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Happy Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!!!!

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
 Just like the ones I used to know
 Where tree tops glisten
 And children listen
 To hear sleigh bells in the snow..."
~ Irving Berlin

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Gift Card GiveAway: As a thank you to all our loyal HC customers, Heartfelt Creations will be giving away 50 - $50 Dollar Gift Certificates on December 21st at 9PM EST. On December 21st we will be providing you with the direct link to the giveaway page on our blog, Facebook and via email. Once the page goes live you submit your information and a $50 gift certificate will automatically be emailed. Once the 50 gift certificate limit has been reached it will be indicated on the page. Mark your calenders and make sure you are available at that time, they will be snatched up quickly!

This week at Heartfelt Creations we are working with our beautiful exclusive Limited Edition Stamp Sets. There are so many beautiful sets to choose from and many of them will be retiring. If you have been putting off grabbing these now would be the time! You wouldn't want to miss out on adding them to your collection.

I worked with the elegant Regal Poinsettia Collections I & II for this layout. I absolutely loved them!

To achieve the flexibility I wanted on these flowers I cut the under leaves off. I wanted to be able to shape each petal. I used a white embossing powder to create a raised effect with my stamping. I then covered the flowers in Pearl Glimmer Mist. This is my favorite mist. Although I adore all the actual colors the pearl adds a gorgeous shimmer without changing the color off your project.

I cut the holly leaves from the set too and embossed them with silver embossing powder, again using Pearl Glimmer Mist for shimmer!

I could do without using the new Artistic Gatefold Collection Die cut. The ones I used on this layout are the Layered Elegant Swirl Die and the Layered Elegant Posy Die. Just Beautiful!

I used a snowflake punch to create the centers of my flowers. Topping it off with pearls and rhinestones. Let's not forget my newest Martha Stewart punch---- Skyland Snowflake!

Make sure you stop by the Heartfelt Creations blog today. The designers have done so many inspirational and beautiful projects with the stamps this week.

Heartfelt Creations Supplies

HCD 716-Layered Elegant Swirl Die

HCD 717-Layered Scalloped Posy Die

HCPC 2291- Regal Poinsettia 2

HCPC 2292- Regal Poinsettia 1

Other Supplies: White and Silver Embossing Powder, Broken China Distress Ink, Skyland Snowflake Deep Edge Martha Stewart Punch, EK Success, snowflake punch, pearls, ribbon, gemstones, Glimmer Mist Pearl, Jolly Sizzix Die, Pattern Paper- K & Co. & My Minds Eye, Cardstock, Silver Distress Stickles, Distress it all

Instructions:

Cut 1/4 “ off all 4 sides of pattern paper and distress edges with distress it all, adhere to cardstock background. Cut a 6” strip of coordinating cardstock, punch edges with an EK Success punch, Trim length down to match pattern paper and adhere to center of page. Trim another piece of pattern paper slightly smaller than the 6” and punch both sides with the Skyland Snowflake punch. Trim top and bottom to same length as other papers and adhere to center of page. Cut two each of HCD 716 & 717- Layered Elegant Swirl die and Scalloped Posy die.  Spray with Pearl Glimmer Mist and adhere them in the top left and bottom right corners as shown. Adhere photo to center of page. Cut reindeer out of pattern paper, ink edges with distress blue ink and spray with Pearl Glimmer Mist. Attach a ribbon to neck and adhere to bottom right of page near photo with foam adhesive dots. Stamp and emboss in white embossing powder varying sizes of poinsettias using HCPC 2291 & 2291. Hand cut and remove bottom filler petals to better manipulate and shape flowers. Ink edges with Broken China Distress ink and spray all the flowers with Pearl Glimmer Mist. Layer flowers and glue down as shown pinching the petals inward to shape them. Attach a punched snowflake to each flower center and finish with a pearl. Using 3 of the smallest Regal poinsettia stamps, stamp, emboss and cut out. Spray with Pearl Glimmer Mist and attach a snowflake center and jewel centers. Stamp and emboss in silver the holly leaves that are included int he Regal Poinsettia collection. Spray with Pearl Glimmer mist and outline is Silver Stickles. Adhere as shown. Add a pearl to the scallops of the layered scalloped posy dies. Die cut and attach “Jolly” title.