Heartfelt Creations - Season of Joy

Good morning to all of you! It is time for yet another new release from Heartfelt Creations, I really am not sure where this year has gone!
This months new release is another stunning Christmas Collection.  The Season of Joy Collection has been put together so you can create your most elegant Christmas cards, layouts and 3D projects. Create gorgeous typography backgrounds in your favourite Christmas hues. The hand-drawn, detailed stamps provide new excitement to every Christmas project you'll create as the snow flies and the hot cocoa simmers on the stove. Feel your heart ignite with passion and excitement as you delight yourself with the Frosty Blanket Paper Collection. Match the ornate poinsettia stamp with the cutting-edge Sun Kissed Fleur die and you'll save time while creating your Christmas projects. It really is another fantastic all round crafting  collection must have!
Hop on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog where not only will you see lot's of stunning creations by the Design Team but by leaving a comment on the blog you could be in with a chance to win the entire Season  Of Joy collection!
To showcase this collection I decided to make an 8"x8" card In traditional reds with the poinsettia flowers encasing the stamped sentiment from the Christmas Sentiment Circle precut stamp set.

 

 

Believe In The Magic of Christmas

 



 

Here you can see the 3D effect that layering up the card with foam pads gives

 





 

This picture shows the stamped sentiment in the centre which I have used some glossy accents on

 

 

 I have used the new poinsettia stamp which comes in this new collection and cut out with the Sun Kissed die set

 

 

This close up shows how I have added lots of pearls, glitter and mica flakes

 

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCPC 3561 – Christmas Sentiment Circles precut set
HCPC 3557 – Christmas Poinsettia precut set
HCPC  3551 – Holly Berry pre cut set
HCD 738  - Ornamental Add on die set
HCD  734    - Sun kissed die set
HCP1 225 – Frosty Blanket Paper Collection
Spellbinder Dies Used:
Decorative Labels Twenty –Two and Stately Circles

Other Products Used:

Red pearlescent card, cream pearlescent card, Decorative pearls on thread,  self adhesive flourish pearls, Self adhesive gold pearls, gold pearls on thread, Ribbon, Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Mica Flakes, Stickles Glitter – Diamond, Xmas Red, Glossy Accents, Memento Ink – Rich Cocoa, Stazon – Black Cherry, embossing ink pad,  Papermania embossing powder – Enchanted Gold, £D foam pads, adhesive. Tools Used: Die Cutting Machine and Heat embossing gun.

 Instructions:

Make an 8x8 card base with your red card or adhere red card to the front of an white 8x8 card blank.
Choose some patterned paper from the Frosty Blanket paper collection and cut to  fit the front of the card with a 1/2cm border showing. 
Cut 2 pieces of red card and 1 patterned piece  of card approximately 13cm x 15cm. Take the 2 pieces of red card and using the Decorative Labels Twenty Two dies, take the Largest and medium size and die cut them. 
Take the patterned paper and die cut with the medium/large die.  Positioning the dies about ¾ of the way from the bottom of the card as in picture.  Stamp the large sentiment from the Christmas Sentiment pre cut stamp set on to the cream card (using the Black Cherry ink) and die cut out using the Medium/large die from the  Stately Circles die set.  Stamp the Christmas Poinsettia flowers twice and die cut out using the Sun kissed die set. (I just love how these co-ordinate with these flowers too).  Layer the flowers up to make one large, 2 medium, 2 medium/small. Stamp and die cut 2 large Holly Berry flourishes and 2 small Holly Berry flourishes. Layer up the Card (which you used the Decorative Labels Twenty Two on) as in picture, centred, but about a cm from the top using foam pads.  Adhere the sentiment to the centre. Add the mica flakes to the edge of the patterned paper and the edge of the red card.
Adhere the flowers and Holly Berry flourishes in place with the largest flower in the centre and the tiny flowers dotted around the cluster.  Make a bow and adhere to the top and add 2 of the ½ flowers each side of it.  Adhere the decorative pearls on thread a long the bottom of the card. Decorate with the self adhesive pearls, pearl flourishes and add  Diamond Stickles glitter to the flowers. Add red stickles glitter to the berries and around the outside of the card. Intertwine the gold pearls around the flower cluster and add some to the centre of the bow.  Finish by adding a single self adhesive pearl to the centre of the bow.