Wedding Tag with the Heartfelt Creations Sentiments & Tags Special Release...

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I'm so glad you're joining me today!

It's another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, and this is a special one...with a very special release!
Today we are releasing the Tags and Sentiments Collection! It is a fabulous assembling of tags and coordinating sentiments! It's everything you need for album making, scrapbooking or cardmaking!

Many of you already know that I made a wedding album for my niece as her wedding gift...well, these beautiful tag dies came just in time that I was able to incorporate them into the gift!

Here's a wedding album tag I created...


I've used the large tag and it's coordinating counter part from the Album Tags and Accents Dies. I've used the Classic Wedding paper collection to mat the tag base. I chose a portion of paper that had a beautiful image along the top and side that would go with my floral cluster. I've inked all of the edges with the Ranger Archival Ink - Pink Peony. Once the two pieces were adhered together, I die cut the hole for the tag with the horizontal die included in the same tag collection. 

I then die cut the pretty swirling die from the Ornamental Tags Collection and stamped the Congratulations sentiment from the Celebrate Love Cling Stamp set onto the die cut using Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black and heat embossed it with a rose gold embossing powder. I opted to dust the embossing powder on very light as I was wanting some of the black ink to show through to give the sentiment an aged look. 

Before adding the sentiment to the tag, I've used a sponge to add some dries clear glue to the swirling portions and have then sprinkled it with Crystal Clear Powder

I added a floral cluster on the top corner consisting of a Sweet Peony, several smaller Classic Rose single blossoms, as well as a few Lush Lilacs scattered throughout. The foliage used in the cluster comes from the Classic Rose Collection, as well as the Leafy Accents Collection

Lastly, I've added a Crystal Transparent Glitter to the preprinted images on the tag, as well as the floral cluster. The sparkle was incredible, and this picture does not do it justice!

I hope I've inspired you to get creating some specialized tags for your albums, scrapbook pages and one of a kind handmade cards! Be sure to hop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to check out the amazing samples the design team have created for your inspiration!

Until next time...
Project Supplies & Instructions



To see how to shape the peony, watch the video at https://youtu.be/L9_MLkvpGPQ

To see how to shape the roses, watch the video at https://youtu.be/Z8P070kC3oo.  

For more tips on creating with the flower shaping molds, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FSdPL7nXvQE

 For more tips on creating with the tags & sentiments, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/eAfLuNkRda4

 For more tips on creating with the Lush Lilac collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/KDbdzC0MnAI.

Other Products Used: white card stock, Lawn Fawn Rose Gold Embossing Powder, scissors, BigShot die cutting machine, MISTI, paper trimmer, ribbon, VersaMark Ink, heat tool, glue gun

Cut tag base from white card stock. Cut smaller coordinating tag mat from your choice of paper from the Classic Wedding Paper Collection. Ink edges of both tag pieces using Ranger Archival Ink - Pink Peony. Adhere pieces together and then die cut the hole for the ribbon using the small horizontal die. 

Stamp the large and small peony petals onto white card stock using Ranger Archival Ink - Majenta Hue. Color center Stack and Store Daubers using Ranger Archival Ink - Buttercup, and petals using a combination of Ranger Archival Ink - Rose Madder and Pink Peony. Color backside of petals as well. Die cut using coordinating diess Shape one larger peony as shown in peony shaping video listed above. 

Stamp one inking of lilac petals onto white card stock using VersaMark ink. Sprinkle with white embossing powder and then heat set with heat tool. Die cut using coordinating die. Follow shaping instructions as per Lilac Shaping Mold as listed above. Attach a white wired stamen to each flower by poking hole through center and then affixing with glue gun. Once glue has set, snip off wire. 

Stamp one inking of the small and mid sized Classic Rose onto white card stock using Ranger Archival Ink - Plum. Color using Stack and Store Daubers alternating Ranger Archival Ink - Plum and Tea Rose inks. Color back of petals as well. Die cut using coordinating dies. Follow instructions for shaping using the rose mold in video listed above. 

Stamp several inkings of the vine image in the Rose Vine Cling Stamp Set, as well as the foliage in the Leafy Accents Cling Stamp Set onto white card stock using Ranger Archival Ink - Fern Green. Using Stack and Store Daubers, color centers of leaves with Ranger Archival Ink - Leaf Green and then outer edges using Ranger Archival Ink - Fern Green. Die cut using coordinating dies. Shape rose vines using Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, and Leafy Accents using the 3D Leafy Accents Shaping Mold.

Arrange floral cluster as shown on sample. 

Die cut the fancy swirling tag from the Ornamental Tags Die from white paper. Stamp sentiment onto tag using Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black, and sprinkle lightly with Rose Gold Embossing Powder. Set with heat tool. 

Using a piece of Hydra Sponge, apply dries clear adhesive to the swirling embellishment portions of the die cut. Sprinkle with Crystal Clear and set aside to dry. Once dry, adhere to tag base as shown. 

Lastly, using Designer Dries Clear Adhesive and fine metal tip for adhesive bottles, apply Crystal Transparent Glitter to floral cluster as well as preprinted images on tag, and loop ribbon through tag opening.

Non Traditional Hued Holiday Creation...

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I'm just popping in with a quick share of the project I featured today on a Facebook Live I did on the Heartfelt Creations Facebook Page!
Are you a follower of Heartfelt Creations on Facebook?
They have such awesome projects and content to inspire you there!

For this week's live, I opted to go with the Merry and Bright Collection!
I love the non traditional colors used in this Christmas Collection! 

...here's a peek of the project we created together during the live...


Don't you just love those teals, blues, and purples?
Now, I will be honest, sometimes a collection gets released and I feel a little intimidated about coloring some of the images...the reindeer pulling the sleigh in the Merry and Bright Collection had me feeling that way! Does this ever happen to you?

Well, I decided I was just going to dive in with my Stack and Store daubers and give it a shot!
Do you know that it's much easier than you think!

I thought that a little window behind the window would add a nice touch to creating a winter scene. The window stamp and die combination from the Winter's Eve Collection is such a versatile stamp for all seasons and occasions!

Of course I also had to incorporate my favorite pine cone image from the O Holy Night Collection...I do believe that has appeared on every holiday card I have created so far! A small poinsettia and a decorated tree bough finish up the pretty cluster in the center!

For more information, colors, etc. please feel free to watch the replay of the Facebook live!
https://www.facebook.com/HeartfeltCreations/videos/2150747368501104/ 

 I do hope you've been inspired here today! Grab all of your Christmas crafty supplies and get those holiday cards done early...you'll be so glad you did!

Until next time...

Season's Greetings and Sparkling Poinsettias...

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I'm so glad you're here! 
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.

Quick and Easy Ornament Shaped Christmas Cards...

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I wanted to do a quick share with you here on the blog today of the Facebook Live I just finished for Heartfelt Creations!

Have you started your Christmas cards already? If not, I'm here to inspire you to do so!
Perhaps you've not figured out what style you'd like to work with this year, or which paper collections you'd like to use! Allow me to help you with that!



Today I created an ornament shaped card created with the Noel Ornament Die from Heartfelt Creations along with some papers from the O Holy Night Collection, the mini poinsettia and holly clusters, as well as the bells from the Classic Wedding Collections!

...and here is a close up of the card that was completed during my live broadcast...


I've used the Crystal Clear Powder on the ornate die cut pictured on the card base, and I have used the Frosting Powder on the poinsettia, pine cones and foliage! Don't you just love how they appear to have a touch of frost!

This card came together quickly and easily! If you would like to recreate this sample for your own holiday cards to present to friends and loved ones this year, you can find all of the details and follow through step by step with my Facebook Live!

https://www.facebook.com/HeartfeltCreations/videos/551561418597914/

Until next time...

Grateful Coneflowers....

Welcome Back!
I hope you're doing well, and I'm so glad to see you here today!
It's been a fast and crazy summer already, and I just cannot believe that today is the 1st of August!
Where is the time going? 
It seems that the kids were just released from school for the summer, and now we're seeing school supplies on the shelves at Walmart and it's almost time to get the dreaded school clothes shopping done!  LOL

Well, as you know it's another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!
This week I have a quick card to share with you featuring the gorgeous coneflowers from the Backyard Blossoms Collection as well as the papers from the Heartfelt Inspirations Journal Pages
And how can I forget the stunning Intricate Swirl Frames Die!


I've used the two pages from the Heartfelt Inpsirations Journal Pages to create this card...see...and you thought journal pages were just for journaling, didn't you!

Heartfelt Inspiration Journal Pages 

I've actually used the backside of the one page to do the matting behind the decorative frame, and have then trimmed out the portion of the floral design I wanted to showcase and adhered it to the backside of the decorative frame, which I have cut from white card stock! Once I had this all assembled, I popped the frame image up off the card base using pop dots!

I've then stamped and die cut the coneflower images and floral accents from the Backyard Blossoms Collection in a black ink onto white card stock. I've colored them using the easy to use Stack and Store Daubers from Heartfelt Creations! I'll list the colors of all the inks for you in the supply list at the end of this blog post!

I've then die cut my flowers using the coordinating dies and assembled them into a pretty wildflower like looking arrangement!

Here's a closer peek at those beautiful blossoms...


I've then created a little flag banner from a left over piece of teal colored paper and stamped my sentiment which is found in the Today's Quotes Cling Stamp Set!

Well, that's all for me today! Do pop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to take in all of the amazing projects the team have come up with for your inspiration!

Until next time...
Project Supplies and Instructions
 
Cut a 5" x 7" card base from white card stock using the Eyelet Rectangle & Basics Die. Cut the mat for the card base from the backside of one of the pages from the Heartfelt Inspirations Journal Pages pictured above using the Eyelet Rectangle & Basics Die. Ink the edges of your mat with the Ranger Archival - Majestic Violet and adhere to card base. 

Next, die cut the Intricate Swirls Frame Die from white card stock. Trim out decorative floral image from Journal Page and attach to back of frame using the dries clear glue. Adhere frame to card base using dimensional pop dots. 

Stamp the rounded coneflower image from the Blossoming Coneflower Cling Stamp Set, the smaller coneflower from the Garden's Edge Cling Stamp Set, as well as the floral accent also from the Garden's Edge Cling Stamp Set onto white card stock using Archival Ink - Jet Black. Color coneflowers using Ranger Archival Ink - Majestic Violet, Buttercup and Leaf Green using Stack and Store Daubers. Color the accent flowers using Ranger Archival - Cactus Flower and Leaf Green. 

Die cut all images using the coordinating dies.

Adhere rounded coneflower image to card base as shown. Tuck in accent flowers as shown, and adhere smaller coneflower image on top of arrangement as shown.

Trim out a banner flag and stamp sentiment using Ranger Archival - Jet Black ink. Ink edges of banner with Ranger Archival - Majestic Violet and adhere to card front.

Using dries clear glue and metal tip for adhesive bottle, apply Blue Rain Glitter to coneflower blossoms, and Crystal Glitter to all preprinted images on the card.

Quick and EZ Scrapbooking and Cardmaking...

Hello and Welcome!
I'm dropping in with a quick post showcasing the products I used to create my scrapbook journaling pages, canvas and cards from my Heartfelt Creations Facebook Live today! (If you missed it, you can find the replay here...https://www.facebook.com/HeartfeltCreations/videos/10155521633007401/)

As you know, I'm not really a scrapbooker....but the wonderful 3D ring binder and it's smaller size have allowed me to put together pages quickly and with ease...I'm not overwhelmed by the page size and I can embellish as much or as little as I want!

Here's a look at the binder I covered using the Woodsy Wonderland Collection and one of the journaling pages, the page that I put together during my Facebook Live, as well as a card I also created with the coordinating insert collections that go together with the 3D Ring Journal Binder.


I've used one of the journaling pages to create the scrapbook page from the Words to Live By Journal Page Collection. I've used the Intricate Swirl Frames Die to create the frame around the photo and have then snipped the smaller square frame from the Butterfly Kisses Decorative Die in half and have adhered one half on top of the large frame and the other half on the bottom of the large frame.

I've used the gorgeous coneflowers from the Backyard Blossoms Collection to do the embellishing on my page. I just love those coneflowers! I've stamped them in Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, and have then colored them using the Ranger Archival Ink - Monarch Orange, Buttercup and Leaf Green using the Stack and Store Daubers from Heartfelt Creations!
This page came together quickly and with ease!

I hope you've enjoyed today's quick share, and you're been inspired!
Also, I should make mention, that the 3 Ring Journal Binder and coordinating Journal Pages are all currently 50% off until July 31st! You still have a few more days to purchase these at a fantastic price point! 

https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/journals

Until next time...

Christmas in July...

Hello and Welcome!
It sure has been awhile since we've visited, hasn't it!
School is out, my kids are enjoying the summer so far, and we've just returned from a week of holidays...and now it's time to start thinking Christmas!  LOL

It's another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday...and it's another release...we're doing Christmas in July with the new O Holy Night Collection!

Here's a little more about this adorable release...

Celebrate and create inspirational Christmas greetings that spread the true meaning of the holiday season with the O Holy Night Collection from Heartfelt Creations! Immerse yourself in the Christmas story right alongside the angels who announced the Savior’s birth, the shepherds who received the good news, as well as the loving family who welcomed the holy babe in Bethlehem so many years ago! Swaddled in a traditional color palette of reds and greens mingled with hues of midnight blues, golden starlight yellows and snowy whites, this festive paper collection has been beautifully wrapped with tender lace like details, charming plaids, flowing swirls, and elegant brocades all nestled among pretty poinsettias, delicate snowflakes, fanciful Christmas ornaments and gentle images depicting that holy night when Christ was born! Three exquisite cling stamp sets along with coordinating dies provide wonderful options for creating dimensional nativity scenes, holiday themed accents such as an old fashioned scroll, a pinecone with greenery, as well as an assortment of beautifully scripted Christmas sentiments in a variety of styles perfect for all of your holiday card making! The substantially sized and intricately detailed ornament die is magnificent for creating wonderful focal point images on card fronts, stunning accents on scrapbook layouts, or for creating ornament shaped cards ready to deliver your Christmas greetings to friends and loved ones! So pause, reflect and spread the message of God’s love given that holy night so many thousands of years ago as you create and send off holiday wishes with the O Holy Night Collection. 

For my first project with this release, I decided to do an ornament shaped card! 
I've used the ornament die to cut my card base and have then decorated it with the other ornament layering die cuts!

Here's how it turned out...


I decided to go with a bit of a country Christmas vibe by using the plaid paper as an underlay to the red die cut overlay. I opted to ink the edges of the white card base using Ranger Archival Ink - Red Geranium just so it wasn't so stark in contrast to the other colors. The die cut with the sentiment I have used a dries clear glue to add some Rajni Chawla's Crystal Clear Powder just on the decorative portion of the die cut to give the card some additional sparkle. I've raised each of the ornament layers using dimensional pop dots so the ornament has quite a bit of dimension.

I've stamped the pine cone images, poinsettia and holly cluster images onto white card stock using black ink and have then colored them using the Stack and Store Daubers. I've then die cut all of the embellishments and shaped my poinsettias using the coordinating 3D shaping mold. 

I've arranged my pinecone cluster and then adhered it to the ornament using a dries clear glue and have then created a small double poinsettia and backed it with one of the smaller holly leaf clusters. I've then added it to the center of the pinecone arrangement!

To give the floral cluster a bit of sparkle and the appearance of being snow covered, I've applied dries clear glue and then sprinkled those areas with Rajni Chawla's Frosting Powder, which I have then heat set using my heat tool! And, of course I've given the poinsettia a center with some prills!

This card came together so quickly and easily, and is one that I will surely be repeating for my own personal greeting cards this Christmas!

So, I hope I've encouraged you to get a jump on your holiday cards so that you're not stuck last minute in December trying to get them all completed! Be sure to pop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see what the rest of the uber talented design team have come up with for your inspiration!

Until next time...

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