Heart of Christmas week 15 - Sparkly Decorative Trees

 

I'm back for week 15 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. We only have a few weeks left so stay tuned for a healthy dose of Christmas inspiration.

Tonight's card was inspired by one done by Cathy Proctor, one of my fellow blog hoppers, who used a technique demoed by our Stampin' Up! CEO Sara Douglas. Here's the link to Cathy's card.

Here's my card,

I used the leafy stamp from the Decorative Trees Bundle and stamped it on Garden Green Glimmer paper from the Festive Glimmer Pack. The tree was cut with the coordinating die.

Usually I try to avoid direct sunlight to take photos of my cards, but in this instance it was much easier to show the beautiful sparkle on the Garden Green Glimmer paper in the sunlight.

To make my gatefold card I started with the standard half and A4 sheet and scored each short end at 5.25cm.

The paper on both the card front and behind the tree on the square/diamond are from the Take a Bow DSP pack. The greeting is from the Decorative Tree stamp set. I cut the star from White Glimmer Paper for a bit more sparkle.

All of these products are in the beautiful Sept to Dec Mini Catalogue and available through my online store.

Now it's time to visit the next hop in our Blog Hop which is my fabulous stamping friend Cathy Proctor(I cased her card, remember?)

If you encounter any issues please head to Sharon's blog as she is the wonderful host of our Christmas Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thank you for hopping by, I hope to be back on Wednesday night for the Colour Creations Blog Hop.

See you then,

Rachel

Product List

Decorative Trees Bundle (English)

[164085]

$91.75

Festive 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper

[164106]

$21.00

Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper

[163769]

$10.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165679]

$37.00

Take A Bow 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164309]

$21.75

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$20.25

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$23.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$15.75

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Colour Creations Blog Hop week 24 - Flirty Flamingo Christmas Trees

 

Week 24 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop features Flirty Flamingo, a lovely rose pink that is in our Brights Colour Family.

I have used Flirty Flamingo for a Christmas card this week. I combined Flirty Flamingo with Pretty Peacock and a load of Basic White.

I used the Decorative Christmas Bundle for the Christmas Trees. 

The patterned papers are from the Hello Irresistible DSP which is one of our Online Exclusives products. To see the full range of Online Exclusives head to my Online Store and find the Online Exclusives button under the  Shop Products heading, or click on the link.

For a bit of sparkle I found some Pretty Peacock Glimmer Paper from the Three Colour Glimmer Paper pack, which is another of our Online Exclusives.

The background card stock has been embossed with the Painted Trees 3D embossing folder. I have used a thin Flirty Flamingo mat behind the embossed piece to break up the white expanse. The greeting has been white embossed on Vellum card stock.

The next stop in our blog hop belongs to my lovely stamping friend Sharon Davern, click on the image below or her name to see what amazing project she has created to share with us.

If you encounter any issues with the links in our blog hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the fabulous host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks for visiting and happy stamping,

Rachel

Product List

Decorative Trees Bundle (English)

[164085]

$91.75

Three Color Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[162813]

$18.50

Hello, Irresistible 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161139]

$21.75

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

$20.25

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$15.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$17.50

Painted Trees 3 D Embossing Folder

[164026]

$19.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$32.00

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

[159230]

$19.75

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$23.00

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Colour Creations Blog Hop week 14 - Bubble Baths Layers of Beauty

Hello and welcome to week 14 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. This week our featured colour is Bubble Bath. Bubble Bath recently entered our range in the last colour refresh. Bubble Bath is a lovely pale pink the is my go to colour for baby girl cards.

This week I have used Bubble Bath with the Layers of Beauty bundle to make a very special birthday card.

The stamp was coloured directly with the Stampin Write Markers so that I could stamp the flowers in Melon mambo and the leaves in Old Olive. The small daisy flowers were stamped in Azure Afternoon. I stamped on Bubble Bath card stock.

I used the coordinating Layers of Beauty masks and Blending Brushes to colour the image. Colours used are Bubble Bath, Melon mambo, Azure Afternoon, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive. I didn't notice until later that I got some Azure Afternoon on a couple of the roses. I have now ordered some of the smaller Blending Brushes so that I can avoid this happening again. I cut out the image with the matching dies.

I cut the image in half so that I could have a piece of each side of the card instead of one main image in the middle.

I used a Deckled Rectangle Die to cut a rectangle to attach the flowers to. I ended up re cutting this piece from a piece of Bright and Beautiful DSP  and dry embossing for a little more interest. A couple of the leaves are outside the die so that they will extend over the edge of the rectangle.

I cut the letters using the Mini Alphabet Dies from White Glimmer Paper. I coloured the letters using a Blending Brush and Melon Mambo ink. The Happy Birthday is from the Best Family Ever stamp set. I used this set regularly as it has numerous greeting that are very versatile.

The card base is also Bubble Bath card stock. 

Now it's time to head to the next stop on our blog hop which belongs to super talented stamper Vicki Boucher. Please take the time to check out all of the blogs in our hop for lots of Bubble Bath inspiration. We really appreciate the time taken to leave us a message.

If you encounter and problems with the links in our hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the host of our blog hop and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

You only have hours left to earn your $9 bonus vouchers that can be redeemed in August.
 

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English)

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$99.75

Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock

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$20.25

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

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$20.25

Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad

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$15.75

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$15.75

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

$15.75

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$15.75

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$15.75

Subtles Stampin' Write Markers

[161698]

$62.50

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[161696]

$62.50

Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161449]

$21.75

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$53.00

Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper

[163769]

$10.50

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$27.00

Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder

[161600]

$19.25

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