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Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop

Hey everyone!  Hope you had a great holiday.  Our Thanksgiving was full of family and just being together.  Today I am participating in the monthly Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop.  If you are following along on the hop, then you came from Carla's blog.  If not, you can start at the beginning by going to Dina Kowal's blog.  Be sure to leave a comment on every blog along the hop - today there is a $25 gift certificate up for grabs!!

Now I have a project for you that I actually made over the summer.  I created this project for a publication call but it didn't get any love!  So today you are required to give it lots of love!!  LOL

This ensemble is a Genie bag (instructions found HERE on Splitcoaststampers.com) with 4 matching cards.  I used the HCPC 2262 Grandiflora Rose 2 PreCut set with the matching Blossom Nestabilities.  I stamped the roses using Tuxedo Memento ink onto Re-Entry Red Cardstock and cut/embossed them using the cooresponding nestabilities. The leaves are from the HCPC 3319 Simple Filler Stems PreCut Set stamped onto Spring Willow Medium Prismatics.  The sentiments came from the HCPC 3352 Snowy Cardinal PreCut set.  I love how this ensemble turned out and I can't wait to find someone to give it too.

Remember to comment because there will be ONE random comment picked from one of these blogs to win a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations !!! and with their gorgeous gorgeous NEW release...who wouldnt want to win that!!!

Hop ends at midnight December 2nd - winner will be announced at noon on Saturday on our blogs...

Now its time to hop on over to my friend, Linda Payne, to see what beautiful creation she made.  Just in case you missed someone - here is the hop list.  Have a great day!

• Dina http://mamadinis.blogspot.com
• Selma   http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com/
• Karen Taylor http://www.creativeyearnings.blogspot.com
• Olga  http://craftieodamae.blogspot.com/
• Tesa http://tesasscrap.blogspot.com
• Marsha http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com
• Carla  http://www.carlasstampingspot.blogspot.com/
• Debbie http://www.debbieseyer.com/my_weblog/
• Linda http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com

Winter Blues Challenge!

It's time for another Flower Soft challenge.  This challenge is called Winter Blues.  You are to use the color blue in any way on a card/project.  You have until November 30 to make the card and link it to the Flower Soft Blog.  You could win a pot of Polar White & Delphinium Blue Flower Soft plus some Flower Soft glue!  So get busy and give this challenge a try!  Be sure to check out the Flower Soft blog for links to all the design team's projects!

Here is my project.....

Under my cute little ice skating polar bear, I used some Ultra Fine Flower Soft White.  Since the Flower Soft glue dries clear, you can still see the little bit of copic marker I used to highlight the "ice".

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - polar bear (Rubber Soul), sentiment (Echo Park)
• Cardstock - Neenah Solar Crest White #110, Blue Cardstock #67 - Discount Cardstock
• Accessories - Ultra Fine White Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue;  Beaded Circles die, Snowflakes Edgeabilities die (Spellbinders), wrinkle ribbon & gems (Stampin' Up!), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Warm & Cozy Mittens!

Here is a card I made for last night's Mini VSN on Splitcoaststampers.  I had planned to do all the challenges last night but I got lazy!  LOL  It was only Caitlyn and I home for the night AND we had the new Harry Potter movie on Blu-ray, so I popped some popcorn and we watched the movie together!  It was great!

But I did participate in one of the Mini VSN challenges - the first one.  You were to make a project with some type of mitten, scarf, etc...anything that would keep you warm and you were to use felt.  Well, luckily I had some felt mittens that a friend had die cut for me and I used them on this card.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - Papertrey Ink
• Cardstock - Simply Smooth Ivory, Posh Red Linen 80#, Spring Willow Medium Prismatics - Discount Cardstock
• Dies - (S5-027) Labels 21 and (E8-001) Scallop Edgeabilities - Spellbinders Paper Arts
• Accessories - red/white twine, rhinestones, Season's Greetings Patterned Paper and Brads (Echo Park), Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink Pad

Musical Gift Card Holder

Hey everyone!  Hope you are having a good week.  I have started working on some Christmas projects this week.  I am teaching a class on December 17 @ For Keeps Sake Scrapbook store called Pretty Packaging.  This is one of the projects we will be making!  

 

I used the S4-334 2011 Heirloom Ornament die templates (Spellbinders) to make the holder.  I cut/embossed 2 of the largest dies in the set out of Kraft paper.  I inked the edges using Old Paper Distress Ink and the glued them together along the bottom half, leaving the top open to slide the gift card inside.  To decorate my gift card holder, I used some old book pages that I cut/embossed fromt he same die, the holly leaves from Layered Poinsettia die templates and added a bow and tag. 

Supplies Used:

• Cardstock - Kraft, Spring Willow Medium Prismatic, Simply Smooth Ivory, Really Red Cardstock - Discount Cardstock
• Dies - S4-334 2011 Heirloom Ornament die template, S5-055 Layered Poinsettia die templates - Spellbinders Paper Arts
• Accessories - Rich Cocoa Memento Ink Pad, Old Paper Distress Ink, sponge, old music hymnal, netting, ribbon, twine, Beacon 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

A Poinsettia Christmas Basket

Yep, you read that right......I am working on Christmas Projects.  Its kinda depressing how fast this year has gone by, isn't it?   Well the project I have to share with you today was easy to make because the die template does all the work!  Here is a basket I made using the Hexagon Petal Grand Template from Spellbinders.

To make this basket, I used 1 sheet of 12 x 12" Sunset Rose Dotted Swiss cardstock.  I cut the sheet to 8 x 12" and cut/embossed using the Hexagon Petal Grand Die.  Then using the left over piece, I cut six 1 x 2" pieces to hold the petals together and a handle that measures 1" x 12.

Here is what my pieces looked like before I started.

To begin, fold up each petal on the "fold" line that is created by the die template.  Its kinda hard to see but you can kinda see it in the picture above.  It should look like this:

Then using a fast dry liquid adhesive, I glued each little 1" piece between each petal.  This will hold the basket together and give you a nice base for each poinsettia flower.

When you are done with this step, here is what your basket will look like!

Now all you have to do is add your handle and decorate the basket with your Poinsettia flowers!  Like I said this was a pretty simple project because I let my Spellbinders die templates do all the work!  Here are a few more close-ups!

Here is the flower I put on the top of the handle.

Supplies Used:

• Cardstock - Blissful Dotted Swiss, Clover Leaf Dotted Swiss, Gold Pearl Linen Metallic Cardstock from Discount Cardstock
• Die Templates - LF-007 Hexagon Petal Envelope, S5-055 Layered Poinsettia, S4-328 Foliage die templates - Spellbinders Paper Arts
• Accessories - pearl brads, gold pearls, Beacon's 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue, Krylon Gold Paint Pen