Christmas Gate Card

Today I am excited to share my Christmas Gate Card that I created with Heartfelt Creations new Celebrate the Season Collection.  This is what Heartfelt Creations has to say about it's newest release:  

"The time has come to once again “Celebrate the Season” with Heartfelt Creations!  Non-traditional in color, this new holiday themed collection showcases an assortment of exceptional winter hues…shades of teals, pinks, greens and violets resembling the northern lights, whites as crisp as freshly fallen snow and ice blues mimicking frozen ponds beneath the blades of gently gliding ice skates.  Four fanciful cling stamp sets filled with old fashioned themed illustrations of ornate sleighs, wooden gates, gifts, skates, mittens, and simple wreaths filled with poinsettias and greenery, along with an assortment of charming sentiments will bring feelings of nostalgia from Christmas past to all of your crafty creations while being paired with the contemporary color palette of Christmas present.  Three coordinating sets of dies will have you creating your very own dimensional embellishments perfect for holiday cards, layouts and altered art pieces.  Join us as we “Celebrate the Season” and get an early start to all of our holiday themed creating."

CHRISTMAS GATE CARD

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Christmas Gate Card

Heartfelt Creations Products & Products Carried by HC:

• HCPC 3745 Ornate Sleigh Cling Stamp Set
• HCPC 3746 Festive Gate Cling Stamp Set
• HCPC 3747 Celebrate the Season Cling Stamp Set
• HCPC 3748 Gift Wrapped Presents Cling Stamp Set
• HCDP1-268 Celebrate the Season Paper Collection
• HCD1-7104 Ornate Sleigh and Presents Die
• HCD1-7105 Festive Gate Die
• HCD1-7106 Celebrate the Season Die
• HCD1-774 All Glammed Up Shoe Die
• HCD2-750 Cut Mat Create 1B Die
• TSMP900 Memento Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• 71026 ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink Pad - Lime Pastel
• TSMP701 Memento Dye Ink Pad - Cottage Ivy
• TSMP507 Memento Dye Ink Pad - Elderberry
• TSMP709 Memento Dye Ink Pad - Northern Pine
• 85-glitter Crystal Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
• ANC851 Rock n' Roll Prills (Plum Crazy)
• ANC852 Bright Idea Prills (Ribbit)
• HCST401 Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit
• 159723 Art Institute Glue - Dries Clear Adhesive
• 352854 Metal Glue Tip - Art Institute
• 3-D Crystal Lacquer
• 247027 Fantastix Blending Tool

Other Products:  White Cardstock; ColorBox Chalk Ink - Sea Crystal, Ice Blue, French Blue, Gray Whale and Warm Violet; Art Glitter Faux Snow; Art Glitter Warm White Chunky Transparent Glitter; Want2Scrap Couture Swirls by Nina Brackett - White Pearls; Want2Scrap Sleek Strips 12" Rhinestones - Iridescent; Copic at You Spica - Silver

Instructions:  Create a 6" x 6" side folding card out of white cardstock.  Next cut a 6" x 6" card panel from the Celebrate the Seasons Paper Collection and add Ice Blue and Northern Pine Ink to the edges at the appropriate spots.  Also add Ice Blue and Northern Pine Ink on the fence on the design paper to fade the image into the background.  Adhere card front to card base.  On White Cardstock with Tuxedo Black Ink stamp the fence image from the Festive Gate Stamp Set, stamp the wreath and garland image from the Celebrate the Season Stamp Set and stamp 6 poinsettia image from the Ornate Sleigh Stamp Set.  Die cut all with the coordinating dies.  Using sponge daubers and Fantasix Blending tools color the fence with Ice Blue and French Blue Chalk Ink, the fence hinges and latch with Gray Whale Chalk Ink and Silver Copic at You Spica, the garland and wreath with Cottage Ivy Ink and Lime Pastel Chalk Ink and the poinsettias with Warm Violet Chalk Ink.  Bend fence at hinges and adhere outer fence posts directly to card front with Dries Clear Adhesive and adhere gate with pop dots to create dimension.  Add Warm White Chunky Glitter to the top of the fence and Faux Snow to the ground and the bottom of the fence with Dries Clear Adhesive.  Shape wreath, garland and poinsettias with Flower Shaping Kit.  Assemble poinsettias as shown and then add Ribbit Prills from the Bright Idea Prills set to the poinsettia center and adhere to wreath.  Add Ribbit Prills (Bright Idea Prills Set) and Plum Crazy Prills (Rock n' Roll Prills Set) to the Garland and Wreath with Dries Clear Adhesive,  Add Crystal Glitter to garland, wreath and trees on design paper.  Adhere to fence and gate as shown using small pop dots.  Create bow by using the bow die from the All Glammed Up Shoe Die and the design paper.  Add Crystal Lacquer to the bow and Iridescent Rhinestones.  On lavender design paper that has been die cut with the Cut Mat Create 1B Die with Elderberry Dye Ink stamp the "Merry Christmas" from the Ornate Sleight Stamp Set.  Distress edges with Sea Crystal Chalk Ink and then adhere to card front with pop dots, folding over the right edge and adhering the edge to the back.  Finish by adding Couture Swirls, cutting to fit as needed.