
premade card panel, as well as background mat using Ranger Archival Ink –
Vermillion. Adhere background mat, and premade card panel background to card
front as shown.
Using
Ranger Archival Ink – Jet Black, stamp Season’s Greetings sentiment onto center
of die cut rectangle. Apply pop dots to back of sentiment panel and then adhere
to card front at an angle as shown on card sample.
Stamp
one inking of the Sparkling Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set, one inking of the small
wedding bell image from the Classic Wedding Bells Cling Stamp Set, two inkings
of the pinecone image from the Silent Night Scroll Cling Stamp Set, as well as
one inking of the large holly clusters from the Poinsettia and Holly Clusters
Cling Stamp Set all onto white card stock using Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet
Black.
Begin
coloring poinsettias Ranger Archival Ink – Buttercup and Stack and Store
Daubers, adding a hint of yellow ink to poinsettia centers. Color poinsettia
petals using a combination of Ranger Archival Ink – Vermillion and Carnation Red.
Die cut using coordinating dies. Shape using Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Create
two double blossoms pairing one mid sized petal piece and a smaller petal
piece, as well as one blossom pairing two smaller petal pieces. Using a dries
clear glue, adhere Go Man Go Prills to poinsettia centers. Set aside to dry.
Next,
color pinecone images using Ranger Archival Ink – Sepia, Coffee, Leaf Green and
Fern Green using Stack and Store Daubers. Die cut using coordinating die. Color
holly clusters using Archival Ink – Leaf Green and Fern Green using Stack and
Store Daubers. Die cut using coordinating die. Shape pinecone images slightly
using Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, and holly clusters using 3D Poinsettia Shaping
Mold.
Color
wedding bells using Memento Dye Ink – Peanut Brittle and Ranger Archival Ink –
Buttercup, and ribbons on bells using Archival Ink – Vermillion and Carnation
Red. Die cut using coordinating die. Snip apart the portion of the wedding
bells die cut you wish to use on the card front as shown.
Adhere bells image to card front as shown
using pop dots using a dries clear glue. Adhere poinsettia blossoms as shown.
Lastly, add one pinecone image behind poinsettia on top of card front, and one
pinecone image to the poinsettia cluster on bottom of card front. Add in holly
clusters around both poinsettias as desired.
Using
a dries clear glue and fine metal tip, adhere Crystal Transparent Glitter to
bells and preprinted images on sentiment panel, and Rajni Chawla’s Frosting
Powder to poinsettia petals, pinecone images and holly clusters. Lastly, drop
small groupings of Nuvo Drops to sentiment panel and lay flat to dry.
