Heartfelt Creations December Blog Hop

Hello and welcome here on the last day of the year 2013.  Wow, time flies when you're having fun!  Welcome to the December Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop!  If you've come from Giovana's Blog  you're on the right track but if not don't worry...the entire hop list is at the bottom of this post.  On the last Tuesday of the month, past HC DT members get together for a Blog Hop full of inspiration using some of our favorite Heartfelt Creations collections!

By visiting all the stops and leaving a comment on each, you'll be entered for each comment (one per blog) to win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store! Contest closes Friday, January 3rd midnight EST.  The winner will be announced at noon on Saturday.  Good luck and have fun!
*Edited to add:   The winner of the December blog hop was chosen from Giovana's blog. Congratulations to Chris Hunley.

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Now that Christmas is finished for another year, I was very happy to break out the Spring-like papers and flowers.  I stamped and fussy cut around the banner/flowers from the Sun Kissed Tags & Basket stamp set. I coloured all the flowers using Copics, I even die cut a couple of extra flowers to add along the frame and on the banner.

 Copics Used:

Flowers - RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99

Greenery - G40, G43, G46

Shading - W00, W0, W1, W3

Inside:

 Recipe:  HC PP-Posy Patch Collection, HC SS-Sun Kissed Tags & Basket, Hearfelt Expressions & Sun Kissed Fleur, HC Die-Sun Kissed Fleur, Spellbinders-Floral Ovals & Classic Ovals Lg., Sizzix Brick EF, Memento Black Ink, CTMH Plum Mist Ink, Foam Squares, Pearls, Copics.

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCDP1 231 - Posy Patch 12x12 Paper Collection

HCPC 3535 - Sun Kissed Tags & Basket PreCut Set

HCPC 3474 - Heartfelt Expressions PreCut Set

HCPC 3537 - Sun Kissed Fleur Swirls

HCD 734 - Sun Kissed Fleur Die

209503 - Spellbinders Floral Ovals Die

354820 - Spellbinders Classic Ovals Lg.

Now it's time to Hop on over to Caroline's Blog!  And good luck with the Contest!

Enjoy,

Deneen

 December HC Alumni Blog Hop List
Glenda Brooks
Alissa Wells
Candy Slabaugh
Vicki Dutcher
Cibele Glazer
Selma Stevenson
Giovana Smith
Deneen Treble - You're Here!
Caroline Duncan
Lee Ann Barrett
Emilia van den Heuvel
Linda Loew
Mary Faus
Linda Payne

Merry Christmas from Our House to Yours!

Just a few of my favourite videos for you to enjoy!

One King
One King held the frankincense,
One King held the myrrh,
One King held the purest gold,
And one King held the hope of the world.


How Many Kings
Contemporary Christmas song by Canadian group Downhere.

How many kings stepped down from their thrones?

How many lords abandoned their homes?

How many greats have become the least for me?

Only one did that for me.

O Come, Emmanuel
The PianoGuys

The Muppets Ringing of the Bells

The Lego Story

Simon's Cat - Let Me In!

Enjoy,
Glenn & Deneen
Tatiana, Victoria & Spencer!

Top Tip Tuesday Christmas Card Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  It's hard to believe it's Christmas Eve, and tomorrow is Christmas!!!!!!!  To celebrate Christmas Top Tip Tuesday is having one more Challenge for this year!

Challenge - Christmas 

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

A big thank-you to Heather Ellis for supplying the DT with images, I used the Angel Pure Innocence 037 Digi image.  The card is fairly straight forward, I used Spellbinders for the decorative frames and coloured the image with Copics.

Sponsor's

 For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Christmas Challenge at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.

Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks and closes at 1pm.

Bugaboo Stamps - 7 Digi Images

 Heather Ellis - 3 Digi Images

I added some Viva Decor Glitter Liner to her headband.

Copics Used:

Skin - E0000, E000, E00, YR01, R20

Hair - Y11, Y13, Y21

Robe - W00, W0

Wings - C0, C1

Trumpet - Y11, Y19, Y26, 0

Bird - R08, Y18

Ground - N3, N5

Background - YR21, YR30, YR31

Outline - W1

Recipe:  Heather Ellis Digital Image-Angel Pure Innocence 037, PP-BoBunny Powder Mountain, CTMH White Daisy, CTMH SS-Say It In Style, CTMH Black Ink, Spellbinders-Decorative Labels 9 & Labels 8, Foam Squares, Copics, Viva Decor Holo Iridescent Glitter Liner.

For more Christmas inspiration be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations, their links are in my sidebar.

Deneen

Inspired Stamps Easy Christmas Card

Hello and welcome here!  This is my last post for Inspired Stamps this year!! The Design Team will be back in January with a New Release!  This week the DT could choose what they would like to showcase.  I chose to do one more Christmas card.  It's a fairly quick and easy card to make last minute.

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

I used Fir Trees and Winter Ruth for the front of my card.  I debated about sponging a winter sky with a moon but decided to go with a quick and easy idea.  I added some Stickles and a rhinestone star to finish it off.

Inside:

For the inside I used 1.5" Circle Christmas, quick and easy!

Recipe:  Inspired Stamps SS-Fir Trees, Winter Ruth & 1.5" Circle Christmas, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Bazzill Mono Ivy CS, CTMH Ink-New England Ivy & Black, Spellbinders-Decorative Labels 8 & Labels 17, Star Rhinestone, Stickles-Candy Cane, Foam Squares.

Inspired Stamps Used:

Fir Trees

Winter Ruth

1.5" Circle Christmas

Inspired Stamps STORE

Inspired Stamps BLOG

For more Inspired Stamps inspiration, be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations!!

Deneen

Inspired Stamps Christmas Card

Hello and welcome here!  So, when I went to make this week's card fir Inspired Stamps I discovered I made a mistake last week, oops:)  Last week it was suppose to be His Little Ones and a scripture and I had made a Christmas card.  Sooooooo, this week I made a Christmas card, but I used His Little Ones and a scripture!!  Tada, error sort of fixed:) 

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

I used His Little Ones:  Angel, Luke 2:13-14, and Laying Sheep.  I used some different Spellbinders to frame the scripture and finished it off with some pearls around the oval and a rhinestone star.  I coloured the images with Copics and instead of leaving the angel all white, I chose to use a light blue for the robe.

 Inside:

For the inside I used 1.5 inch Circle: Christmas. 

Recipe:  Inspired Stamps SS-HLO: Angel, Laying Sheep, Luke 2:13-14 & 1.5" Circle Christmas, PP-BoBunny Powder Mountain Paper, CTMH White Daisy CS, Bazzill blue CS, CTMH Ink-Black, Spellbinders-A2 Filigree Delight & Opulent Ovals, Foam Squares, Pearls, Copics, Star Rhinestone.

Copics Used: 

Skin - E0000, E000, E00, YR01

Hair - Y02, Y11, Y13, Y21

Eyes - B45

Mouth & Feet - N5

Clothes - B41

Wings - C0

Sheep - C0

Inspired Stamps Used:

His Little Ones:  Angel

Luke 2:13-14

Laying Sheep

1.5 inch Circle: Christmas

Inspired Stamps STORE

Inspired Stamps BLOG

For some more Christmas card inspiration, be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations!

Deneen

Cuttlebug Mania Anything Christmas

Hello and welcome here!  It's time for another Cuttlebug Mania Challenge and since we're so close to Christmas it's an Anything Christmas/New Year's Challenge. This will be the last challenge for this year, we'll continue again in January!

Challenge - Anything Christmas or New Year's

For a chance at winning an awesome prize, link your creation over at Cuttlebug Mania.

Challenge runs for 2 weeks. 

Don't forget to let us know how you used your Cuttlebug!

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

This stamp by Stampendous is absolutely beautiful, it's called Snowy Postcard, I love the vintage feel of it.  For my card I wanted to dress it up a bit so I cut out the oval image shape using Spellbinders and then matted it and added a bit of a flourish.  I finished it off with a snowflake along the lower right hand edge.

I distressed the edges using Distress Ink Vintage Photo...the image I stamped using Distress Ink Stormy Sky.

I added some glitter to the roof tops and along the fence line, it's difficult to capture it in the photo.

Inside:

Recipe:  Bazzill CS-Mono Typhoon, CTMH White Daisy CS, Stampendous SS-Snowy Postcard, Inkadinkado-Christmas Silhouettes, Distress Inks-Vintage Photo & Stormy Sky, Spellbinders-Petite Ovals Lg., Create-A-Flake 3 & Create-A-Flake 5, Memory Box-Tiffany Frame, Foam Squares, Viva Decor Holo Iridescent Glitter Liner, Martha Stewart Branch Punch.

Cuttlebug Items Used:

Spellbinders Petite Ovals Large Die

Spellbinders Create-A-Flake 3 Die

Spellbinders Create-A-Flake 5 Die

Memory Box Tiffany Frame Die

I hope you can join us for the Anything Christmas or New Year's Challenge!

Deneen

Top Tip Tuesday Snowflakes Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  Brrrr, we're experiencing a cold spell here in Manitoba and boy is it sure nippy out there especially with the wind chill added to it.  Today the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge is perfect for winter, it's all about Snowflakes...the DT are sharing some great Tips with you as well.

Challenge - Snowflakes

DT Tips

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

A big thanks to Stamp Fairy for supplying the DT with images, I used Molly Winter 2. She's perfect for this challenge because she's holding a snowflake!  I wanted to cut her out to use in the window but because of the string that goes from her hand to the snowflake I almost didn't because it would be too difficult to do.  Then I decided I would replace her string with wire and that would save me trying to cut the string out.

Sponsor's

 For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Snowflake Challenge at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.

Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks and closes at 1pm.

Stamp Fairy

It's difficult to see but I added some clear chunky glitter to the snowflake.  I stamped a tree to go behind Molly and added red Stickles as ornaments.

Inside:

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, R20
Hair - E08, E13, E15, E18, E19
Shirt - RV91, RV93, RV95

Recipe:  Stamp Fairy Digi SS-Molly Winter 2, PP-We R Memory Keepers Winter Frost Snow Flurries, Bazzill grey CS, CTMH White Daisy CS, Inspired Stamps SS-Fir Trees, CTMH SS-Christmas Scripts & Snow Days, CTMH Ink-New England Ivy, Black & Twilight, Memory Box-Grand Madison Window Lg., Distress Stickles-Clear Rock Candy, Martha Stewart Crystal Coarse Glitter, Foam Squares, Copics.

For more Snowflake inspiration be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations, their links are in my sidebar! 

Keep warm,
Deneen

Inspired Stamps Christmas Card

Hello and welcome here!  It's been a while since I last posted, did you miss me, lol?  Inspired Stamps took a couple of weeks off to enjoy Thanksgiving in the US, and to share some Tutorials each week with you.  But we're back this week with some Christmas cards.

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

A quick card, I found one on Pinterest done in greens.   Next time I will add my bow a little higher, but I love the look of the delicate snowflakes.  The font used in the sentiment matches the feel of the card, it's from the Vintage Christmas stamp set.  

Inside:

Recipe:  Inspired Stamps SS-Vintage Christmas, CTMH CS-White Daisy, Bazzill teal CS, Impression Obsession Snowflake Trio Die, CTMH Black Ink, Satin Ribbon.

Inspired Stamps Used:

Vintage Christmas

Inspired Stamps STORE

Inspired Stamps BLOG

For more Inspired Stamps Christmas inspiration be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations, their links are in my sidebar.

Deneen

Heartfelt Creations Alumni November Blog Hop

Hello and welcome here to the November Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop!  If you've come from Amarilys' Blog you're on the right track but if not don't worry...the entire hop list is at the bottom of this post.  On the last Tuesday of the month, past HC DT members get together for a Blog Hop full of inspiration using some of our favorite Heartfelt Creations collections!  

By visiting all the stops and leaving a comment on each, you'll be entered for each comment (one per blog) to win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store! Contest closes Friday, November 29th midnight EST.  The winner will be announced at noon on Saturday.  Good luck and have fun!

 Card Size:  4" x 6"

Since it's only 1 month until Christmas, yikes!!, I thought I would share a card with a couple of my favourite dies. I used Heartfelt Creations Banner & Trees Die and Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles Die.

I also love the blue patterned paper from the Christmas Card Paper Collection and used it to mat the tree.  I stamped the poinsettia from Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set onto burgundy paper from the Frosty Blanket Paper Collection and cut them out using the Sun Kissed Fleur Die.

Inside:

I used the sentiment from the Bright Christmas PreCut set to embellish the inside of my card.

Products Used:

HCDP1 225 Frosty Blanket Paper Collection

HCDP1 236 Christmas Card Paper Collection

HCPC 3557 Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set

HCD 734 Sun Kissed Fleur Die

HCD 739 Banners & Trees Die

031461 Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles Die

Other Products:  CTMH White Daisy CS, Bazzill blue CS, CTMH Ruby Ink, Foam Squares, Rhinestones.  (Inside:  HCPC 3552 Bright Christmas PreCut Set, CTMH Indian Corn Blue Ink.)

Now it's time to Hop on over to Vicki's Blog!  And good luck with the Contest!

Enjoy,

Deneen

 November HC Alumni Blog Hop List

Caroline Duncan

Amarilys Doria 

Deneen Treble - You're Here

Vicki Dutcher

Cibele Glazer

Emilia van den Heuvel

Giovana Smith

Selma Stevenson

Alissa Wells

Linda M. Loew

Lee Ann Barrett

Mary Faus 

Candy Slabaugh

Glenda Brooks

Linda Payne

Lisa Allen 

Cuttlebug Mania Thanks Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  It's time again for another Cuttlebug Mania Challenge...where does the time fly?  This fortnight the challenge is Thanks and please use orange, brown and yellow as well.

Challenge - Thanks

Orange, Brown & Yellow

For a chance at winning an awesome prize, link your creation over at Cuttlebug Mania.

Challenge runs for 2 weeks. 

Don't forget to let us know how you used your Cuttlebug!

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

I used Memory Box die Arboscello Tree.  I die cut a tree using brown CS, and then from orange patterned paper and yellow patterned paper.  I snipped the leaves off the orange and yellow trees to add to the brown tree.  A little time consuming but well worth the end result.

Inside:

Recipe:  BoBunny PP-Forever Fall 6x6 Collection & Double Dot Buttercup Flourish, CTMH White Daisy CS, Bazzill Prismatics brown CS, CTMH SS-Say It In Style, CTMH Black Ink, Cuttlebug Heritage EF, Memory Box-Arboscello Tree, Rhinestones, (Inside:  CTMH SS-Card Chatter Sympathy, Impresion Obsession Leaves Die.)

Cuttlebug Items Used:

Cuttlebug Heritage Embossing Folder

Memory Box Arboscello Tree Die

Impression Obsession Leaves Die

For more Thanks inspiration be sure to check out the rest of the DT Creations over at Cuttlebug Mania.

I have 1 more post scheduled for today, so be sure to come back and check it out!

Deneen

Top Tip Tuesday's Kraft Challenge

Hello and welcome here!  It's a busy day of posts for me so be sure to check back later this morning for 2 more posts!  It's time for another Top Tip Tuesday Challenge and it's using Kraft CS on your project. 

Challenge - Krafty

DT Tips

Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

I decided to make a non-Christmas card just to be different:)  I love Kraft, white, and blue together and made my card with those colours. A big thank-you to Bugaboo Stamps for supplying the DT with images, I used the digital image Butterfly.

 

Sponsor's

 For a chance at the following prizes, be sure to link your creation to the Krafty Challenge at Top Tip Tuesday, you can enter up to 3 times!! For a chance at an extra prize leave a tip on your blog and be sure to leave 'tip' after your name in Mr. Linky.

Don't forget the challenge runs for 2 weeks and closes at 1pm.

Bugaboo Stamps - 7 Digi Images 

 Shape EZ - 2 Shape EZ Templates

 

My Tip:  If your sentiment doesn't stamp fully, you can fill in the areas with a fine tip black felt pen, it saves trying to line up the stamp to restamp it. I used Viva Decor's Glitter Pen to fill in the swirls for some sparkle.

Copics Used:

Butterfly - E18, E29, N5, N7, V12, V15, B12, B14

Sky - BG0000

Inside:

Recipe:  Bugaboo Digital SS- Butterfly, Kraft CS, Bazzill Mono blue CS, CTMH White Daisy CS, CTMH Ink-Black, Bamboo & Spring Iris, JustRite SS-Grand Sentiment, Cornish Heritage Farms SS-Beautiful, Spellbinders-Classic Ovals & Floral Ovals, EK Success Swirl Punch, Celebrate It White 7/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Foam Squares, Viva Decor Glitter Liner, Copic Markers.

For some more Kraft inspiration be sure to check out the rest of the DT creations, their links are in my sidebar.  And don't forget the DT are sharing some Tips today as well.
Deneen

Fast, Quick, Fairly Clean and Simple Christmas Cards

Hello and welcome here.  It's a bit of a quiet week for me Design Team wise, but I am feverishly preparing for the annual Craft Show in town.  I thought I would share some of my $1 Christmas cards.  I chose to focus on this type of Christmas card for the Craft Show because people tend to send out lots of cards and are searching for a deal.  As you will see my cards still look classy and interesting for $1 (I think??).  They differ from what I usually make and therefore I can make them for less because I don't add layers with foam squares, use fewer embellishments, and tend to use little or no patterned paper (or I am able to get 6 pieces from a 12x12 sheet).  I watch out for cardstock sales during the year and stock up on reds, greens, and blues. I make 10 of each style (they're easier to count when I'm done, lol), and I also stamp a sentiment on the inside.

Most of the ideas for my cards came from Pinterest...so a big THANKS to you who have shared your cards, you gave me lots of inspiration.  I briefly added what patterned paper, die, embossing folder etc. that I used (part of being able to offer them for $1 is that I don't take the time to write anything down, I can get more done that way).

Card Sizes:  4.25" x 5.5"

 Heartfelt Creations Die, BoBunny Powder Mountain Patterned Paper

 Memory Box Country Landscape Die, CTMH Wonderland Patterned Paper

Memory Box Birch Trio Die, Imaginisce Colours of Christmas Patterned Paper

Memory Box Snowflake Die, BoBunny Powder Mountain Patterned Paper

 Impression Obsession Die, Memory Box Bird, CTMH Aspen Patterned Paper, Tiffany Embossing Folder

 BoBunny Silver & Gold Patterned Paper

 Memory Box Village Lamp Post Die, Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Memory Box Small Madison Window Die, Recollections Poinsettias

Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

We R Memories Washi Tape 6x6 Sheets

 Cuttlebug Heritage Embossing Folder, Memory Box Glowing Candles Die

 Cuttlebug Heritage Embossing Folder, Memory Box Glowing Candles Die

This doesn't look like it but there are 189 Christmas cards in the box!!  Some were left over from last year, and I made all the ones I posted above for this year.  I display them in about 4 baskets.

Enjoy,

Deneen