Day 1 of the Christmas Hop. Hello friends!
Christmas is coming soon, time to get everything you need now while supplies last.
There classic ornaments are so fun to color. I have a few on my tree for sentimental reasons. My mom's tree always had a lot of them.
Hello my crafting friends!
Today I have 3 versions of the Star Ornament, large and small.
All of them are distinctly different.
This first one features red flowers and berries coupled with tan sponged on the white star.
Hello, my crafty friends!
This is day one of the new release blog hop.
From September 15th to 16th, the Impression Obsession Team will showcase their latest projects featuring new clear stamps, dies, and paper packs! Check out the Impression Obsession Blog for a complete list of participants each day of the event. During the September release week (September 15th-22nd), two fortunate customers who place an Impression Obsession order will be selected to receive a unique prize package along with their purchase. Best of luck to all!
My first card features 3 cute elf ornaments, they ARE a jolly group, don't you think?
Card size: 3 1/2" X 8 1/2"
Cut white slim card to measure 3 1/2 X 8
1/2" when folded, (7 X 8 1/2 piece). Die cut a piece of red decorative
paper with the largest Slim Eyelet Rectangle then glue to the card.
Die cut green decorative paper and red
decorative paper with Slim Basic 2 5/8 X 6 3/4" then cut gold Slim Eyelet
to the mat. Cut another piece of gold the size of the green and the red. Glue the
red decorative paper onto the gold eyelet panel. Die cut the green piece and
the gold piece with the Curvy Decorative, glue them together off-set then pop
up onto the red panel.
Stamp ornament line, holly, and berries X
4-5 and sentiment on white using embossing ink, heat emboss with gold
powder. Die cut, color, and add gold glitter
pen.
Stamp greenery 5-6 times on dark green
decorative paper using English Ivy, die cut and cut apart in some places. Arrange holly,
greenery, and ornaments on the card.
Stamp 2 smallest poinsettia on Deluxe
Flower Shaping Paper using Vermillion, sponge with Carnation Red, die cut,
sponge edges again plus back sides then form in the shaping mold. Glue the 2 together then insert gold stamen.
Glitter.
Attach poinsettia to the arrangement at the top
left corner.
Cut a gold mat for the sentiment with the sentiment die, glue the sentiment on top then pop it up in the right lower corner. Add 3 gold half balls onto the right side.
Robin
Card size: 3 3/4" X 8 1/2"
Cut a slimline card using white cardstock
measuring 7 1/2" X 8 1/2", score lengthwise then fold in half using a
bone folder to get a good crease.
Cut a red decorative paper panel measuring
3 3/4 X 8 1/2", a green decorative paper panel 3 3/8 X 8, and a gold panel
3 1/8 X 7 7/8”. Glue these to the card
front by size, centering each with the other.
Cut the Slim Lattice oval from gold and
from white. Glue together, gold on top,
slightly off-set then glue onto the gold panel on the card front.
Stamp, emboss, and die cut large ornament
using gold powder and embossing ink on Gold Luxe (including inset lattice die).
Die cut the lattice inset of the large ornament 2 more times, once from red
decorative paper and once from green decorative paper. Save pieces to inlay them
into the large gold ornament. Die cut a
large ornament again from white (or any color from the card) without using the
lattice inset so that ornament is solid. Glue gold embossed ornament to white
then use the red and green pieces to fill in the lattice openings.
Pop the ornament up on the card using 2 layers
of foam. Glue tiny gold balls to
intersecting areas of the ornament and as desired to get the look you
like. Glue a multi-loop gold thread bow
to the top of the ornament.
Cut a red oval 2 3/4" in length and a
green oval 2 1/2" in length, glue them together then glue them to the bottom of the slim
line card.
Stamp and emboss the sentiment onto gold
then die cut and glue it to the oval stack.
Good morning crafty friends!
Card size: 5 X 6 3/4"
Make a decorative shaped card following the
instructions in Emma Lou’s video here (How
to Create Decorative Shaped Cards for All Occasions (heartfeltcreations.us)
Cut a front using the same outer die of the Royal Elegance
Frames from lavender decorative paper (the paper used for this sample is from
the Iris Garden Collection). Also, cut an
oval from the Royal Elegance set from the same lavender paper, and set it aside.
Glue the lavender card front to the shaped card matching edges.
Cut the decorative frame and decorative oval from white and
from silver cardstock, use the oval to cut the center from the decorative
silver oval die cut, and glue each set together slightly off-set. Glue the lavender oval to the decorative oval
set, add foam to the underside then set aside.
Use foam strips to adhere the silver and white frame to the
card front then adhere the decorative oval stack on top, centered.
Stamp poinsettias on Deluxe Flower Shaping Cardstock using
silver ink (you can choose to emboss if you don’t mind getting some embossing
in the mold). Shape flowers and holly in mold then finish on a mat using the
Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Insert pearl silver stamen and glitter petals. Add
flowers and leaves to the card from the top left and bottom right and insert some
beaded silver stamen into the arrangements.
Stamp the ornaments using black, die cut, add silver sparkle
pen, add glitter, punch 1/8” holes to insert some silver thread at the
tops. Glue and/or pop-up ornaments to
center lavender oval.
Stamp sentiment using VersaMark then emboss with silver and
heat set. Die cut then add to card at
the bottom of ornaments.
Card size: 6 X 6
Make a shaped Simple Centerpiece card base
(see video: How
to Create Shaped Elegant Centerpiece Cards the EZ Way (heartfeltcreations.us) Score the front of the card at its center to parallel
the center of the card fold, fold downward toward the card center. Cut another front for the card from white
cardstock and also from plaid decorative paper times 2 (1 for the inside card). Add glue to the bottom half of the card base
front then glue the new card front to the base making sure all sides are matched, this
forms your easel. Glue 1 plaid die cut onto the front. Glue the other plaid piece to the inside of the card (be sure to avoid the score
line for a good fold).
Use 2 Centerpiece dies together to create gold frames or
borders. Two sizes for the front (6” and 4” by 1/2” thickness each) and 3 sizes
for the inside (5 3/8”, 4”, and 2 1/2" by 1/2" thickness). For the card front, glue the outside gold
border to the card then pop up the inner gold frame. Glue a piece of red decorative paper to the
inside of the frame. Inside the card, glue both
of the larger gold borders down and add a red center to the smaller die border.
Stamp the sentiment using Vermillion onto white, die cut to
fit the smallest gold frame/border then glue it to the gold. Pop up the sentiment/border to the lower part
of the card inside to act like a stop for the easel. Glitter front and inside of the card.
Stamp ornaments using embossing ink of choice (VersaMark
used here). Sprinkle with gold powder
then heat to emboss. Color ornaments
with green and red then add gold glitter pen to ornaments. Glue and/or pop-up ornaments to center red.
Add gold thread to ornament tops.
Stamp greenery using Library Green on green decorative
paper, die cut then add to card front on top of ornaments, red stamen, and gold ribbon. Save 1 piece of greenery for the inside of the card.
Stamp poinsettia using Vermillion on Deluxe Flower Shaping
Paper, sponge with Carnation Red, die cut, form in shaping mold then glue 2
together to form a flower. Insert gold stamen. Glue flower, red stamen, greenery, and gold
ribbon to the inside raised sentiment on the left side. Glitter flower.
