Heartfelt Creations Alumni Hop December 2020

Hello there crafty friends!  I'm joining my fellow Heartfelt Creations Alumni Designers as we hop and celebrate the end of the 2020 year with a fun hop!  If you've arrived here from Kathy's blog, you're on the right track.  If not, that's ok.  You can find the complete blogroll at the bottom of my post!  As with all of our monthly hops, one random comment from a mystery blog in this hop will win a $25 Heartfelt Creations Gift Card on Tuesday, December 22nd. If you win from my blog, I'll contact you and Heartfelt Creations will also announce the winner on their blog and Facebook page on Wednesday, December 23rd.

For this month's project, I pulled out my Gelli Plate, Rich Red and Ivory Acrylic Paint and used a sponge dauber to blend the ink in an ombre fashion. After that, I used my Christmas Poinsettia and Holly stamps to a design on the Gelli Plate impression. I then pressed some white cardstock onto the plate and lifted to reveal the master background. YUM! After that, I used VersaColor Nocturne ink to stamp the poinsettias over the Gelli Plate press background and then embossed with gold embossing powder.

Next, I added some green sparkle to the centers of these flowers and then moved on to the embellishing.  I added a tiny poinsettia that was colored with Copics, some holly and stamped the sentiment (from the Candy Cane Cottage set) onto a panel that was machine stitched.  To finish things off, attached some black twine and a red button before mounting the panel onto a white card base.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope my project inspires you to create something gorgeous.  See you again next month and have a very Merry Christmas!  Please hop on to Vicki's blog to check out her beautiful creation!  

Blogroll:  

Kathy Clement

Kerry Urbatch

Vicki Dutcher

Amarilys Doria

Candy Slabaugh

Alissa Wells

Emily Niehaus

Oksana Clegg

Carole Wright

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:

Kathy

Vicki

Magda

Candy

Kerry (ME!)

Amarilys

Alissa

Lisa

Sarah

Oksana

Emily

Carole

Poinsettia Deeelight!

Hello there Joy Clair friends!  It's Kerry here and I'm back with another festive Christmas Card.  This time I'm featuring the gorgeous new layering set called Christmas Poinsettia.  Did you have a chance to pick it up during the Black Friday sale?  If not, it's ok.  I think there are a few more sets available.  It's such an awesome set!  

To create this card I started off by creating a little color wash.  I rubbed some red ink from Memento onto my Gelli Plate and spritzed some gold and water on it too.  I used my finger to rub it together then plopped the paper right on top.  After that, I dried it with my heat gun.  

Next, I stamped the poinsettia on the paper with some red and burgundy ink (Memento) then added some golden embossed ones over that.  I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment perfectly onto the paper.   

I stamped the extra poinsettia onto the extra inked paper and embossed with gold embossing powder then cut them out so that I could layer them.  It was a quick assembly and then I was able to attach some ribbon to accentuate the design.  I added some bling to the layered poinsettia and added it over the knot on the bow...adding some golden thread too.  

To finish the card off, I stamped some poinsettia images onto the plain card panel then rubbed a bit of gold Pan Pastel over that so that it would show up all pretty and shiny.  Rubbed over that with a tissue to remove any excess pastel and mounted the Christmas panel to this using foam squares.  Such a pretty and elegant outcome!  

Heartfelt Wednesdays...Itty Bitty Canvas...

Hey Friends!  Today I'm sharing a cute little canvas I created using the newest stamps from Heartfelt Creations.  I just HAD to pick up several packs of these little canvas/easel combos at Wal Mart a few months ago and this is the first one I've finished.  I think I'm going to be making quite a few more because they will be wonderful little gifts for Christmas and they sit very well on the desktop. 

Wanna know the details?  Here ya go:

Finished Canvas Size: 3inx3in

HCPC 3419 Holiday Poinsettia Candle Precut Set
HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia Precut Set
125156 Layered Poinsettia Shapeabilities
459222 Paper Blossoms Tool Kit
9brn Brown Gala Glitz
Inka Gold-Gold 901
Zip Dry Glue
Dries Clear Glue

Other:
Ranger Distress Ink (TEA DYE)
Memento Tuxedo Black
LineCo Glue
Copics: Y08, Y21; YR16, YR02; E95, E53, E51
Spika Red pen
Stardust, Gold and Red Stickles
Offray Ribbon: Wine
Making Memories Bling Brad
Bling from Michaels dollar spot
Mini canvas and easel from WalMart
Patterned Paper: Lost and Found Christmas, My Minds Eye
White cardstock
Red Bazzill Cardstock

Directions: Cut a 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 piece of patterned paper and glue/wrap edges to canvas. Distress with distress ink then rub with Gala Glitz (with finger) sparingly. Stamp silent night image onto canvas. Stamp small poinsettias onto red cardstock with black ink then cut out. Glue Gala Glitz onto larger flower and let dry. Assemble flower with brad and attach to canvas. Stamp candle and color with Copic Markers then apply Stickles. Attach to canvas with pop dots. Tie ribbon into bow and attach around canvas. Distress easel with distress ink. Rub Gold and Red Stickles around edges of canvas. Glue Canvas to easel with Zip Dry Glue.

Hope you enjoyed my little project!