Happy Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Heartfelt Creations is pleased to introduce the Classic Christmas Collection features 6 new precut stamp sets that coordinate with the Heirloom Ornaments 2011 and the Labels Seven Spellbinders dies. The classic images in this collection are perfect "not only" for your Christmas projects but very versatile and you will find yourself using them throughout the entire year!

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My daughter just spent the last year living in Washington and going to school in Portland Oregon. She did manage to get a few great pics of the first snow of the season on her way to school in the wee hours of the morning. I thought the photo in this layout was beautiful. She purposefully left the footstep trail, then walked back around to take the picture. That's my daughter, like momma always trying to get that creative shot...
The new Magnificent Spruce Trees PreCut Set mimics the trees in the photo. They were perfect to stamp on the background.

The Book Frame 2 PreCut Set has 2 sizes and goes perfectly with Spellbinders Nestasbilities Labels 7 set..Oh, the little books you can create. I used 2 layers here for a dimensional effect.

The flowers were created with Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set from the last collection shown The Christmas Cheer Collection. These 2 different collection put together will give you endless possibilities for your stamping pleasure!! Amazing how well they go together! Of course the Poinsettis stamps coordinate with Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia Shapeabilities...How awesome is that!! No more tedious cutting!! A perfect match every time.
Just a closeup of the flower cluster...
I heat embossed a lilac color (ZING powder) onto the diecut flowers, then used Ranger Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass and Dusty Concord to color the flowers. The embossing acts like a resist and the foam applicator gave it such a soft and blended look. I love the way they turned out and the colors are beautiful together. I just touched the spots here and there with the lightest touch of tea Dye, just to tone down and antique the flowers a bit.


Products Used This Project

HCPC 3432 Magnificent Spruce Trees PreCut Set
HCPC 3433 Book Frame 1 PreCut Set
Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 7
HCPC 3415 Petite Poisettia PreCut Set
Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia

Bo Bunny Papers

Ranger Distress ink

Zing Embossing Powder

May Arts vine trim

Bazzill Card stock

EK Success Fleur De Lis edge punch

Prima E-Line pearls

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Using the music stamp, stamp the edges of a 12x12 piece of card stock. Using a foam applicator rub ink onto the edges using a light circular motion. Adhere Die cut paper over the middle of the finished card stock. Frame the photo with strips of decorative edge punch. ink the edges. Adhere photo to background paper slightly off center as shown. Stamp the tress along side of the photo. Emboss and die cut layers of the poinsettias in 2 different sizes. Ink the flowers using a two tone effect with a foam applicator. Layer the flowers and place a pearl in the middle of each flower. Arrange flowers as shown. Tuck pieces of vine ribbon in between flowers. Stamp and die cut the book stamp.Stamp the music stamp in the book. Cut the music stamped piece slightly smaller by cutting along the inner line and place the smaller piece over the larger piece then wrap a ribbon over the book and secure using the Tiny Attacher. Trim the edges of the ribbon. Adhere to the layout.