Christmas Bird Tri-Shutter Card - Heartfelt Creations

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's time for Heartfelt Creations' new release for August!

We are pleased to present the Christmas Card Collection. The Christmas Card paper pad has 76 card fronts that will enable you to create quick and easy Christmas cards that are embellished or simple- you pick! This paper pack is a fantastic solution for getting the most beautiful cards for the least amount of time. If you don’t need one side, flip it over and use the other side! The coloring is done for you. There are many panels for utmost variety and the best selection. The stamps and dies released with this collection are absolutely festive and ornamental. The gorgeous type and frames will help you create the most beautiful Christmas project your friends have ever seen!

Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by August 20th to be eligible to win the entire collection.

Here is my first card with the new release, a tri-shutter card!  Maybe you recognize it from the sneak peak on the HC Blog last week!  I was so excited to see it there!  This is the card closed showing the beautiful bird image on the front.

 

 

 

This is how it looks fully opened.

(Click on the photo for a better view)

Here are a couple of side views and some close ups...

 

Be sure to visit the HC Blog to see all the beautiful creations by the designers this week and to leave a comment for a chance to win the entire release!

 

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #93 - Anything Goes

 

Blessings!

 

Kathy

 

Christmas Bird Tri-Shutter Card

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3556 – Christmas Song PreCut Set

HCPC 3555 – Sweet Memories PreCut Set

HCPC 3553 – Peaceful Night PreCut Set

HCD 738 - Ornamental Add On Die

HCD 718 – Decorative Chateau Gate Die

HCDP1 236 – Christmas Card Paper Collection

Other Products Used:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), Soft Suede, Bordering Blue (SU)

Ink: Vintage Sepia, Onyx Black (VersaFine), Wheat (VersaMagic), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Mocha Mama (Powder Puffs)

Accessories: Bow-Easy, Tobacco Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), adhesive pearls (Recollections), Labels 1, Decorative Labels 1, Classic Ovals Large (Spellbinders), mineral spirits, Prismacolor Pencils: Periwinkle, Black, Ginger Root, Sandbar Brown, Espresso, Kelp Green, Marine Green, Mahogany Red, Black Raspberry, Tuscan Red, Dark Brown

Instructions:

Base: With off-white cardstock, follow Tri-Shutter Card instructions from Split Coast Stampers: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/   Use the designer papers, Bordering Blue and Soft Suede to make mats for the two large “T” shaped sections as shown leaving a 1/32” edge on each.   Ink edges of the designer papers with Antique Linen Ink, glue pieces together and glue to card base.  Cut blue designer papers for inside center and four small sections, ink edges with Mocha Mama, add Soft Suede mats with 1/16” border and glue to card.  Cut light green designer paper for 2 remaining sections and stamp pinecone image on one piece and color with pencils.  Add Bordering Blue and Soft Suede mats with 1/16” borders and glue to base.

Stamp bird image on Solar White with Onyx Black, color with pencils, die cut with Labels 1 and sponge with Wheat Ink while still in die.  Die cut blue designer paper with Decorative Labels 1 and glue to image.  Die cut 4 flourish elements (Ornamental Add On Die) with Soft Suede, group together as shown and add to front of card with tape.  Add image with pop dots over elements.  Stamp flower image, color, cut with Classic Ovals Large and ink image while inside die with Wheat and Vintage Photo.  Add image to inside center with pop dots.  Add adhesive pearls to flower center.

Die cut Chateau Gate Die with Soft Suede and add to card as shown.  Add Bordering Blue mat on top of die measuring 1-1/2” x 2-1/4”.  Add bow and adhesive pearl.

 



Heartfelt Creations - Sunny Day Collection

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for a little inspiration from Heartfelt Creations!

For my project this week, I have a tri-shutter card made with the new Sunny Day Collection.  These papers are so gorgeous, I just love the soft colors on these!

I love making these cards as they look complicated, but are actually pretty easy!  There's lots a little areas to places elements if you want to also!  This card really shows the beautiful designer papers that go with the collection.  Here's a close up picture of the front of the card with the window image.  The image is fussy cut and then I place a piece of the designer paper behind it for a little scene.

Here are some more views of the card.

Please visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see all the designer's beautiful creations this week!

I'm submitting this to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #68 - Love/Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #66 - Spring Colors & Ribbon
Crafty Card Makers Challenge #85 - Blooming Images
No Matter What - #6 - Ribbons & Bows
All Sorts - #194 - Things with Wings
Whimsy Stamps Inspirations #56 - Add some metal

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings!

Kathy

You Are One In a Million

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

HCPC 3521 – Botanical Window PreCut Set
HCDP1 230 – Sunny Day Paper Collection
HCD 718 – Decorative Chateau Gate Die
Product ID: 159223 - Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
Product ID: 459222 - Paper Blossoms Tool Kit
Product ID: 159723 – Art Institute Glue – Dries Clear
Product ID: SF03598 - Prismacolor Pencil Set 48 pc.

Other Products Used:

Paper: Solar White (Neenah), yellow (DCWV Stack), Baja Breeze (SU), Olive Linen (Recollections)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Antique Linen Distress Ink
Accessories: Labels 13 (Spellbinders), pop dots, mineral spirits, sponge, cutting knife & mat, Bow-Easy, adhesive pearls, spacer (Michaels), Olive Wrinkled Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Prismacolor Pencils: Light Umber, Dark Brown, Muted Turquoise, Kelp Green

Instructions:

Base: With Olive cardstock, follow Tri-Shutter Card instructions from Split Coast Stampers: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/   Use the designer papers to make mats for the two large “T” shaped sections as shown leaving a 1/32” edge, ink edges with Antique Linen Ink, and glue to card base.  Cut journal blocks from designer papers as desired in pieces measuring 1 5/16” x 1 13/16”, ink edges, and glue to base.  Cut sentiment block “You are One in a Million”, ink edges.  Add Olive mat (3 3/16” x 1 15/16”) and yellow mat (3 3/8” x 2 1/8”).  Add to center, middle panel of card with pop dots.  With yellow cardstock, cut smaller Decorative Chateau Gate from Die.  Cut mat with Baja Breeze (2 1/4" x 1 1/2") and white (2 1/8” x 1 3/8”).  Glue as shown and add to back “T” section of card with pop dots.

Image: Cut Baja Breeze with Labels 13.  Cut both gates from Decorative Chateau Gate Die with yellow.  Add to Baja Breeze piece as shown.  Stamp window image twice on Solar White with Onyx Black.  Color one with pencils and on the second color only the large flower.  Fussy cut image and add additional flower with pop dots.  Cut journal image block for window image, place behind window, trim to fit, and glue as shown. 

Embellishments:  Fussy cut tiny butterfly from journal block and glue to window.  Add adhesive pearls, bow, and spacer bead as shown.

 

Graphic 45 Baby Gift Set

Hi there!

Today I have a baby gift emsemble that I have been working on to give to a dear friend.  There is a tri-shutter card, chipboard mini album, and matching gift box to hold the album.  These are made with the Graphic 45 Little Darlings Papers and Chipboard Tags.  (You can click on the photos for a closer look.)




The card is made using the tri-shutter tutorial on SCS here. 

The mini album was created based on the Little Darlings Mini Album Project Sheet on the Graphic 45 Website here.  The base for the album is just an inexpensive chipboard album from Michaels that measures 5" x 6 1/2".  Here is the front cover decorated with the papers, chipboard tag, and lots of ribbons and trims:

Here are the inside pages which show the pockets for tags, photos, and/or journalling.  I made die cut pieces in different shapes and added some chipboard tags and cute photos taken from the papers.

 

 

 

 

 

The back cover:

This is the gift box I created for the album to be kept in.  I used a basic box making technique, adjusting measurements to fit the album.  This shows the box closed up with the ribbon on it that slides off.

This shows the box without the ribbon on it.

Products used:

Stamps: God's Blessings (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Little Darlings Collection (Graphic 45), Natural White (Neenah), Baja Breeze (SU), Coral (DCWV), Dark Caribbean Coral (Color Mates)
Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Little Darlings Collection Chipboard Tags (Graphic 45), chipboard book (Michaels), extra keyring 1 1/4", various punches & dies, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze Seam Binding (RAK from Jill), various fibers and trims, button, lace, brad, spacer bead, Crop-a-Dial, hole punch


I'm submitting this to the latest Word Art Wednesday Challenge #66 - Anything Goes
Way to Use It Challenge #WT413 - Use green

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you are inspired by my projects today!

Blessings!

Kathy

Heartfelt Creations - Almanac Tri-Shutter Card

Hi there!

I thought I would show you the projects I made for Heartfelt Creations' Design Team submissions.  This is the first project, a tri-shutter card.  These card are so easy to make even though they look a little complicated.  They have so many places to embellish too...if you want to.

This is the card opened up.  I love these gorgeous Almanac papers and the Pristine Lilies Stamp Sets.

A closeup of the front image.

The back...

The card closed...

These are the ingredients and instructions I gave to Heartfelt Creations.  You can also find these and lots of other gorgeous creations from the design team members here on the HC Blog.  There is also a sneak peek of HC's new release for May that will be released next Wednesday, 5/9th, what a GORGEOUS collection I have been playing with for this release!

Products Used on This Project
HCPC 3452 Pristine Lilies PreCut Set
HCPC 3455 Butterflies and Lilies PreCut Set
HCD 718 Decorative Chateau Gate Die
McGill Paper Blossoms Tool Kit
McGill Paper Blossoms Molding Mat

Other products used. Paper: Natural White (Neenah), Almanac Collection (Prima), “Pink” (DCWV Cardstock Stack), Black (Stampin’ Up). Inks: Wheat (VersaMagic) and Onyx Black (VersaFine). Accessories: Copper Micro Beads (Martha Stewart), Aleene’s Paper Glaze, scissors, exacto knife, Labels 13 Nestibilities (Spellbinders), adhesive pearls (Recollections), pop dots, mineral spirits, tortillons, Prismacolor Pencils (Cream, Goldenrod, Yellow Ochre, Chocolate, Light Umber, Dark Umber, Dark Brown, Ginger Root, Kelp Green, Black, Pink Rose, Nectar, Chestnut), white pencil.

Instructions: Card measures 4” x 5 1/2”. (Used the Tri-Shutter Card instructions from Split Coast Stampers.) Cut 5 1/2” x 12” piece of pink cardstock. Score long side at 2”, 4”, 8”, and 10”. Place cardstock on cutter on short side and cut between the 2” and 10” score lines at 1 1/2” from the side. Repeat on opposite side. For sides, fold first and third mountain fold, second and forth valley folds. For center section, fold second mountain fold and third valley fold and leave first and forth flat. Using the card base as a template, trace the section with the T-shape fold onto black cardstock with white pencil. Cut 2 of these shapes and trim 1/32” from all sides of paper. Do the same with the script writing designer paper and trim 1/16” from all sides of paper. Glue these to the front and back T shape of the card. Cut 4 pieces of black and pink designer paper 1 3/8” x 1 7/8” and 2 pieces 1 3/8” x 3 7/8”. Glue these as shown. Cut 1 piece of black cardstock 2 3/8” x 3 7/8” and glue to center panel. Cut 1 - 2 1/4” x 3 3/4” piece of a lighter shade of script designer paper and glue over the black mat in the center panel. Stamp candle and scroll image from the Butterflies and Lilies PreCut Set and color with pencils. Die cut candle scroll image using Labels 13 die. Sponge edges of image while inside die using Wheat Ink. Glue Copper micro beads to flower centers. Add dots to stamen tops with Gold Stickles. Cut 1 die cut with same die out of black cardstock. Cut in half on tall side and glue to back of image creating a mat on each side of image, trimming slightly on top and bottom to hide cut. Stamp 1 second largest flower, 1 third largest flower, 3 fourth largest flower, and 1 smallest flower. Cut each out with scissors (or appropriate die for stamp set) and glue copper micro beads to flower centers. Add 4 of the flowers to image as shown using pop dots and add image to front T of card with pop dots as shown. Add the other 2 flowers to the small panels in the back of the card using pop dots. Cut the image piece in the center of the card from the designer paper and glue with pop dots. Add pink pearls at each corner. For back of card, cut 1 small gate die from pink cardstock and 1 from black cardstock. Slightly offset and glue together. Adhere to card as shown. Cut piece of Natural White cardstock measuring 1 3/8” x 2 1/2”, ink edges with wheat ink and glue to small gate center. Stamp the butterfly image from the Butterflies and Lilies PreCut Set onto Natural White cardstock and color with pencils. Fussy cut image and adhere with pop dots as shown.

I hope this gives you a little inspiration today!  I am so blessed to be on Heartfelt Creations' Design Team!  Blessings to you!

Kathy