Showing posts with label Perfectly Plaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Perfectly Plaid. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Embossing Folders - AWH Team - October Blog Hop


Hello everyone and welcome to our October blog hop by the Art with Heart team.

This month we are featuring Stampin' Up!'s versatile range of Embossing Folders. There are new Embossing Folders available in every Stampin' Up! catalogue, and they are an inexpensive way of adding WOW to your projects!
There are currently 24 different Embossing Folders in our range, and tonight the team will be showing you lots of ideas on how to use them.

I have chosen my most favourite of all our embossing folders to feature on my projects tonight - the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. As the name suggests, it leaves a subtle texture when embossed and is suitable for any occasion card or project.

Here's what I've created.


First up is my card. I wanted to use pastel colours and afterwards I thought how sweet this would be for 'Baby's First Christmas'. These colours could be used for either boy or girl, and you could swap them around so you have a pink base for the card.
In our Annual Catalogue we have a set of 20 Scalloped Note Cards & Envelopes in Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Light Pink and Terracotta Tile, and I've used both the pink and blue to create my card.
I simply cut the pink card in half. I glued the scalloped piece to the underside of the blue card front to get the little pink edge that you can see and then I added a strip of Silver Glimmer paper to the bottom of the scalloped edge.



With the left over pink piece, I die-cut it with a Rectangle Stitched die first and then ran that through the Subtles 3D embossing folder. I've matted it onto a piece of Silver Glimmer paper. I stamped two of the trees from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set in Balmy Blue ink and punched out with the Pine Tree Punch. (The stamp set and punch are available as a bundle with 10% off). I then ran one of the trees through the Subtles embossing folder too, only this time I had it running vertically. I've also embossed the flap on the matching envelope - such is the versatility of this wonderful embossing folder. I have heat embossed the sentiment in Silver embossing powder and it is from the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set. I have embellished with rhinestones, gems and a bow made from our flax ribbon.


I had a strip of the pink card left over so I ran that through the embossing folder as well and added it to the bottom of the inside of the card. I usually have a white writing panel but decided to go with a Balmy Blue one this time.

Here is my next creation.


I used the Tiny Keepsakes Bundle to make my little box to match the card and envelope. The versatility of our embossing folders is only in our imagination. I now have a sweet little gift set to give to a friend this Christmas.


Here is the same card using the other two colours in the Note Card pack.


I can't wait to see what the other team members have created with their favourite embossing folders for our blog hop tonight.

Click the 'next blog' button below to visit the lovely, Rachel's blog.


If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, below is the list of tonight's participants.




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Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Heart of Christmas - Week 10



Hello and welcome everyone to Week 10 of the Heart of Christmas with the Art with Heart Team.

I've chosen a Z-fold design for this week's card.


For the front of the card I have used one of the patterns from the Feels Like Frost 6" x 6" Specialty Designer Series Paper. This particular pattern has lovely purple hues throughout, so I chose Purple Posy and Night of Navy to compliment it, and I've featured the stamp set and punch from the Perfectly Plaid Bundle.
I stamped one tree, tone on tone onto Night of Navy, and the other tree was heat embossed onto some Vellum using the sparkly Shimmer White embossing powder. Then I punched them out with the Pine Tree Punch. I added them to a Stitched Shape circle in Vellum using dimensionals. The lovely sentiment from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set, was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto Whisper White cardstock and die-cut with a Stitched Rectangle die. I matted this onto a piece of Night of Navy CS.


In the photo above, you can see that I added a few basic rhinestones to the front of the card for some extra sparkle and the Night of Navy tree has Wink of Stella leaves. The 'Z' part of the card is the Whisper White scored panel. There are lots of styles of this type of fun-fold design and I found this one on Pinterest.


To the middle panel of the card I added the stamped 'Merry Christmas' in Night of Navy, die-cut with a Stitched Rectangle die, and matted with another stitched rectangle in Night of Navy cardstock. I stamped the Christmas tree directly onto the writing panel and added Wink of Stella to the leaves. This photo gives you a better look at how the card is constructed.

I love the combination of colours on this card for a non-traditional look and feel.


Thank you for stopping by. It's time to see what Claire has created this week. Check out her blog by clicking here. You'll also find a list of tonight's participants from the team at the end of Claire's post.

Hope to see you all again for Week 11 of the Heart of Christmas next Wednesday night.

If you're leaving a comment below, thank you so much.
I read and appreciate them all. 💗

See you next time...😘