Handstamped by Rachel: Take a Bow

Monday, 11 November 2024

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

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Decorative Trees Bundle (English)

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

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

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Versamark Pad

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Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

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

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Real Red A4 Card Stock

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Basic White A4 Cardstock

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Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

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Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 26 - Garden Green Reindeer Days

Hello stamping friends, welcome to week 26 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. This week we are featuring Garden Green, a lovely rich green from the Regals Colour Family.

I have another Christmas card to share with you tonight.

For this card I have done lots of fussy cutting from the Reindeer Days DSP.

I started with a card base of Garden Green, added a Granny Apple Green mat and then a card front from the Take A Bow DSP pack.

The circle behind the image is also Granny Apple Green and was embossed with one of the 3D Basics 3 pack embossing folders. It was cut using the largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies.

I fussy cut the reindeer and tree image and attached them very carefully to the card with Dimensionals. The beautiful greeting is from the Reindeer Fun stamp set and has been stamped in Real Red.

I had to dip into my retired ribbons stash for a plain Real Red ribbon.

Now it's time to hop to Andrea's blog for the next stop in our blog hop.

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

Thanks for hopping by,

Rachel

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