Heart Of Christmas: October

 Hi!

Once a month in the lead up to Christmas, the Art With Heart team participate in the Heart Of Christmas Creative Showcase. It's a great opportunity for me to build up my stash of Christmas cards - you can never have too many, I always seem to be scrambling to make extras right before Christmas.

If you haven't guessed by now, my favourite Christmas DSP (I think ever) is the Trimming The Town DSP. It has so many possibilities! This time I used the sentiment sheet as a feature. I like chopping it up to use the individual sentiments, but I wanted to stretch myself to use it in different ways. I laid a section of it over a Pool Party base, which I've embossed with the Subtle 3DEF.

I've also added a partial circle of Pool Party, over which I've adhered another circle of the same size in Whisper White that I've cropped with the coordinating Home Together Dies. The house was fussy cut from the Trimming The Town DSP and popped up over the snowy hill. I wasn't in the mood to stamp and colour today, and I love that the Coming Home Suite gives us both options - there's definitely something for all levels of crafters in the suite.

Something a little different on the inside - I usually decorate the bottom of the insert, but the dies are more compatible with decorating the top! Another house and a sentiment, both fussy cut from the DSP, were all that were needed.

As always, my wonderful friend Judy is hosting the Creative Showcase. Please hop on over to her blog, where you will find the rest of the links for this month. There's a lot of talent in the AWH Team, so you won't be disappointed!

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #34

Hi!

Friday again, which means it's time for....

This week Nicole has put together a colour combination to use on the cards.

 

Now when I first saw this combo my first thought was "Nicole, what were you thinking???"  I put off making the card for ages, but when I could no longer avoid it and sat down to craft I realised just how GORGEOUS this combination is.  I love it!

 

 

I used my Simply Scored to create the background of the card.  I then dragged an inkpad over the top to highlight the score lines, and dotted on the joins with my white gel pen.  I wanted a luxurious, quilted look for the background.

Isn't the sentiment lovely?  It's a sneak peek from the new Holiday Catalogue that I received at the Melbourne Heartfelt Event.  I used my markers on the stamp to give the multicoloured look.

I decorated the inside in the same manner as the outside.

I hope you can play along with this gorgeous colour combination!

Stamps: Snow Swirled, Heart Of Christmas (upcoming), Tree Trimmings (retiring)
Ink: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Simply Scored Score Board, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, White Baker's Twine,  More Mustard Designer Button, Dimensionals, White Signo Gel Pen

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #22

Hi!

It's sneaking up on being half way through the year.  Oh, that's a little scary to type!  This year is flying past so quickly.  Will you play along with us at Festive Friday Challenges and get your Christmas Cards done nice and early?  Nicole has given us a cute little sketch to work with this week.

Here's my take on the sketch.  I used the gorgeous Twitterpated DSP.  Doesn't it work well on a Christmas card?

I used a touch more on the inside of the card too.

It's such a great sketch.  You don't need to use a Framelits Lable shape - you could use whatever shape you like!  I hope you can play along.

Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Snow Swirled
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Versamark
DSP/Cardstock: Twitterpated DSP, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Labels Framelits, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #20

Hi!

Here we go again with another Festive Friday Challenge. This week Nicole has selected an absolutely gorgeous inspiration photo for us to work with.

Wouldn't an arrangement like that look just stunning on your table on Christmas Day?  I took my inspiration from the roses and used the largest image from Apothecary Art on my card.

Don't you love it when you can find an unexpected use for an image from a stamp set? I never would have thought that this image would work on a Christmas card, but here it is!

I gave a little nod to the candy canes on the inside of my card by stamping some red and white striped baubles.

I hope you can play along this week at Festive Friday Challenges.  I'd love to see how this picture inspires you.

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Perfect Punches, Snow Swirled, Tree Trimmings
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive
DSP/Cardstock: Letters To Santa DSP, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Lables Framelits, Circle Punches, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #8

Hi!

Here we are - up to the eighth Festive Friday Challenge.  Wow!  Today I have a very Clean and Simple card for you. It was inspired by this card.

This was an easy card to make.  I just used Post-It notes to mask off the section I didn't want to stamp and sponge in, and then away I went!  Once again the inside was done to complement the outside.

Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Snow Swirled, En Francais, Season Of Joy
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Other: Basic Jewel Rhinestones, Corner Rounder Punch, Sponge Dauber, Post-It Notes

Don't forget to pop on over to Festive Friday Challenges to see what the rest of the Design Team have in store for you.

Bye for now,

Tina

Festive Friday #6

Hi!

I'm back with another Design Team card for Nicole Derendorf's Festive Friday Challenge #6.  We're still on the Christmas cards.  I'm loving getting my Christmas cards done one by one like this - I can spend more time on each and it won't be a mad rush to churn out the cards at the end of the year.  Here's my card for this week's challenge:

Here's a closer look at the front.  I used the new Postage Stamp punch, layered with our square punches.  The fussy-cut ornament was popped up on Dimensionals and adorned with some Rhinestones.

And of course the inside, done to match the outside.

I hope you can find time to play along at Festive Friday Challenges this week.  I can't wait to see your Christmas card.

Stamps: Snow Swirled, Tree Trimmings
Ink: Old Olive, Early Espresso
DSP/Cardstock: First Edition Specialty DSP, Letters To Santa DSP, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla
Other: Big Shot, Petal Cone Die, Postage Stamp Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 1" Square Punch, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Chit Chat Rub Ons (retired)

Bye for now,

Tina

Tree Trimmings

Hi!

I'm really on a roll with these Christmas cards lately!  Today I have another quick and easy design that would be perfect for mass producing.

Nice and simple!

Stamps: Tree Trimmings
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
DSP/Card Stock: Jolly Holiday DSP, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive textured
Other: Old Olive Mistletoe Originals Ribbon, Stamp Positioner, Sponge Daubers, Corner Rounder Punch

Catch you later,

Tina

Snow Swirled Holiday

Hi!

You know how sometimes when you sit down to create a card based on a sketch everything just falls into place and the card ends up looking like the sketch?  Well, this is not one of those cards!  I started out with the newest sketch at Stampin' Royalty but my finished card can best be described as a loose interpretation.

Here's my card:

Yes, I know, it's so loose it would blow away on a gentle breeze lol.  It is a pretty cute card though, and it was inspired by the SR sketch!

Sigh, back to the drawing board....

Stamps: Snow Swirled, Tree Trimmings
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
DSP/Card Stock: Jolly Holiday DSP, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Other: Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Circle Cutter, Paper Snips

Catch you later,

Tina