Heart of Christmas - Week 11

Hello everyone and welcome to Week 11 of the Heart of Christmas blog hop from members of the Art with Heart Stampin' Up! Team.

I've been having so much fun these past couple of weeks with fun-fold cards, and tonight's card is no exception either.

I absolutely love this poinsettia! It's from a pattern in the Boughs of Holly DSP pack which is available from the July-December Mini Catalogue. It is in fact my absolute favourite design from the pack. Beautiful poinsettias on a white background and I just had to fussy cut one of them and make it the main feature on my card. It was really easy to cut out using our paper snips. They are the perfect size to hold in your hand and ideal for snipping and trimming close to the image you are cutting out.

Time to tell you about the fun aspect of this card.

This Step Pop-Up card is so simple to make and it's a lovely unexpected surprise for the recipient when they open it.

I based the size of the pop-up on the rectangle sentiment that I cut from one of the smaller cards in the Santa Express Memories & More card pack. I matted it onto a gold foil Deckled Rectangle and added a piece of the all over poinsettia pattern on top of the pop-up.  Another deckled rectangle was cut for the writing panel and a half fussy cut poinsettia was glued in the bottom corner.

Here's a close up look at the pop-up mechanism. Score 1/2" for each end tab and in half at whatever length you cut it to. I'd suggest that you play around and experiment with different measurements to find what size will suit your card. My card is 5 1/2" square, but the pop-up can be made to suit any sized card.

This close up pic shows the sentiment at its best.

I didn't put a sentiment on the front of the card because I didn't feel it needed one. Using the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder I have given the gold foil square behind the poinsettia some lovely texture.

A loopy gold twine bow and gold festive pearls for the poinsettia centre were the perfect embellishments to complete the elegant look of this card.

You'll find thumbnail images below of the Stampin' Up! products I used to create my card. Each one is linked to my online store.

That's it from me tonight everyone, thanks so much for stopping by on your way through our hop.

Tina Gillespie, is the next creative and talented team member to share her Heart of Christmas project with us.

If you are having difficulties moving onto any of the blogs in tonight's hop, you can find the entire list of participants and their blog links with our lovely host, Sharon Davern.

Stay safe and well. See you all again soon.

Product List

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock

[159230]

$15.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$16.25

Brushed Metallic Cardstock

[153524]

$27.00

Boughs Of Holly 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159600]

$21.00

Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack

[159595]

$21.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$53.00

Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder

[156505]

$17.50

Paper Snips

[103579]

$19.25

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]

$50.00

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]

$13.25

Festive Pearls

[159963]

$12.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.50

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$7.50