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

Add All to Cart

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

Add All to Cart

Decorative Trees Sneak Peek

 

I’m coming to you from Singapore while I soak up a bit of sunshine and get ready to hop on a cruise boat and head home.

I have a sneak peek of a new bundle from the Sept- Dec Mini Catalogue, Decorative Trees Bundle.

There is very little stamping on this card, only the greeting.

To make the three trees I have used different combinations of the dies, card stock and glimmer paper.

From left to right, the first trees has a base of Garden Green, with the swirls cut from the red glimmer paper from the Festive Glimmer pack, available in the up coming catalogue.

The centre tree has a base of Granny Apple Green Glimmer Paper and a die cut top of Garden Green. The third card has a base of Granny Apple Green card stock and the holly die cut layer is Garden Green.

The card front behind the trees is a piece of DSP from the Country Woods DSP pack and the card base is Pecan Pie with  Garden Green mat.

Thanks for visiting, I’m off to explore Singapore a little more, here’s a view of the Marina Bay Sands from our room at the Pan Pacific.

Rachel