Heart of Christmas 2023 - 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 2023! Each week until 27 November 2023 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) to demonstrators only and will be made available to the general public from 6 September. While waiting for my first order to arrive with new Christmas bundles I have made a card using Christmas and non-Christmas products from the Annual Catalogue.

The Basic White card base measures 5 inch x 5 inch and the mat layer is 4 3/4 inch x 4 3/4 inch. The mat was die cut using the circular patterned die from Labels Aglow die set. Behind the mat I have adhered a smaller piece of the Soft Shimmer paper combo pack in Berry Burst. It has a lovely fine sparkle to this paper.

The sentiment from the Brightest Glow stamp set has been stamped with Berry Burst ink and then die cut from the same die set above. The shimmer mat behind the sentiment is the circle die cut centre from the embroidery hoop in the Crafting with You die set but you could use any of the circle dies of similar sizing.

The white Glittered Organdy ribbon was adhered behind the sentiment and only just realised that this had retired! But you could use any other ribbon if you wanted to or leave without the ribbon.

My stars have been die cut from the same shimmer paper in colours of Bubble Bath, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock. The star-shaped die is from the Beautiful Balloons die set to show you that non-Christmas products can also be used.

The inside sentiment is also from Brightest Glow stamp set and die cut using the Something Fancy die set along with the mat layer in the Berry Burst shimmer paper. Few more die cut stars were also added.

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

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

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