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Here is my second project I made for Heartfelt Creations this week !

Today I have a Christmas card to share with you.

Have you checked out the blog yet???

Click on the pic below to go see some amazing inspiration!

Yikes its not long to Christmas now ............
I started making my Sweet Mincemeat for my mince pies this week,
and made some Fresh stuffing that I have frozen ready !!
Well ......... I have to super prepared for Christmas
as my little girl has a birthday Christmas Eve!!!
So Its party planning as well !!!
Which reminds me ............. I need a pass the parcel pressie to wrap .......

Right best get on!!!

To make my card I used the following:

459222 Paper Blossoms Tools

452255 Grand Calibur

HCDP1 246 Festive Christmas Paper Pad

HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia PreCut

125156 Layered Poinsettia Shapeabilities

HCD 738 Ornamental Add on Die

HCPC 3551 Holly Berry Precut set

Other Products Used : Tacky Glue, glitter glue, gems, Red ink, black

ink, Peeled paint ink, tacky glue, embossing powder, red card, white 

card, Tea Dye Distress ink, edger tool, Spellbinders Labels 18 die.

Cut a 4 3/4" square from the paper pad and 9 x 1" x 1" squares. Use the edger

tool on all of the squares. Using white card cut a 5" x 5" square side fold

card. Adhere the larger square onto the card with 3D foam pads. Adhere the 9

squares onto the card with 3D foam pads. Stamp the sentiment and cut out

with the second largest die from Labels 18. Ink up the centre and edge of the

die cut with the Tea Dye Distress ink. Adhere the sentiment to the card

with 3D foam pads. Stamp, emboss and cut the flowers. Shape and adhere a gem

into the centre of the flowers. Stamp, cut, colour and shape the holly swirls.

Adhere the swirls and flowers to your card and your card is complete.

Heard our Gears were stripped

Yeah !!! Its Wednesday and I have a project to share

with you I made for Heartfelt Creations this week !!
My second project tomorrow!!

Click on the pic below and go check out the Heartfelt Creations Blog.

There is some fantastic inspiration there !!

I had such great fun getting inky with the flowers and cogs !!

This time I did them a bit different.

I used pink and blue metallic inks with gold gilding wax on the flowers.

I used Brown ink and gold gilding wax on the cogs !

Its really outside my box BUT I LOVE it !!

Its so easy to do just random applications!

Right I have Red onion marmalade to make today and peeling

four big bags of cooking apples for the freezer !

I love fall as we get to make all these fantastic things!

To make the card I used the following:

459222 Paper Blossoms Tools

452255 Grand Calibur

HCPC 3634 Tarnished Gears PreCut set

HCDP1 248 All Geared Up Paper Pad

HCD 754 All Geared up Die set

119390436 Copper 3D stamp paint

Other Products Used : Metallic Pink and blue ink, Gold gilding wax, white card

Brown ink. Peeled Paint Distress ink, Screw brads, all purpose glue, 3D foam pads.

Cut a 6" x 6" side fold card. Cut two large card fronts from the paper pad. 

Cut the centre circle out of one card front with a craft knife and adhere

the card front to the card. cut the other card front to layer on top of the 

card and adhere With 3D foam pads. Stamp the sentiment on the circle in brown ink. 

Die cut and colour with Brown ink and gilding wax the cogs. Adhere to the card 

and adhere the sentiment over part of it with 3D foam pads.  Cut out the flowers 

and leaves. Colour them with Metallic pink and blue ink and gold gilding wax and shape. 

Adhere the flowers and leaves onto the card and your card is complete.

You are AMAZING !

As some of you know from Facebook I got a Cut n Boss 

for my birthday !!! Whoop whoop !!

So I thought I would give it a spin on my Create a Card dies from Crafter's Companion!

Now you know me I LOVE white cards! 

I was so pleased with the embossing I just couldn't bring myself 

to ink over it !! 

To make my card I used:
White wit ha hint of Gold Centura Pearl

Create a card Enchanted Die

Flowers from WOC

Heartfelt Creations Open leaf stamp and classic leaf die.

Peeled Paint distress ink for the leaf.

Ornate Sentimentals Stamp set

Pearl gems

Well I best go my little one is due home any moment,

Mummies playtime over for the day !!!

hehe!!

Happy Crafting !!

Making Sweet Mincemeat

This week we started to get ready for Christmas !!

We made our own sweet mincemeat for our Mince pies!! Yum!

I have been asked for the recipe so I thought I would put it here !!

Its really easy to make just give it a go !
Your kitchen will smell so delicious while you cook it too !

1 lb Cranberries

8oz shredded suet

8oz sultanaas

8oz Candid peel

Zest and juice of 2 oranges and 2 lemons

Fresh nutmeg grated to taste

8oz apples (Not peeled)

12oz raisins

8oz Currants

12oz Dark Brown soft sugar

2 oz Flaked Almonds

4 teaspoons ground cinamon

6 tablespoons brandy

Mix all the ingredients into a large roasting dish

Leave in a cool place overnight

Cook at 225F for three hours covered with foil

Stir as the mixture cools to coat everything with the melted suet.

When the mixture is cold add the brandy and mix.

Add to sterilised jars and seal.

This recipe makes 2 1/2 litres.

This keeps for ages! Just keep adding Brandy to opened jars if you don't use it

all up and it will keep another year!!!

Have fun making it we did !!!

Time to shift Gears

Its Wednesday and time to share a Heartfelt Creations Project!!
This week we are working with Reasonably Ribbon too!

I LOVE this silky crush ribbon....... think I need some more in other colours !!!

Check out this weeks inspiration and click on the pic below!

You know ....... I'm really enjoying this collection!

Look more BLUE flowers !!! Brown and green tones........

No pink in sight !!!!! 

To make this card I used the following:

459222 Paper Blossoms Tools

452255 Grand Calibur

HCPC3635 Shifting Gears PreCut set

HCDP1 248 All Geared Up Paper Pad

HCD 754 All Geared up Die set

HCD2 752 Cut Mat Create die 2B

119390536 Walnut brown 3D stamp paint

119390436 Copper 3D stamp paint

119390636 Moss Green Stamp paint

Other Products Used : Weathered wood and Faded jeans distress inks, white card

Brown ink. Peeled Paint Distress ink, Screw brads, all purpose glue, 3D foam pads,

brown card, Silky Crush brown ribbon from Reasonably Ribbon.

Cut a 6" x 6" tent card. Cut a large card front from the paper pad. Cut a smaller

card front out also. Cut a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" square from brown card and adhere the 

smaller card front to it with 3D foam pads. Adhere this with 3D foam pads to the 

larger card front. Wrap the ribbon around this. Adhere all of the layers to the 

card. Double stamp the image and stamp the sentiment over it in brown ink. Cut out

with the square die from the Cut Mat Create die set. Die cut and colour with 3D 

paints the cogs. Adhere to the card and adhere the sentiment over part of it with 

3D foam pads.  Cut out the flowers and leaves. Colour them and shape. Flick watered

down 3D stamp paint over the flowers for a rust effect. Adhere the flowers, leaves 

and second cog onto the card and your card is complete.

With love this festive season

Have you got you Crafter's Inspiration 5 magazine yet???

Click on the pic below !!

I have a project in there too ............ 

but your gonna have to get it to see it!! hehe!!

I made this card with the free yes FREE !!! 

Embossing folder and on of the Rubber stamps!

This is a really quick make, you could make lots in an hour 

great for selling or your own card stash !

I used the following to make the card:

Die'sire Snowflakes die

White Centura Pearl card

3D glue

Collall All purpose glue

Free Embossing folder 

Free Stamp set.

Die'sire Lace Border Die

Hugs

I thought I would share this Create a Card I made using the 

Enchanted Create a Card die from Crafter's Companion.

I have to say this is one of my favourite Create a Card dies !!

You know I couldn't resist and bought two more of the new ones this week......

Just waiting for some Gilding wax to arrive and I'm off to play!!

I used Coredinations for this card and for the flowers.

Leaves are inked with distress ink and are Leaf 2 die from Die'sire.

It was a total fluke I had  the correct colour pearls ! 

Sentiment is a Sentimentals stamp.

Hope you like this!

Happy Crafting !