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Heartfelt Easter Dogwoods Greeting Card

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Heartfelt Easter Dogwoods Greeting Card for the Alumni Hop

Hello, Friends! Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations March 2018 Alumni Hop! Dogwoods have always been my favorite spring blossom. When we lived in Atlanta, there was a street in a small town called Clarkston that was lined on both sides with snowy white dogwood trees. When those delicate trees blossomed at Easter, it was like going to a wedding. I think of that street every year around this time. This Easter Dogwoods Greeting Card is inspired by that memory.

This 5″ x 7″ top fold card has a 1/2″ spine. To make it, you will need the following:

Heartfelt Creations Flowering Dogwood Paper Collection
Flowering Dogwood Cling Stamp Set and matching Flowering Dogwood Die
Sweetheart Borders Die
Decorative Oval Die
Luggage and Tags Die
Spellbinder’s Large Standard Circle Die
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint
Ranger Sap Green Archival Ink
“WOW” Neutral Ultra Shimmer Embossing Glitter
Rajni Chalwa’s Papericious Frosting Powder
5/8″ Celery Plaid Ribbon
Ivory Burlap String
Button from my stash
Cardstock: Pearlized White, light steel grey
Distressing Tool, Ink Blending Tool, Scoring Tool, 1/2″ Scor-Tape

Heartfelt Easter Dogwoods Greeting Card; Creating Layers

I decided I wanted a distressed, shabby chic feel for this card. Once I had built my card base, I went about creating the layers. First, I cut a 4.75″ x 6.75″ panel from the Flowering Dogwood Paper Collection. Use an ink blending tool to add Distress inks along the edges of your paper. Then spritz with water.

Next, I distressed all the edges with my Tonic Distressing Tool. If you don’t have a distressing tool, you can run the blade of your scissors lightly along the edge of your paper, and get a similar result. Stitch this panel onto a double mat of white pearl cardstock and light grey cardstock. I build my card front on this panel, and then once the card is finished, I glue it to the base.

Heartfelt Easter Dogwoods Greeting Card: Flowers and Sweetheart Border

Die cut the Sweetheart Border from Pearl White Cardstock. I also used a Large Spellbinder Circle Die to cut out the focal from one of the 6×6 card panels in the collection. Layer these elements up on your card.

Now it’s time to create those gorgeous dogwood blossoms! First, I stamped 2 sets of the large blossoms and one set of the other blossoms onto pearly white cardstock using Sap Green Archival Ink. Then I heat embossed the stamped images with WOW embossing powder.

Before you cut out the blossoms, go ahead and ink the centers and leaves with more of the Sap Green Ink using a sponge dauber. Then sponge the edges with a combination of the pink Distress inks. Spatter with a little water and some diluted brown ink to create the spatter effect.

Now you are ready to shape and assemble your blossoms. Fill the centers with Tutu Pink Prills. Hot glue them to your card front as seen in the photo. Die cut the ticket with Luggage and Tags Die. Finally, add the bow and button to finish the card front.

Heartfelt Easter Dogwoods Greeting Card: A Peek Inside

I had fun adding pockets and treats to the inside of this shabby chic card.

The top pocket is made with a card front from the collection. I filled this with a sweet little folio that is held shut with a decorative belly band. Die cut the tag and add a small 3″ x 4″ cut apart image here.

Inside, you can add photos, journaling or small keepsakes.

The larger pocket on the bottom holds this pretty tag. I created a soft, airy layer with the Decorative Oval Die. Tuck a tea bag and honey stick here as a special treat!

On With the Hop!

Be sure to visit each blog on the hop and leave a lovely comment because one comment from a mystery blog will be randomly selected to win a $25 shopping spree at the Heartfelt Creations online store!

The hop runs from 8AM DST Friday, March 30th until 11:59PM DST Monday, April 2nd, 2018. The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations Facebook page and blog on Wednesday, April 4th. The winner will need to e-mail need to email Heartfelt Creations at socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us with “Winner of the April Alumni Hop” in the subject line to claim his/her prize.

Here’s the blog list for this month’s hop:

Kathy (You are HERE) ♥ Amarilys ♥ Gloria ♥ Sarah ♥ Vicki ♥ Alissa ♥ Martine ♥ Archana ♥ Deneen

I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and ideas that you can use in your own crafty adventures. If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card Tutorial

This hop is now closed. The winner is Ava Gavloski, chosen from Emily’s blog. Thanks for hopping!

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Hop: Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card Tutorial

Hello, Friends! I hope you all enjoyed a happy and healthy Thanksgiving yesterday. Now that you’ve packed all the turkey leftovers away, it’s the perfect time to hop along with the Heartfelt Creations Alumni team. I’ve prepared a Pretty in Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card tutorial to share with you on this first stop of the hop.

Pink poinsettia are such a festive addition to the holiday season. And yes, those are dogwoods, too! I’ve combined papers, stamps and dies from the Flowering Dogwood and Sparkling Poinsettia Collections to make this Pretty in Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card. Here’s how I did it.

Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card Tutorial: Building the Base

First, create a 5″ x 7″ side fold card base from deep pink cardstock.
Next, cut a 4.75″ x 6.75″ panel of the barn wood paper from the Flowering Dogwood Paper Collection.
Then, lightly distress the edges of the paper and ink with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. Spritz with water to create water spots. Glue this panel to the card base.
Now, cut the pale pink dot paper from Flowering Dogwood to measure 5″ x 3″ Add a lacy edge with Border Essentials Die. Glue in the center of the card.
Next, die cut the Eyelet Oval from a pearlized white linen cardstock. I have had this in my stash forever, and honestly don’t remember where it came from.
Center the outer frame on the card and glue in place.
Now, add foam adhesive tabs to the back of the eyelet oval and place in the center of the frame.
If desired, use hot glue to attach a plastic glitter snowflake to the center of the oval. (From Dollar Tree).

Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card Tutorial: The Sentiment Panel

Stamp the Sentiment from Sparkling Poinsettia Joy to the World on a square of the same pale pink patterned paper you used on the border. Use Versamark Ink and heat emboss with superfine gold embossing powder.
Trim the sentiment into a square. Crop the corners with a ticket stub punch. Mat on pearlized white linen cardstock and pale pink cardstock. Crop the corners of each layer. Glue on top of the glitter snowflake.

Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card Tutorial: The flowers!

Use Magenta Archival Ink to stamp two Large Sparkling Poinsettia onto pale pink dot paper from Flowering Dogwood.
Now, die cut with the corresponding Large Sparkling Poinsettia die.
Use sponge daubers to add Peeled Paint and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink to petals and leaves.
Then spritz lightly with water and shape with the Deluxe Flower Shaping Tool kit.
Now, stack the two layers together with hot glue, staggering the petals.
Next, fill the center of the poinsettia with Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive.
Fill with a combination of Gilt Trip and TuTu Pink Prills. Set aside to dry.
While the poinsettia is drying, create the dogwood flowers.
Use Magenta Archival Ink to stamp one set of Flowering Dogwood onto pearlized white paper.
Quickly sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set.
Then die cut with the corresponding Flowering Dogwood Die.
Sponge the centers with Peeled Paint Distress Ink. Shape and stack. Fill centers with Prills. Set aside to dry.
Once everything is dry, spritz the poinsettia with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist.
Hot Glue flowers to card base.
Finally, tie a triple loop bow with white silky crush ribbon. Add metallic gold string and button to finish the card front.

Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card Tutorial: A Peek Inside

Inside, I’ve layered papers from Flowering Dogwood with a sentiment from the Sparkling Poinsettia Paper Collection to finish the card. Turn a journal card into a pocket by punching a thumb hole with a circle punch. Glue just the sides and bottom to the card base. Add a tea bag and honey stick, a gift card, or other treat to the pocket.

On with the Hop!

The Hop starts 8AM EST on Friday, November 24th and closes Monday 27th Nov at 11.59PM EST. Be sure to visit and comment on each blog in the hop so that your name is entered into the draw for a $25 gift card to Heartfelt Creations. One random comment will be chosen from a mystery blog.

The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations blog and Facebook page on Wednesday, November 29th. I will also add the name of the winner at the top of this post at that time. The winner of the hop will have 72 hours to email Heartfelt Creations at socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us with “Winner of the November Alumni Hop” in the subject line.

Here’s the hop order this month:

Kathy (You are here) ♥ Vicki ♥ Amarilys ♥ Gloria ♥ Emily ♥ Deneen ♥ Emelia ♥ Martine ♥ Sarah ♥ Alissa ♥

I hope you were inspired by this Pink Christmas Poinsettia Greeting Card tutorial. If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks so much for hopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Aqua Flowering Dogwood Easter Card Tutorial

This hop is now closed. The winner is Katie Baird. Please contact HC to claim your prize.

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Hop: Aqua Flowering Dogwood Easter Card Tutorial

Hello, Friends! Welcome to the March 2017 Heartfelt Creations Alumni Hop! You should be coming here from Gloria’s blog. You’ll find a complete hop list at the end of this post. With Easter right around the corner, I’ve put together an aqua Flowering Dogwood Easter Card tutorial for you today. You’ll find the supply list the end of this post.

Dogwoods in Aqua and Green!

Oh, how I love these soft spring colors and pretty spring blossoms! The first step in creating this card was to make a 5″ x 7″ top fold card base from pearlized ivory cardstock. You do have to paper piece in order to make a card this size, but I think the end result is worth the effort!

Aqua Flowering Dogwood Easter Card Tutorial: Get everything ready!

Before I assemble my cards, I like to get all my pieces ready. Here are the steps you will follow to do this.

Cut a rectangle from the pretty aqua dot pattern slightly smaller than your card base. Then sponge the edges with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.
Use the largest Spellbinder Circle Nestabilities die to cut the focal image from the 6×6 card front. Lightly distress and ink the edges.
Die cut the largest Spellbinder “Diamondessence” circle from white cardstock.
Use the Luggage and Tags Die to cut out the dove tag. Mat on white cardstock.
Cut a 5″ x 4″ rectangle from the woodgrain blue paper in the collection.
Add a fancy edge by die cutting with the Border Essentials Die. Ink the edges
Cut the “Easter Blessings” sentiment, add a fishtail end and mount on white cardstock.

Now It’s Time to Stamp, Die Cut and Shape Flowers

Here are the steps I followed to make my flowers:

Use Colorbox Guacamole Chalk Ink to stamp 3 sets of the largest dogwood blossoms onto patterned paper from the collection. I used the pale blue flourish pattern on the reverse of the 6×6 card fronts page.
Heat emboss the stamped images using clear embossing powder. If you look closely at my blossoms, you can see that I deliberately scorched the paper slightly with my heat gun to add a rusty hue to the paper. This gives the flower a very realistic look. But be careful…we want to scorch the paper, not set it on fire!
Repeat this process with the medium set of dogwood blossoms and again with the leaves.
Die cut all the stamped images and several stamens as well.
Sponge the center and edges of each blossom with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.
Spray the blossoms with Dylusions White Linen ink spray. If you squeeze the nozzle slowly, this will create ink spatters on the blossoms.
Shape the flowers.
Add the stamens to the flower centers.
Add glue to the tips of the stamens, and dip into Mini Pearls Prills.

Time to Assemble!

Now it’s time to put all these lovely elements together. Here’s how:

Glue the dot rectangle to the card base.
Add foam dimensionals or waste chipboard to the reverse of the dove tag, and glue in position at the top of the card.
Add foam dimensionals or waste chipboard to the back side of the border and position on the card. The top edge will cover the bottom 2/3’s of the dove tag.
Glue the die cut focal image on the front of the die cut doily. Use foam dimensionals or waste chipboard on the back side of the doily and glue in place.
Position your flowers and leaves around the left hand side of the card and glue in place.
Add aqua seam binding ribbon and a burlap string bow.
Use foam dimensionals or waste chipboard to the back of the sentiment and glue in place.
Add one small dogwood blossom and small leaf to the sentiment tag.

Now we’ve finished the front cover.

Finishing the inside of the card:

Use a scrap from the card front to create a border strip down the left hand side of the card. Mat a journal card on white cardstock and add as shown along with a small tag and a sentiment ticket.

The inside of my card has a pocket that I’ve filled with a bookmark. Glue a tag to the top of the pocket and use repositionable tape or Glue Dots to secure a chocolate treat to the tag. Die cut a sentiment tag and glue above the candy. You can use border strips to add extra interest to your card’s interior design. Since I had extra dogwoods, I went ahead and added them to the top of my bookmark and tag.

This dove image is on the front side of the blue paper I used to create my dogwood blossoms. I just trimmed it down and cropped the corners with a punch. Then I matted it on white cardstock, punched a hole and added ribbon.

On With the Hop! Comment to Win!

Visit all the blogs in the hop and leave a nice comment behind as one lucky comment will be chosen from a mystery blog to receive a $25 shopping spree in the Heartfelt Creations online store. You have until 11:59EDT on Monday, April 3rd to hop and comment. The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations blog and Facebook on April 5th.

If you are the lucky winner, simply email Heartfelt Creations at info@heartfeltcreations.us with “Winner of the March Alumni Hop” in the subject line. Best of luck to each of you!

Now here are all the lovely blogs waiting for your visit and kind comment:

Vicki ♥ Gloria ♥ Kathy (You are HERE) ♥ Deneen ♥ Alissa ♥ Emelia ♥ Gini ♥ Emily ♥ Sarah ♥ Archana ♥

I hope you enjoyed this Aqua Flowering Dogwood Easter Card tutorial! I certainly had fun preparing it for you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

SUPPLY LIST and PRODUCT LINKS

Please note: I will provide links to products whenever available, but sometimes I’ve had an item in my stash for a long time, and it is not longer available online. Thanks for understanding!

Heartfelt Creations Flowering Dogwood Creative Essentials
Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit
Border Essentials Die
Luggage and Tags Die
2 sheets of 8.5×11 Core-dinations pearlized cream cardstock
Guacamole Chalk Ink
Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive
Minni Pearls Prills
Clear Embossing Powder
Dylusions White Linen Ink Spray
Aqua Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon
Ivory Burlap String
Maya Road Trinket Pins/Crystals
Evergreen Bough Distress Ink
Spellbinder Diamondessence Circle Die
Nestabilities Circle Die Large/Spellbinders
Foam tape or dimensionals (I just use waste chipboard)

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