Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 3

 

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome back to this week’s Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2025! Each week until 24 November 2025 the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

I am still playing around with the Modern Christmas DSP (Online Exclusive) this week to make my card and three gift tags. The other Stampin’ Up! products I have used is the coordinating Ornamental Christmas die set and the fabulous Christmas Words Collage hybrid embossing folder. This EF will emboss and die cut the words in one go! Brilliant and the die cut words look stunning using the Gold foil sheets.

For my card I adhered the DSP layer to the Basic Black card stock base. Some White & Gold baker’s twine was twisted and adhered behind the gold foil die cut star before adhering to the DSP layer with dimensionals. 

The embossed and die cut Christmas words were also adhered to the DSP. The word ‘wonder’ was adhered to Basic Black card stock and then fussy cut to frame the word.

The three tags each have die cut baubles from the Modern Christmas DSP. The tags measure 2 3/4 inch x 3 1/2 inch. The embossed and die cut Christmas words were adhered with dimensionals.

To each bauble I have adhered the Gold foil die cut tops in addition to the diamond die cut shapes to add highlights to the black card stock tag.

Please head on to the next participant for more Christmas inspiration the lovely and very talented Cathy Proctor.

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of our host, the lovely Sharon Davern and she will have the list of all those participating.

Don’t forget to check back next Monday for more Christmas projects. Hope you have a fabulous week ahead!

Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 1

Hello fellow stampers! I’m very excited to welcome everyone to the very first week of the Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2025! Each week until 24 November 2025 the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

Stampin’ Up! have released the latest Mini Catalogue (September - December 2025) to demonstrators only and will soon be available to the general public from 3 September! Along with the Mini catalogue release there are additional Online Exclusive items which I have also used this week.

For my cards this week I have used the Modern Christmas DSP - comprised of elegant black, white and gold foil patterned papers. The coordinating stamp and die bundle is Ornamental Christmas and I have stamped a few of the sentiments and images in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. So elegant! 

For my first card I have stamped two trees in Memento Black ink and the middle tree and stars were heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. The stamped panel was die cut with a rectangle die from the Textured Notes die set.

The die cut panel was adhered to the starry gold and black DSP and I also die cut another gold star and basket for the middle tree. The ‘basket’ is actually the top of a die cut bauble (also found in the Ornamental Christmas die set). I found the idea to use the bauble top as a tree basket in the sample cards and thought….brilliant! I finished the card with the gold embossed and coordinating black and gold twine.

The second card has a die cut circle from the DSP propped up on dimensionals to give height. The sentiment is from the new Traditional Labels stamp and die bundle from the upcoming Mini catalogue, and has been heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. The sentiment was then die cut with a double banner die. This die cut banner has a slit halfway which I have slid over the bottom of the circle die cut. The top banner is actually hidden behind the circle piece.

To finish the card I fussy cut a holly branch from the DSP and adhered to the front with another bow tied using the Black and Gold Twine.

For my last card I have kept it simple with a thin layer of DSP mounted onto Gold Foil sheet. The sentiment stamped straight onto the card and heat embossed with Gold embossing powder and finished with another bow!

Please head on to the next participant for more Christmas inspiration the lovely and very talented Sharon Davern. Sharon is also hosting this blog hop and If at any time you find a broken link she will have the full list of all those participating.

Don’t forget to check back next week for more Christmas projects. Hope you have a fabulous week ahead!

Colour Creations Moody Mauve - Week 36

 

Hello fellow crafters! Welcome to the Colour Creations blog hop where team members of the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! demonstrators showcase a new colour every Wednesday. 

This week our feature colour is Moody Mauve. Following last week’s card I have yet again used some of the dies from the Memorable Blooms die set for my card this week.

The hexagon die used last week has a matching die! So you can use the plain-shaped hexagon and the second intricate floral die sits inside it which you can then put through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine with the Moody Mauve card stock.

A DSP layer was adhered to the Basic White card base. I have used Wildly Flowering DSP for both card outer and inner.

To make the hexagon card flap I folded a piece of Basic White card stock in half first before placing the plain hexagon die. One die side sat just over the fold to avoid cutting that side and produce a card flap.

I adhered the intricate floral piece to the top layer of the plain hexagon. This will hang over slightly on the right side of the card flap. Note the fold on the hexagon flap is on the right, to allow it to open from left to right. 

The sentiment from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set is stamped with Moody Mauve ink. Some Brushed brass butterflies were also adhered to the front panel.

The image below shows the open card and hexagon flap. I stamped another greeting inside from the Labeled with Love stamp set. The presents were stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink. The inside  

Before adhering the DSP and hexagon base to the card inner I adhered some of the beautiful Open weave trim on the right hand side.

I then adhered a DSP layer and an embossed Moody Mauve card stock layer to the card inner. The new Starstruck embossing folder is a free Sale-A-Bration item available with a qualifying purchase.

Next I adhered the hexagon base to the card inner.

I also die cut a second plain hexagon (single layer) and adhered this to the back of the front hexagon to provide more stability and to hide the second strand of trim that was adhered. Thus will allow you to tie a bow and secure the flap before giving to the card recipient.

You can also display and stand the card before tying the ribbon.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Moody Mauve inspiration from the very talented Rachel Woollard.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Cathy Proctor blog. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your week and happy crafting.

Colour Creations Misty Moonlight - Week 34

Hello and a happy new year fellow crafters! Welcome to the Colour Creations blog hop where team members of the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! demonstrators showcase a new colour every Wednesday. 

I’ve had a bit of a hiatus from the blog hops towards the end of 2024….my work/life/crafting balance was skewed to work deadlines! Hoping for a less hectic 2025 and more zen 🧘🏻

This week our feature colour is Misty Moonlight. For my card I have used new items from the Stampin’ Up! January - April 2025 mini catalogue which is now available. I’m looking forward to playing with more new products over the next few months. There are some beautiful DSP and stamp/die bundles in the just released mini catalogue.

The Thoughtful Journey DSP used in my card is from the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue. The pretty combination of Misty Moonlight and Fresh Freesia is reflected in the dry embossed layer using So Swirly EF and the DSP.

The focal landscape scene has been die cut using a hexagon-shaped die from Memorable Blooms die set available in the new January-April mini catalogue.

The other current promotion is SALE-A-BRATION. The sentiment stamped with Misty Moonlight ink is from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set Heart Shaped. This was framed with a smaller DSP layer. The Heart Shaped stamp and die bundle is FREE with a qualifying purchase.

I adhered a triple bow made with the Silver & White Sheer ribbon cut in half lengthwise. Some adhesive-backed Pearl Trio in Misty Moonlight were adhered to finish off the card.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Misty Moonlight inspiration from the very talented Rachel Woollard.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Cathy Proctor blog. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your week and happy crafting.

Heart of Christmas 2024 - Week 6

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome back to this week’s Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop. Each week until 25 November 2024 the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create  your own.

One of my favourites (there are many!) from the Mini catalogue is the A Little Bit Festive Speciality Paper. In addition to the patterned paper there are three sheets of die cuts which can be used to quickly make cards or tags and even for scrapbook layouts.

For my card this week I have used both the patterned paper (inside my card) and die cuts. The plaid DSP panel on the front of my card is from the Regal Distressed Patterns Specialty DSP and is adhered to the Pool Party Deckled rectangle die cut mat.

The Mistletoe die cut from the specialty paper sheet was adhered to the front with dimensionals. The greeting from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. I then fussy cut the greeting and adhered this in front of the ‘oh so cute’ Pool Party Pompom ribbon. 

To finish off the front of the card I adhered some gold Neutrals Adesive-backed Sequins and Garden Green Blooming Pearls.

To the card inner I adhered the DSP mat and a Deckled rectangle mat gold embossed with another greeting from the same stamp set. I also adhered a snowflake die cut.

A closeup of the gold embossed greeting.

Please head on to the next participant for more Christmas inspiration the lovely and very talented Christine Blain.

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of our host, the lovely Sharon Davern and she will have the list of all those participating.

Don’t forget to check back next week for more Christmas projects. Hope you have a fabulous week ahead!