Hearts Come Home Special Christmas Card

... to me ... from Barbara...

Isn't this just stunning...

And I have to add...  that I think that the stamped and glittered houses panel is the nicest use I have seen of the house stamps in Hearts Come Home...

So I just had to share this before I start sharing (the somewhat more simple) projects I have made this week... Been a busy busy week!! On all fronts...

Thank you again Barbara... just beautiful... I feel SO honoured...

Hearts Come Home by Special Request...

So I have been asked to write a special post with the carryover Hearts Come Home & Hometown Greetings projects from last year... as (really interestingly) all my new class customers this year have bought these dies and stamps... so this is a useful round up with links to the Tutorials (where available) for them...

Just click on the photo to go straight to the project post with the Tutorial or more details... though there are no further details for the 2 new projects shared... which are the 2 coloured using Stampin Blends.

And the product details are at the end of this post...

Hearts Come Home Bridge U Fold Card... the Village one... with the Tutorial post here... 

And a more colourful version for you... Blendies out... let's get colouring! 

Hearts Come Home Bridge U Fold Lantern.. With the Tutorial post here...

Hearts Come Home Bridge U Fold Card... the CityScape one... 

The Cityscape Card again... but in its simplicity...

 

Baby Wipe Swipe Hearts Come Home card

And the Simpler version...

Faux Bendi Card with Tutorial

Glittery Santa Scene

Chalets in the Snow Bridge U Fold... though Card Tutorial post directly linked here...

Tri Fold Card with Tutorial

And a few more CAS cards for you... 

Just die cut Glimmer Paper...

And the last one coloured with the Stampin Blends... 

And for those of you that want the product details (as there is still time to order and make these for this Christmas!!

Hearts Come Home stamps... available in Clear Mount & Wood Mount

With Hometown Greetings dies...

Still my favourite all time christmas dies!

Skater Snowman on Saturday!

 I just couldn't resist... got to love a happy skater boy snowman card...

Care of Spirited Snowmen, Winter Woods & Rooted in Nature mainly... with a touch of white embossed Lovely as A Tree trees and Hearts Come Home to finish off...

5 amazing stamp sets to create the greatest of scenes!! And not just for Christmas... well, apart from the Spirited Snowmen and some of Hearts Come Home... and I think that the last 3 of these sets might just be in the Extravaganza come tomorrow!

Rest of the card details as per this card shared earlier here...

And talking of the Extravaganza... 

Don't forget 10% off lots of card, paper and embellishments today... and click here to see my "free postage" offer for online orders if you are in the UK...

Spirited Snowmen... in the Snow is Glistening!

Another perfect merging of 2 stamp sets... well you can't have snow"men" without a bit of snow!

First up .. Snow is Glistening for the snowflake-y border up above... in Pool Party Shimmer Paint...  mixed by myself as described here... and still going strong!! Perfect for this job!

My favourite Spirited Snowmen couple...

Set on a couple of hand torn snow banks,,,torn edge sponged in Pool Party and Dazzling Diamonds Stampin Glitter -ed all over!!

And finished off with a Smoky Slate moon... and Smoky Slate and Real Red houses from the Hearts Come Home set ... so 3 stamp sets actually!!!

And this isn't any Fancy Fold Friday post... as this card is a Notecard & Envelope! Available off the shelf!

Spirited Snowmen in the Snow...

Just sharing the slightly tweaked version of Joanne's card made by my ladies in classes this week...

As the colours had to change based on what I already had out...

And I used the lovely sentiment from the Spirited Snowmen set...

The "snow banks" are just hand torn pieces of Thin Whisper White sponged along the edge with Pool Party ink... and then Tombow and Dazzling Diamonds Stampin Glitter added to finish... with more glitter being added to the trees too...

And you can actually get away with less white card for those hand torn snowbanks... but I cut the panel the same size as the panel for stamping and sponging the night sky for 2 reasons...
(1) gave my ladies another bank if needed in an emergency (though only one lady re-did a bank as she wasn't happy with one)
(2) easier to prep that way!

SU! Products used
Stamps - Spirited Snowmen, Lovely as a Tree, Hearts Come Home
Card - Night of Navy (A6 Card Blank), (Thin) Whisper White (14. 2 x 9.9cm x 2)
Inks - Night of Navy, Pool Party, Memento Black
Stampin Blends - Light Black, Dark Smoky Slate, Night of Navy combo, Real Red combo, Shaded Spruce combo, Light Pool Party
Other - Stampin Glitter, Stampin Sponges, 3/4" Circle Punch (to punch moon mask)

Merry Monday... yes seriously!

So we demonstrators can now pre-order new Christmas, Autumn & Halloween goodies from the brand NEW Autumn Winter Catalogue... so I thought it high time this year to start creating with my new goodies and sharing some of those makes earlier rather than later...

But I also don't want to be posting loads of Christmas projects throughout August.. so I reckon a day ( or maybe two!) a week is enough!

But for this first Merry Monday post.. my box is on its way... so no new goodies to use...

So... by popular request of some of my new crafters this year... I thought I would share a round up of some creations using the carryover favourite stamps and dies from last year, these are for you Sarah, Isabel and Catherine... And there are even a couple of new not previously shared cards here too!

Be warned ... there are a lot of them... we definitely had a lot of fun and creativity with this set...

Hearts Come Home stamps... available in Clear Mount & Wood Mount

With Hometown Greetings dies...

Just click on the photo to go straight to the project post with the Tutorial or more details...

Hearts Come Home Bridge U Fold Card... the Village one... with the Tutorial post here... 

And a new version for you... Blendies out... let's get colouring!

Hearts Come Home Bridge U Fold Lantern.. With the Tutorial post here...

Hearts Come Home Bridge U Fold Card... the CityScape one... 

The Cityscape Card again... but in its simplicity...

 

Baby Wipe Swipe Hearts Come Home card

And the Simpler version...

Faux Bendi Card with Tutorial

Glittery Santa Scene

Chalets in the Snow Bridge U Fold... though Card Tutorial post directly linked here...

Tri Fold Card with Tutorial

And a few more CAS cards for you... 

And the last one is a new version... again just coloured with the Stampin Blends... can't wait to repeat these year with all the lovely new colours!!!

And interestingly... having shared all these... I might just have had some more ideas for this year!!  Now if I can just find a spare hour or two whilst I am waiting!! We'll see...