Heartfelt Creations Alumni April Blog Hop

 The hop begins today at 8AM EDT on Friday, April 30th, 2021 and runs until 11:55PM EDT on Monday, May 3rd, 2021. A randomly chosen comment from a mystery blog will be chosen to win a $25 Heartfelt Creations Gift Card. The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations blog and Facebook page on Wednesday, May 5th. So don't forget to check there on the Wednesday following the hop.

The winner has 72 hours to claim the prize by emailing socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.com. Please write “Winner of the April 2021 Alumni Hop” in the subject line.

Hello Heartfelt Creations Creators!!! Welcome to the April Blog hop from the Alumni Team!! I got my hands on the brand new Sweet Magnolia set!! All I can say is wow!!! I could not wait to get started on a project. I did a card this month, but I am working on flowers for a layout for my next project! I am so excited about Sweet Magnolia!! For my base, I created a plain white card I cut from heavy cardstock. For my base I die cut the HC Decorative Cage from the Luxe Gold paper. Can I tell you how gorgeous this gold paper is?? I mounted it on plain white card stock, then placed in on the card base using pop dots. The die set has 2 pieces, the base and the cage to place on the base. I love that the little door on the cage actually opens. You could place a sentiment behind the door.

I die cut, colored and shaped the flowers and leaves using the Sweet Magnolias stamps, dies and shaped them with the 3D mold. It really is that simple!! The 3D mold does all of the shaping for you!! Once all of the flowers and leaves were done, I just played with them arranging them on the card to my liking. Once I was satisfied with the placement, I glued them on.  

I layered 2 flowers for each flower, and added a few stamen I had in my stash. Once all of the flowers were put together, I painted some watered down glue onto them, and dusted some Crystal Clear onto the flowers and leaves to give them sparkle. They really bring the flowers and leaves to life! I absolutely love the Sweet Magnolia Buds!! They are wonderful for fillers!! With the 3 dies in the set, there are so many possibilities! 

Thank you for joining us on this hop!! Here is the list in order of the Hop. Of course you can start anywhere. Just make sure to leave each artist some love to be eligible to win. 

Kathy Clement - https://wp.me/p34lmI-5NX

Carole Wright- https://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.com/2021/04/28th-april-heartfelt-creations-ornate.html

Alissa Wells - http://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/2021/04/cherry-blossom-retreat-heartfelt.html

Candy Slabaugh - http://candyscreationsblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/heartfelt-creations-april-alumni-design.html

Vicki Dutcher - https://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/2021/04/heartfelt-creations-april-alumni-hop.html

Oksana Clegg - https://everydaycrafting.blogspot.com/2021/04/heartfelt-creations-april-blog-hop.html

Monica Edwards - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-heartfelt-creations-alumni-hop.html

Amarilys Doria - https://amadrian8.blogspot.com/2021/04/fridayheartfelt-creations-april-alumni.html

YOU ARE HERE! Lisa Gregory - https://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com/2021/04/heartfelt-creations-alumni-april-blog.html

Emily Niehaus - https://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/2021/04/heartfelt-creations-april-blog-hop.html

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

Sweet Magnolia Blooms die

Sweet Magnolia Buds Die

Sweet Magnolia Blooms Cling Stamp Set

Sweet Magnolia Buds Cling Stamp Set

3D Magnolia Shaping Mold

Decorative Cage Die

Luxe Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla's Crystal Clear

Ranger Archival Ink Fern Green

Ranger Archival Ink Pad Leaf Green