Wednesday 29 January 2020

29th January Cottage Garden Collection Easel Card - Especially for you



Hi Heartfelt Crafters, Its Inspiration Wednesday today and I have a new card up for you using the gorgeous
 COTTAGE GARDEN COLLECTION EASEL CARD
WEDNESDAY BLOG INSPIRATION



OTHER PRODUCTS USED

White 7x7inch card blank, white card, Ranger Distress ink - Shaded Lilac, Antique Linen, Colorbox ink - Lemon Grass, Hot glue gun, Foam tape, Chunky Glitter, Pearl string






INSTRUCTIONS 
 Take a 6 x 6 inch Swing Card, cover the front with a 6 x 6 inch panel from the Cottage Garden Paper Collection. Take the Stairways Garden die, die cut in white card. Adhere to the front of the card. Take the Courtyard Elegance Die and die cut from white card, adhere to the front of the card. Take the Rounded Scallop Window Die, die cut from blue paper from the Cottage Garden Paper Collection. Adhere to the front of the card. Take the Courtyard Elegance center circle die cut, mat onto blue paper, adhere onto the front of the card with foam pads.


Take the Cottage Garden Hydrangea Stamp, stamp onto Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper in Shaded Lilac ink and Olive inks, five blooms in Olive ink and five blooms in Shaded Lilac ink. Color in with Shaded Lilac ink, Lemon Grass and Olive ink. Die cut with the coordinating dies. Add the blooms to the Flower Shaping Mold, lightly spritz with water and run through a die cutting machine. When dry, tap out and leave to dry. When dry pierce a small hole in the center of the blooms. Thread white and green stamens through the holes. Add hot glue to the back to hold in place and when dry cut off the wires.]
Take the Cottage Garden Window and Hydrangea stamp and Coffee ink. Stamp the window onto Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Color in with Coffee ink. Die cut with the co ordinating die. Die cut another window in pale blue paper from the paper pad. Cover the two side flaps of the window with the pale blue flaps. Adhere the center window to the front of the card, leaving the flaps free.
Fussy cut the pink bicycle with the fence and basket of flowers from the paper pad. Adhere to the front of the card using foam tape at the base and down the left side.
Adhere the Hydrangea blooms around the window using hot glue. Take the Fresh Cut Hydrangea stamp, stamp onto Deluxe Flower Shaping paper using Shade Lilac ink. Color in with the Shaded Lilac and Antique Linen inks. Die cut with the coordinating die. Cut out one little bird and adhere to the window flap.
Cover the flowers and bird with Dries Clear Glue using a small brush, add lots of chunky glitter. Cover the bicycle with Dries Clear Glue, sprinkle with Ultrafine Glitter.

Take the Rounded Eyelet Window Die, cut out a circle in pretty paper from the Paper Pad. Adhere onto the circle flap of the Swing Card. Adhere a row of string pearls to the bottom of the flap front. Cut out a sentiment from the paper pad, adhere beneath the pearl string.





VIDEO LINKS

For more tips on creating with the Window Scene cards & dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/LnM95GR92ao.
For more ideas on creating with the Decorative Royale Square & Circle Dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/tqmtn_TiVVw.
For more tips on creating with the Cottage Garden Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/faBoB2s49RI.


Many thanks for visiting today and don't forget to visit the 
Heartfelt Creations Blog for lots more inspiration from the team.
Bye for now

xxx

Saturday 25 January 2020

YAY I HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY ISSUE OF MAKING CARDS & PAPERCRAFT MAGAZINE - HANDPICKED


Yay, I just got published in 
MAKING CARDS MAGAZINE FEBRUARY ISSUE





“At just £4.99, Making Cards February with the craft papers and free doggy stamp set is fantastic value! The quality craft paper
are colourful and bright with there are so many different breeds of dog with fun sentiments to match! There are also fantastic project, not only showing you how to use these but also the technique of colour lifting, achieving dip dye effects with ink, paper piecing, using a gel press, 3d designs, and so much more! You can pick up a copy in stores or if you order online via www.makingcardsmagazine.com UK delivery is free!”






INSTRUCTIONS

Take a 6x6inch card blank and cover with pretty pink paper. Using white card stock and the Heartfelt Creations Stairway Gardens Die, cut one complete component. Adhere this to the front of the card with wet glue.

Stamp onto white card using Ranger Archival Coffee Ink, the Scroll from the Heartfelt Creations Lush Lilacs Collection. Stamp a sentiment onto the front of the Scroll. Die cut with the co ordinating die and colour in with your chosen coloring in medium. I used Zig water brush markers. Adhere with foam tape to the corner of the card.

To make the roses, stamp onto Heartfelt Flower Making Paper with Coffee ink, lots of leaves and petals. Colour in with Ranger Distress pink ink and Ranger Archival Leaf Green Ink. Die cut with the co ordinating dies. Place all the leaves and petals into the corresponding Heartfelt Creations flower shaping molds, lightly spritz with water and run through a die cutting machine. Tap out, when dry, lightly shape with a flower shaping ball tool. (If you don’t have a mold, just shape well with a ball tool and a foam mat).

To make the rose buds, (you will need five), take the smallest die cut petals and wet glue, adhere each petal to each other one at a time. Cover with glue and repeat with the same size petal. Repeat with the next size up. Leave to dry. Take the largest die cut petal, add wet glue to the center and glue two large petals together, offsetting the petals as you go, glue the bud inside. Make three large flowers, one medium flower and one smaller flower. Adhere onto the card with hot glue. Adhere the leaves with hot glue.

To finish the card, add a few sticky backed pearls and some chunky glitter. All done.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THIS CARD
Heartfelt Creations Stairway Gardens Die, Classic Rose Stamp and Dies, Flower Making Paper, Flower Shaping Molds,  Scroll stamp from the Lush Lilacs Collection.
OTHER PRODUCTS
Dries Clear Glue, Hot glue gun, 6x6inch card blank, white card, sticky back pearls, chunky glitter, Ranger Archival and Distress inks.

MANY THANKS FOR VISITING TODAY
BYE FOR NOW

Wednesday 22 January 2020

22nd January Heartfelt Creations Special ReleaseThe Decorative Royale Square and Circle Dies - Best Wishes


 Hi Heartfelt Crafters 
Its Inspiration Wednesday today and the Debut of the 
JANUARY SPECIAL RELEASE DECORATIVE ROYALE SQUARE AND CIRCLE DIES
Create elegantly embellished cards quickly and easily without the need for additional accents with the NEW Decorative Square and Circle Dies! This versatile and dynamic collection of interactive dies present a wide variety of interchangeable creative options, removing the frustrating process of trying to coordinate chic designs through the guess work of mixing and matching several decorative die cuts with an unknown outcome!
OTHER PRODUCTS USED
White 7x7inch card blank, white card, foam pads, Ranger Archival Ink - Shaded Lilac, Antique Linen, Colorbox ink - Lemon Grass, Chunky Glitter, Hot glue gun.

INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions: Take a 7 x 7" card blank and cover with a pretty green paper from the Cottage Garden Paper Collection. Cut out two 6 x 6" panels from the paper collection. Take the Stairways Garden Die and die cut two outside edge squares in white card. Matt the panels onto the die cuts. Adhere both these onto the front of the card at slight angles.
Take the Rounded Scallop Window Die and cut a circle using the diamonds half, in white card. Cut a plain circle to match in blue paper. Ink the edges of the diamonds circle and adhere onto the blue circle. Adhere this to the front of the card.
Take the Courtyard Elegance Die and die cut the center circle in white card. Cut a plain circle to match in green paper from the paper pad. Matt the center white circle die cut onto the green paper. Cover the back in foam tape, adhere to the front of the card.
Take the Cottage Garden Hydrangea Stamp and Olive ink and stamp out lots of blooms. You will need 12 blooms. Color in with Lemon Grass ink using the Daubers. Die cut with the coordinating dies. Stamp, color and die cut the medium size Hydrangea from the Fresh Cut Hydrangea set. Cut off the leaves. Add the blooms and leaves to the Flower Shaping Mold, lightly spritz with water and run through a die cutting machine. When dry, tap out and leave to dry.
Take the Fresh Cut Hydrangea Cling Stamp, little birds stem and Olive ink and stamp onto Deluxe Flower Shaping paper. Color in with the Daubers using Olive, Shaded Lilac and Antique Linen inks. Die cut with the coordinating die. Take the Cottage Window and Hydrangea Stamp, the arch stem and Olive ink and stamp onto Deluxe Flower Shaping paper. Color in with the Daubers using Olive and Shaded Lilac inks. Die cut with the coordinating die. Adhere the arch stems down the left side of the card. Cut out a little bird, adhere in the center of the arches.
Take all the blooms and pierce a small hole in the center. Thread a stamen through the hole, add a little hot glue to adhere. Cut out two small circles, one the same size as the medium Hydrangea Die cut and one slightly smaller. Adhere the medium sized Hydrangea Die cut to the smallest circle. Adhere this circle using foam pads to the larger circle. Start adhering the blooms onto the circles using hot glue. Adhere the finished flower onto the center of the card using foam pads for more lift. Attach the leaves on either side.
Cut out a sentiment from the paper pad, matt onto white card and adhere to the side of the center circle. Add a small piece of the bird die cut under this.
Using the Dries Clear Adhesive and a small brush, brush the glue over everywhere you would like glitter. Sprinkle chunky glitter all over. All done.



Many thanks for visiting today and don't forget to visit the 

Heartfelt Creations Blog for lots more inspiration from the team.


Bye for now



xxx

Tuesday 21 January 2020

21st January HEARTFELT CREATIONS QUICK & EZ CARD with the Cottage Garden Collection and Full Instructions


Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest card with the 
HEARTFELT CREATIONS COTTAGE GARDEN COLLECTION
 HEARTFELT CREATIONS QUICK & EZ CARD with the Cottage Garden Collection and Full Instructions

PRODUCTS USED
HCD1-7280 Cottage Window & Hydrangea Die
HCFB1-489 3D Hydrangea Flower Shaping Mold
Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit

OTHER PRODUCTS
White card, white card blank 5x7inches, distress ink, foam pads, clear glitter.

INSTRUCTIONS
Cover the card blank with blue paper from the paper pad leaving a small gap around the edges
Cut out a rectangle panel from the paper pad, ink the edges, adhere with foam pads
Die cut a small doily corner in white card, adhere to the to right corner
Die cut a large hydrangea from the paper pad, ink the edges, adhere with foam pads
Die cut two small birdie strips, adhere one with foam pads across the card, cut the second birdie strip in half, adhere to the side of the hydrangea with foam pads
Die cut some blooms from the paper pad, place into the flower mold,  run through a die cutting machine, lightly shape with the flower shaping kit, adhere around the card
Add glue everywhere you would like glitter, add clear glitter
All done.


VIDEO LINK
 Cottage Garden Collection watch a tutorial at https://youtu.be/faBoB2s49RI
ALSO
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Many thanks for visiting today
I hope you follow along and come back again tomorrow for another QUICK AND EZ CARD with the COTTAGE GARDEN COLLECTION
Bye for now
xxx