Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop

 It is time again for the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop.  There are 13 designers in this hop to give you a lot of inspiration using your Heartfelt Creations products.  Once again, you have an opportunity to win a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations.  This Blog Hop is open until midnight, Friday, August 1st and a winner will be announced at noon on Saturday, August 2nd.  A winner will be drawn from one of the designers blogs.  We encourage you to comment on each blog for a greater chance to win.  Here are a list of designers who have created beautiful things using the Heartfelt Creations products:

Vicki Dutcher 
Lisa Nazario-Gregory 
Candy Slabaugh 
Alissa Wells
Glenda Brooks
Amarilys Doria
Cibele Glazer
Selma Stevenson
Sarah Miller
Mary Faus
Caroline Duncan
Emilia van den Heuvel
Lisa Allen

If you are going in order, the next stop in this Hop is Sarah Miller.
 

I was very excited to create my project today.  I used the new Heartfelt Creations "Cut Mat Create" Collection to decorate a gift box.  I loved using one of my all time favorite Heartfelt Creations flower sets and matching dies.  Some of the Paper Collection from this new collection includes the Posy Patch flowers.  I love that we can still use some of those first stamp sets and dies to coordinate with the newest designer paper collections.

To decorate the top of the box,  I stamped a variety of the smaller Posy Patch flowers using gray ink then used the matching Posy Patch dies to cut them out.  The edges of the flowers were sponged with light blue ink to match the flowers in the design paper.  To cover the top of the box I cut a piece of the Heartfelt Creations design paper to fit, then attached one of the 6x6" card panels from the Cut Mat Create Paper Collection in the center.  I added the butterflies using a stamp from the "Birds and Blooms PreCut Set".  The birthday sentiment is a stamp in the "Summer Glory PreCut Set".  Under the bow, I added one of the tags from the Cut Mat Create Paper Collection. 

The sides of the box were covered with Heartfelt Creations design paper.  I used two dies from the Cut Mat Design dies to create a frame for the pretty flower with swirls.  This flower is one of the dies in the Cut Mat Create 1A die set.  The flower and leaves were colored and shaped before attaching to the frame.  Above and below the die cut flower, I added the pretty stamped border from the "Vines and Blooms PreCut Set".   

On the front of the box, I added the black lace border from the Cut Mat Create Paper Collection, which is a flap to open the box.  On the bottom portion of the box, I die cut another Cut Mat Design Frame and added another tag from the Paper Collection. 

You can see all the products in the Heartfelt Creations Cut Mat Create Collection at this LINK.

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