Heart of Christmas Week 9

 

Welcome to Week 9 of the Art With Heart Heart of Christmas. This year we will be hopping weekly until the end of November, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern. 

After using the Spruced Up Outline dies in last week's card I decided I wanted to have another play with the dies but this time the tree outline die.

To start with I cut strips of Pear Pizazz, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Evening Evergreen and Early Espresso and glued them to a piece of random cardstock. I then die cut these pieces using the largest tree outline keeping both the outline piece and the inner piece. 

I then glued these to a piece of Basic White cardstock that has been embossed using the beautiful Whimsical Woodland 3D embossing folder. I have then added stars to each of the trees that have been cut using Real Red Glimmer paper and the star dies from the same set. 

The sentiment is from the Brightest Glow stamp set and has been stamped in Garden Green and die cut using the corresponding die from Labels Aglow. 

Finally I have wrapped a piece of Garden Green ribbon around the band of the card and tied a piece of that and the matching Real Red ribbon around the band. I have also added a couple of In Colour Opal Rounds to the sentiment panel. 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the talented Cathy Proctor. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Christmas creation.

 

 If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to Sharon Davern's blog.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

Heart of Christmas Week 5

 

 

Welcome to Week 5 of the Art With Heart Heart of Christmas. This year we will be hopping weekly until the end of November, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.

After admiring a card I saw recently on the Demonstrator Planning Place Facebook group created by Tammy Wilson, I loved it so much that I had to CASE it. Unfortunately for some reason I am unable to post the link to her blog here but here is my version.

 

The thing that appealed to me was the colour combination and it's use for trees. The colours that I have used are Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide, and Pacific Point. I started with a piece of white cardstock and Blending Brushes. I started with Parakeet Party on the top of the card, then added Tahitian Tide and finally Pacific Point at the bottom. In each case I made sure to blend the colours in between as well. Giving a lovely gradient of colours from the top to the bottom. 

I then applied some Adhesive Sheets to the back of the coloured card and die cut a combination of solid trees and outlines from the Tree Lot Dies. I also did the same with a piece of White Glimmer paper. I then mixed and matched the 2 options. The stars on top of the trees are also from the Tree Lot dies and have also been die cut using White Glimmer Paper.

For the base of the card I have used Basic White cardstock and the Whimsical Woodlands 3D embossing folder. Before embossing the white cardstock I very gently rubbed the Tahitian Tide ink pad over the embossing folder to give a very faint colour to the cardstock. 

 

The sentiment is from Christmas to Remember and has been stamped in Tahitian Tide and then die cut using one of the dies from Labels Aglow. I have used both Parakeet Party and Tahitian Tide Bakers Twine. Finally a couple of Opal Rounds have been added. 

 Next on tonight's blog hop is the talented Andrea Sargent. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Christmas creation.

 If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to Sharon Davern's blog.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral

 

This week, week 12 in the Colour Creations blog hop we continue our journey  featuring all of the Core Stampin' Up! colours, in alphabetical order. This week's feature colour is Calypso Coral, is a member of the Subtles colour group .

 For my card this week I have "broken out" yet another recently new purchased stamp set, Amazing Year, along with some new dies, Fabulous Frames. I have taken my colour inspiration from one of the beautiful papers I have chosen, Awash in Beauty. The colours in the paper are Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue and the paper features Granny Apple Green, but I have chosen Old Olive instead.

The base layer of my card is one of the papers from the Awash in Beauty and i have overlayed this with the lattice frame from Organic Beauty dies. For tose of you who read my latest post for the Heart Of Christmas will be pleased to know that this time I remembered to use the Adhesive Sheets! 

I have then added a piece of the paper from Happy Forest Friends which features Calypso Coral and I have embossed this using one of the Splatters and Stripes folders which you can see a bit better in the photo below.

To the edges of this I have attached a couple of pieces of the new Balmy Blue and White Double Stitched ribbon, highlighting the Balmy Blue from the background paper. 

For the focal point of my card I have stamped an image from Amazing Year in Black memento and then coloured it using Stampin' Blends in Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Balmy Blue. I have then framed this using Calypso Coral.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and has been stamped in Calypso Coral and then die cut using one of the new dies from the mini called, Labels Aglow. 

Finally I may have gone a bit overboard with the embellishments using Brushed Brass Butterflies on the coloured panel, Pastel Pearls on the patterned paper and finally Champagne Rhinestones on the sentiment panel. 

Next in tonight's blog hop is the lovely Andrea Sargent. I look forward to seeing her lovely creation. 

If the "next" button link is not working or you would like to see a full list of participants then you can hop over to our host Cathy Proctor's blog where you can see a full list of tonight's participants.

Don't forget to pop back next week when when we will be featuring the next Core colour in our journey, Cherry Cobbler, for which I am aiming NOT to create a Christmas card.

As always if you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or would like to purchase some of the products then click on the Facebook tab at the top of the page and send me a message.

As always enjoy your week.

Theresa