wednesday...Heartfelt Creations

Welcome to my Heartfelt Creations Wednesday post-my favorite post of the week! This month Heartfelt Creations will be featuring projects using stamps that will be retiring by the end of this year so you will be seeing a lot of Leafy Swirls Precut Set and Aztec Gold Sunflowers 2 Precut Set in my projects this month! Click here to see a list of all the stamps that will be retiring by the end of the year. If you like any of these stamps, you better order them before they are gone forever! On another news, Heartfelt Creations will be having an awesome giveaway on the blog next Wednesday! Below is more info on it.

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Gift Certificate 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 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!

Ok, time to share my layout with you:

Supplies-

Heartfelt Creations:

HCPC 2254 Leafy Swirls Precut Set

HCPC 2293 Aztec Gold Sunflowers 2 Precut Set

HCPC 3312 Uplifting Scriptures Precut Set

HCD 702 Decorative Butterfly/Border 

317430 Cuttlebug machine

Other:

GCD Studios Ella Blue Collection, My Mind’s Eye Bohemia, Ranger Liquid Peals-White Opal, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Olive Vine, Maya Road Mist (Blue Agave), Ranger Stickles (Diamond), Ranger Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, StazOn Archival Ink (Jet Black), White doily, White Signo pen, Sharpie pen, Basic Grey Mini Mono Sticker (Hello Luscious), Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page (Cherish, Scallop 3 Dot)

I used Linda's (Heartfelt Creations owner) photo for this layout. I wanted to go with an elegant layout since she looks so beautiful in her picture! I used a die cut shape for the background and added a few layers and a doily. 

For the flowers, I stamped and glimmer misted them with Maya Road Agave Blue mist diluted with water to get different shades of blue. I shaped and layered the stamped images and added liquid pearl dots to the center.


I used my all time favorite leaf stamps to fill in my flower clusters. I added glimmer mist (Olive Vine) to the leaves for a it of a shine. I printed and fuzzy cut a few butterfly images and added them throughout the flower cluster.

Here is another view of these gorgeous leaves!



I finished by adding faux stitching to all the edges and stamping a sentiment to the left of the photo.

Here is the step by step write-up for this layout:

Punch around the page using Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Cherish. Cut out a die cut shape within the background paper. Distress all the edges of the die cut paper and add faux stitching around the edges. Adhere everything onto a light blue cardstock for support.  Distress two more strips of paper, add faux stitching and layer them onto the background as shown. Mat your 5”x7” picture onto dark blue cardstock and add a small Scallop 3 Dot punched border on the left side of the picture. Add a white doily behind the picture and adhere to background. Stamp the sentiment on the strip of paper to the left side of the picture. For the flowers stamp different size flowers from the Aztec Gold Sunflowers 2 Precut Set. Cut them out and add color by misting them with, Maya Road Mist Blue Agave. To get the different shades of blue I mixed a little bit of the Agave Blue with water in a mini mister and sprayed some flowers. Shape your petals and build your flowers by layering a few of them. Add small Liquid Pearls dots to the center to finish them. For the leaves, stamp a few leaves from the Leafy Swirls Precut Set. Glimmer mist them with Olive Vine to give them color and fuzzy cut them. Add your flowers and leaves to the bottom right side of the photo as shown to build your flower cluster. Print, cut and stickle a few butterflies and add them randomly to the cluster. Die cut two butterflies from the Decorative Butterfly/Border set and layer them on top of each other. Fold the top butterfly’s wings up and add some stickles. Finally, randomly add Liquid Pearl dots around the cluster and add a title to the top right side of the photo.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and don't forget to stop by the Heartfelt Creations blog and see all the amazing projects that the rest of the DT created!