Friday, October 30, 2020

Heartfelt Creations October Alumni Hop...Inspiration Galore!

 

Hello there inky friends!  I'm moving way past Fall and making a mad dash to WINTER!  Is anyone with me?  WOO!  Fall and Winter are my most favorite seasons and I am already over raking leaves and wet leaves from the yucky rain, so let's move on to winter, shall we?!  


Today, I'm joining my fellow Heartfelt Creations DT Alumni as we share some fun inspiration and fun this month!  Every month, the Alumni DT members get together for a fun family gathering in blogland and share our love of stamping and creating with each other.  It's so amazing to be a part of this inky/creative family!  If you've arrived here from Candy's blog, you're on the right track.  If not, you'll find the complete blogroll at the bottom of my post to help you along your way.  

Remember,  one lucky commenter will be chosen from one of the blogs to be this month's prize winner so you'll want to leave some love at every hop spot in order to have a chance at the goodies!  We appreciate your comments and know that your visit will continue to inspire us to create with Heartfelt Creations products we all love! 

I created my wintery card using the adorable stamps Merry Moments (On sale now!) Cling set and the Candy Cane Cottage (On Sale Now!) Cling set.  I paired it up with the pretty Poinsettia & Holly Clusters Cling set/Dies and Shaping Mold to make a fun and festive shaker card.  
I started out by stamping the gingerbread house onto white cardstock and then colored it with Copics and watercolor pencils.  I fussy cut the colored image and then glued it to a light blue piece of cardstock (5 1/4 x 4).  I then took some ivory acrylic paint and washed a bit over the top of the paper to dull down the image and coloring.  I added  a colored polar bear/panda image with a foam square then some foam around the image panel before filling the area with microfine glitter, styrofoam "snowballs" and some Blue Suede Shoes Prills and Minnie Pearls Prills and mounted a laminated panel to the top and tested out the shaker with a shake, shake, shake!  Perfect!

Next, I cut a piece of light blue cardstock and freeform cut the inside to create a fun frame.  I rubbed the edges of the panel with my finger to fuss it up a bit and then stamped the holly leaves with embossing ink then used some white embossing powder to make the holly leaves show up and make the blue panel blend well with the scene.  After that, I mounted it over the laminated sheet and attached the whole shaker to the front of an A2 card base (topfold).  To finish things off, I diecut some poinsettias, pressed them in the mold and assembled them.  I added some glitter to make them shine then mounted them on the card.  I added some acrylic flats to the center of each flower and my card was complete.  Can't wait to send this card to someone special!

Thanks for hopping over to my blog to check out my card.  I hope it inspires you to create something amazing and please stop by again.  Make sure to hop over to Amarilys' blog to see her inspiring creation!  See you next month and good luck!  

This month's BLOGROLL:
Kerry (ME!)

29 comments:

  1. Kerry, this is gorgeous! I love the sweet scene you built on the front and the shaker element is just wonderful! Thanks so much for hopping with us this month! xo

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  2. Thanks for the heads up on the sale!! Ha ha. I love winter but fall is my favorite. I moved from Florida to North Carolina to see snow. I love the thought of having some nice winter weather. Sure beats these hurricanes!! Hugs! 🧡

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  3. Super Cute Winter Shaker Card! Absolutely Love These Winter Cuties Playing In The Snow Scene.

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  4. The icy house looks really cute. We don't get snow or ice, so I like the look :)

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  5. Loved d cute penguins. Icy feeling. Very pretty and splendid card. Loved it

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  6. Cute penguins. Very pretty and splendid card Loved it

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  7. This is the sweetest card ever!!! Makes me feel like playing in snow!! Only because there is no snow in Florida!! ♥

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  8. Beautiful card. You can
    feel the cold. Love the
    "snowballs". thanks for
    sharing.
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  9. Cute and frosty scene. I like the snowballs.

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  10. Such a cute card! Love the snowballs!!

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  11. Super cute card. Love the use of the blue color too

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  12. This card is adorable! I need to get my hands on the Candy Cane Cottage collection!

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  13. This project is so precious...the images are delightful in this shaker card setting. tfs-stay well.

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  14. Oh my, your shaker card is so so adorable!! Those cute penguins and polar bear with the teeny tiny snow balls are a delight! The added white poinsettias are icing on your cake (card)!

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  15. How charming this
    scene is! Love the
    critters and the
    snowballs.
    Carla from Utah

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  16. Winter will be here before you know it! Super cute. :>

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  17. Blue winter cards are delightful and those snowballs just made me smile.

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  18. So cute Kerry. Looks really frosty and wintery.

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  19. This is the cutest card ever! I love your layout, so detailed.

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  20. CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE shaker CARD! I really love the little snow balls for the shaker part! So stinkin cuuuuuuute!

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