Heartfelt and Shabby

Hello friends, and Welcome to another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!
Today I have a shabby chic Christmas card to share with you~

I used one of the gorgeous new Heartfelt Creations tree dies and then embellished it with gold embossed poinsettias that I made, using the new poinsettia set that matches the Sun Kissed Fleur die. The die cuts multiple flowers at once-  talk about a time saver!  And these days, I can use all the time saving I can get!  For complete instructions, please go to the bottom of this post. 
For more inspiration from the very talented Design Team, check out the Heartfelt Creations blog.  
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Heartfelt Creations Products used-

Sun Kissed Fleur Die- HCD 734

Banner and Trees Die- HCD 739

Christmas Poinsettia Precut Set HCPC- 3557

Holiday Script Background Precut Set-HCPC 3562

Sweet Memories Precut Set HCPC- 3555

Other Products used- Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Naturals Ivory cs, Neenah Solar white cs, Stampin' Up Holiday Oval Embossing folder, SU Vintage faceted button, SU Linen Thread, Crumb Cake stamp pad, Vandyke Brown stamp pad, Versamark, gold ep, pearls, white acrylic paint, ribbon, bling

Instructions-

Fold 5.5 x 11” piece of Very Vanilla cs in half for card base. Dry emboss 5 ¼ x 4 1/8 piece of Naturals Ivory cs. Rub some white acrylic paint over embossed areas. Cut 2 pieces of vanilla cs to 5 ¼ x 1 “. Stamp each with the pine cone/branch image using Crumb Cake ink. Adhere 1 panel to each side of embossed panel, with embossed panel overlapping the vanilla panel. Sponge edges with distess ink. Wrap ivory ribbon around both sides of mat so the seams are covered. Adhere to card base.

Emboss flowers on white cs, die cut out and mold to make flowers. Make 3 small flowers and 2 larger ones. Die cut Christmas Tree die from green cs. Adhere to embossed panel. Adhere small flowers over flower images on tree. Adhere larger flowers to upper right corner. Tuck larger leaves under right side of flowers; tuck smaller leaves to lower edge of flowers. Make bows with ivory ribbon and linen thread. Adhere the linen bow to the ivory bow. Add vintage button to bow center. Adhere to embossed panel below tree. Tuck large leaves under left side of bow. Mask off the words Christmas Joy on the background stamp and ink up with brown ink; stamp on white cs. Using pine bough image, ink up in Crumb Cake ink, stamp off once and then stamp as background image over sentiment. Cut sentiment to tag size of 7/8 x 2 ½ “ and tuck under right side of bow. Add bling to left side of bow. Add pearls to center of flowers.

Creative Crew in February

Hello All!  Today I have 4 cards to share with you; they are for this month's SU Creative Crew Challenge at SCS.  Here are the cards and the challenges that you can participate in-

DSP/Color Focus:I'm not focusing on DSP this month, instead we're going with a good old fashioned color combo, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, & Sahara Sand!

 Catalog Focus- Whether you use a real doily, stamp a doily, stamp on a doily, make something with a doily, die cut a doily, or whatever else you can think of to do with a doily the catalog is full of them!

 Holiday Focus: Well now this would have to be love wouldn't it? Valentine's, anniversaries, love, amore' baby!

And the fourth card is another Color Focus AND Catalog Focus (doily usage) card-

Thanks so much for visiting;  I hope I have inspired you some!  Have a blessed and warm weekend!

Lee Ann :)

Products used-All Stampin' Up

Card 1-
Stamps-Field Flowers
Paper-Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Ink-Sahara Sand, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Pink, Pretty in Pink,
Other- doily, ribbon, circle punch, dimensional

Card 2-
Stamps-Papillion Potpourri, Curly Cute
Paper-Naturals Ivory, Crumb Cake, First Edition dsp, Whisper White
Ink-Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Stazon Black
Other-Delicate Doily Sizzlit, Butterfly Punch, Doily, Polka Dot ef, dimensionals

Card 3-
Stamps-Feeling Sentimental, Valentine Defined
Paper-Real Read, Whisper White, Basic Gray
Ink-Cherry Cobbler, Black
Other-dimensional, blender pen, Simply Scored

Card 4-
Stamps-Word Play
Paper-Sahara Sand, Pretty in Pink, Primrose Pink, Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple, Designer Series Paper
Ink-Stazon Black
Other-Heart Framelits, Pearls, Doilies

Shabby Elegance

Hello and Happy Sunday! 
It is hard to believe another week has come and gone.  This weekend is a long weekend with tomorrow being Martin Luther King Day so I am settled in and crafting. 
Today's card is in honor of the featured stamper at Splitcoaststampers this week.  Monkeymama, or Angela irl, has a gallery chock full of delightful cards. 

This Stampin' Up only card features Designer Series Paper and a sentiment stamp from Sale-a-Bration products.  The patterned paper strips were fussy cut out following the design of the paper.  The sentiment was stamped in Razzleberry and die cut using an  Apothecary Framelit.  The doily is spritzed with sparkly Smooch Spritz, although you cannot see all of the pretty dazzle in the picture.  All of the elements are on a Naturals White mat and mounted on a Crumb Cake card base.  The sentiment panel is popped up on dimensionals and a large, dazzling rhinestone is added. 

Thanks so much for visiting and have a craft-filled weekend!

Lee Ann  :)

Products used-
Stamps-Feeling Sentimental
Paper-Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Naturals White, Sycamore Street dsp
Other-doily, Large Rhinestone, dimensionals,

Shabby Autumn?

It is late Thursday night, and I am adding my second post for the day, having tried my hand at "Shabby Chic" style.  I admire those who create such beautiful shabby chic work; I think it must come natural to them.  I decided to give The Shabby Tea Room Challenge a whirl.

Isn't this just a beautiful picture?  The colors and textures just seemed to call my name.  I really like the shutters, the dark gray autumn sign and the metal tub. 

Here is my take on this inspiration photo-

So now I am calling on all shabby chic experts to help me know what is  or isn't shabby chic about this card.  All suggestions are welcome!  As you can see by my clean and simple post from earlier this evening, I try my hand at a wide variety of styles.  I have yet to figure out what "my style" is.  I wish someone would just tell me! :)
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog-I so appreciate your visit and any comments.  Have a blessed weekend.  For those on the East Coast, know that I am praying for you after this last round of bad weather.

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used for this card-
Stamps-Inkadinkadoo; canvas bg-Stampin Up
Paper-Naturals White, Cajun Craze, Basic Gray, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso-all Stampin' Up
Ink-Buckaroo Blue, Stazon Black, distress ink
Other-Cheery Lynn Fancy Flourish die, Stampin' Up Top Note die, Simply Scored (SU), woodgrain and polka dot ef (SU), Little Leaves die(SU),  tulle, burlap, lace, leaf punch, pearls, dimensionals, Spellbinders large ovals