Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Heartfelt Creations July Alumni Blog Hop

Hello, sweet friends!  Once again it's time for our Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop!   

The winner of this hop will receive a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations, you just need to email Emma Lou with "Winner of July Alumni Hop" in the subject line.  The hop will close on Friday Aug. 1st at midnight.

Today I'm going to take a break from my calendar and share a Christmas card.

I stamped the flowers, colored with Prismacolor pencils, and then cut out in 2" circles.  The center sentiment was covered with Glossy Accents and then layered onto the decorative circle from the 'Once Upon A Time Die'. 

Tip: I never liked the way my paper buckled when adding Glossy Accents.  I've now learned that covering the back with a repositional dot tape runner and sticking it to my craft mat will keep it flat till dry and prevent buckling.

The scalloped border is created with Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One die. 

Heartfelt Products
HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set
HCPC 3551 Holly Berry PreCut Set
HCPC 3553 Peaceful Night PreCut Set
HCPC 3561 Christmas Sentiment Circles PreCut Set
HCD 738 Ornamental Add On Die
HCD 744 Once Upon A Time Die
S5-055 Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia Die
S5-182 Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One Die

And now you will hop to Mary and see her awesome creation!

Here is the complete list of participating designers
Vicki Dutcher 
Lisa Nazario-Gregory 
Candy Slabaugh
Alissa Wells
Glenda Brooks 
Amarilys Doria
Cibele Glazer
Selma Stevenson
Sarah Miller   you are here
Mary Faus
Caroline Duncan
Emilia van den Heuvel 
Lisa Allen

Thank you so much for visiting and have a blessed day!

44 comments:

  1. Oh this is gorgeous! Getting a jump on Christmas!

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  2. Beautiful card and all the layers look great! So fun to have a Christmas in July inspiration included in the hop!

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  3. So pretty! Love the gold poinsettias!

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  4. Great tips and a pretty card! Thanks for sharing!

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  5. fabulous Christmas in July!!! I love it!

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  6. Beautiful xmas card in july...love the flowers in it

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  7. Gorgeous card. Love your colors and love all the layers, very very pretty.

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  8. What a beautiful and unique Christmas card! Love the stamps and how you used the white it brings everything out! Lovely! All the best! :)http://mybeaner.blogspot.ca/

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  9. Such a sweet card! Love it! The flowers are so cute.

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  10. love the bling around the inner circle. The poinsettias look amazing. What a beautiful, elegant Christmas card.

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  11. Pretty Christmas card! Lovely dimension and layering!

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  12. The poinsettias are lovely, great card

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  13. Like the multiple flower detail

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  14. Lovely, not so traditional christmas card.

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  15. Fabulous card! Love the design.

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  16. How elegant! I love the colors.

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  17. Beautiful love the Style and the layering. the Poinsettia is Beautiful. thanks for sharing.

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  18. I had to stop for a few minutes to drink in all the wonderful details of this stunning creation. I love the gold poinsettias and your coloring of the rest of them is yummy! Very well put together card! This is a card that is sure to be saved for years! TFS!

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  19. So very pretty. I love seeing untraditional Christmas cards, this is very nice. And thanks for the tip about the glossy accents, good to know.

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  20. Love your card, the layers and the poinsettias, a little bit of colour and the gold and bling, they just work so well together. Thanks for sharing.

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  21. WHAT AN UNUSUAL CARD. STAMPING GOING DOWN THE CARD. ALMOST LIKE A BELLY BAND GOING DOWN THE CARD. LIKE IT VERY MUCH. WORKS REALLY WELL. SMASHING LAYERING

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  22. This is elegant and beautifully designed. Love your flowers, both colored and cut out. The border die is brilliant!

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  23. Beautiful card and I love how the red peeks out from behind the cutouts in the white! Very festive!

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  24. Very creative use of stamps and dies for Christmas

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  25. Like how you used the border dies.

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  26. This is a gorgeous Christmas card. Love it.

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  27. Such a stunning Christmas card! Great layout too~

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  28. How unusual to see a mainly white Christmas card that doesn't feature snow. You did a great job.

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  29. Christmas in July always brings a smile! Lovely card!

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  30. great dimension, what an interesting layout on this card. very neat.

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  31. Oh Sarah this is spectacular. So classy and stylish. All those layers and beautiful cuts. A stunner for sure. Hugs!

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  32. Your card is stunning. Thank you also for the tip!

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  33. Gorgeous Christmas card - very elegant! This blog hop is totally exciting and inspiring - love your work immensely!

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  34. I may have to scrap lift this lovely card. TFS

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  35. Pretty card! Those white poinsettias look great on that layered background. Thanks for the glossy accent tip.

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