John next door range

Hi
Lovely  sunny day here in Rochester today ,
Post today is of the
John next door Range The Lantern.
I just love this Lantern and will be using it all year round , but for this one  I have used it for Christmas.
I have made this one doing a rust technique, I remember my nan having an old Lantern in her garden when I was a young girl, and at Christmas she used to go and get some holly and twigs and put it in the Lantern and place it at the front door, it didn't have much glass in it as it got smashed over the years but she made it look so Christmassy, so this is where I got the idea from, My Nan .

John Lockwood  will be back on Hochanda on the 6th November with the Lantern And the Poinsettia using the Foam.
This is back in stock at the www.art-of-craft.co.uk

John next door range

Thought I would share some samples from the John next door range (John Lockwood)
using the poinsettia ,done in silk foam and vellum
much love as always
Martine xxxx

July Blog Hop

Hi Welcome to the July Heartfelt Creations blog hop.

The winner will be announced on the HC blog and on FB on the Wednesday August 1st, 201A randomly chosen comment from a mystery blog will receive a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations. To claim your prize please  email Heartfelt Creations at socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us with "Winner of the July Alumni Hop" .

And what a lovely blog hop we have again for you this month.
The team do such fab work .

For my card this month I have used Flowering Dogwood stamp and die, I  heat embossed on vellum coloured in with memento ink Pear Tart.

Classic Vines stamp and die
Eyelet Lace Frames
Heartfelt Love Sentiments
I have cut 2 frames one in silver and one in white and I off set the white in front of the silver to give a shadow effect.

I wrapped acetate around the front to give it a bow front


Kathy Clement - http://www.kathybydesign.com
Pam Korte https://kraftykorte.wordpress.com/?p=6201
Vicki Dutcher - http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/search/label/Heartfelt%20Creations
Emily Niehaus-  https://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/2018/07/heartfelt-creations-july-blog-hop.html
Martine smith-http://www.abfabdesigns.blogspot.co.uk   YOU ARE HERE
Alissa Wells - https://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/2018/07/just-thinking-about-you-heartfelt.html
Amarilys Doria - https://amadrian8.blogspot.com/2018/06/fridayheartfelt-creations-june-alumni.html
Susan Smit - https://sussipoppins.blogspot.com/2018/07/todays-alumni-design-team-hop-for-july.html
Marie Gamber - https://thejoyofcards.blogspot.com/2018/07/heartfelt-creations-alumni-hop.html

Thank you so much for popping in today, enjoy the hop and good luck to the winner.
Much love as always
Martine xxxxxxxxx

Flowering Dogwood

Welcome to June's blog hop with Heartfelt Creation'
We have another great hop for you with great art work from the other designers.
to join in with the hop comment on each blog to win.


The winner will be announced on the HC blog and on FB on the Wednesday July 4th, 2018 .
 Winner receives $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations - they just need to email Heartfelt Creations at socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us with "Winner of the June Alumni Hop" in the subject line.

For this frame card I used Flowering dog wood stamp and die

Classic vines stamp and die from Heartfelt Creations.

to get these stunning stamps and dies click on the Heartfelt icon on the side panel.

I also used the Elizabeth Crafts Happy Frame.

for the background I used white linen paper scored down at random inches and half inches.

I then used distress ink pad's and swiped down the page , then when dry I dry brushed some white gesso here and there. 

I arranged flowers and vines and added some water droplets.

I really liked the way this background lent it self so well with the blue Dogwood's.

Kathy Clement-  https://wp.me/p34lmI-47Y

Amarilys Doria - https://amadrian8.blogspot.com/search/label/Heartfelt%20Creations  Gloria Stengel - http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Vicki Dutcher - http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/search/label/Heartfelt%20Creations

Pam Korte - https://kraftykorte.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/fabulous-friday-heartfelt-creations-alumni-team-blog-hop-3/

Martine Smith - http://www.abfabdesigns.blogspot.co.uk YOU ARE HERE

Susan Smit -https://sussipoppins.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-29th-2018-alumni-hop-for-
Alissa Wells- https://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/2018/06/so-glad-youre-my-friend-heartfelt.html

Thank you so much for popping by today 

Enjoy the hop

Much love as always 

Martine 

First ever blog hop for Honey Doo Crafts

Welcome to Honey Doo's first ever blog hop, and we are all excited about this, I hope you enjoy this hop as much as we have doing it.
Don't forget to like and comment on each blog to win.

The winner will be announced on the HD Page and on FB on  Wednesday

THE WINNER OF HONEY DOO’S FIRST BLOG HOP IS DRUM ROL .............
Hilary REAY ..... CONGRATULATIONS, just email Honey Doo Crafts to claim your prize

13^th June at 8pm

 winner receives …… 

A £10.00 Voucher to spend on the website you just need  to email Honey doo with "Winner of the June Hop" in the subject line.

Welcome to the Honey Doo Blog hop

What a great giveaway we have for you ,The designers have done some fabulous work all you have to do is like and comment on each blog to win the above prize.

Honey Doo Blogs

http://abfabdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/                        Martine Smith      YOU ARE HERE

http://scrapancard.blogspot.co.uk/`                        Rosemary Rogers

https://elliescupboard.blogspot.co.uk/                   Hellen Pearce

https://arakoolakardart.blogspot.co.uk/                Debbi Watts

http://cakescardsandcraftybits.blogspot.co.uk/ Karen Liddle

For this card I have used.

Flower Frenzy

Birthday Wishes

I stamped the image with Memento ink  and  coloured in with Faber Castell pencils.

Then I stamped the image again and coloured in only the flower and then fussy cut it out to layer onto the whole image .

I added some Crystal lacquer in  the middle and added some drops on the petals to look like rain drops and added some prills in the middle .

 Enjoy the Blog hop to win the voucher like comment on each blog 

You have to be in it to win it.

Thank you for stopping by today 

Much Love 

Martine xxxxx

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April Heartfelt Creations Blog hop

The Hop starts 8am EST on Friday April 27th and closes Monday April 30th, , 2018 at 11.59pm EST

The winner will be announced on the HC blog and on FB on the Wednesday May 2nd.

winner receives $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations - they just need to email Heartfelt Creations at socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us with "Winner of the April Alumni Hop.

The winner of the blog hop is
Martie Rollin From Marie Gambers blog

Welcome to April's blog hop I do hope you are enjoying the wonderful creations the team has done, they always blow me away with there designs, so grab a cuppa and have a good browse and comment on each blog post to win a great prize from Heartfelt Creations.

Kathy Clement- http://www.kathybydesign.com

Amarilys Doria - https://amadrian8.blogspot.com/search/label/Heartfelt%20Creations

Vicki Dutcher - http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/search/label/Heartfelt%20Creations

Martine Smith- http://www.abfabdesigns.blogspot.co.uk   YOU ARE HERE

Marie Gamber - http://thejoyofcards.blogspot.com

Pam Korte - http://kraftykorte.wordpress.com

Alissa Wells - https://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/2018/04/many-thanks-heartfelt-creations-alumni.html

Deneen Treble - https://apathofpaper.blogspot.com/2018/04/heartfelt-creations-april-blog-hop.html

Archana Joshi - https://craftcave.blogspot.com/2018/04/alumni-april-2018-blog-hop-by-

For my entry this month is a little bit different for me.

This can be done for a birthday, wedding, can you imagine new baby ones with little clay baby's inside and decorated with any of the wonderful flowers and leaves from Heartfelt Creations.

I was a tutor at a retreat last week and this is what I taught the ladies and they absolutely loved making this, just hope you do as well.

The ball is attached to the lid to make a double impact when you take it out, But it swings freely inside the box, but you can detach it to hang it from a stand after it has been gifted.

The box takes 6 pieces of A4 Card, I wont put the tutorial on here yet as I had to make the box to take the decorated ball, but if any one would like me to I will.

I used a plastic ball 12 cm, it comes in 2 half's

I put De'cor Diamante stones and a crystal heart inside closed the ball up and decorated it.

I used

Large Sweet Peony HCPC 3820

Large Sweet Peony die HCD1 7174

Small Sweet Peony HCPC 3819

Small Sweet Peony die HCD1 7173.

Heartfelt Creations Art Foam

I coloured the foam with oil Pastels to give a soft look to the beautiful Peony's.

Ribbon  pearls and due drops from my stash.

Thank you so much for popping in today, enjoy the rest of the hop.

Much love as always

Martine xxxxx