Heart of Christmas 2024 - Week 3

 

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.

Recently I received a demonstrator paper share from the upcoming September - December Stampin’ Up! Mini catalogue. And wow I fell in love with the Sentimental Christmas DSP! It didn’t immediately grab my eye glancing through the catalogue but looking at these papers in real life they do tick all the  traditional images and colours.

Firstly, I die cut the Basic Beige mat with the Elegant Borders die set just to provide some interest to the panel. Before adhering the panel to the Poppy Parade base I also stamped some ‘twig-like’ branches in Garden Green ink towards the bottom. This stamp is from the Rest Relax Enjoy stamp set and will add a bit more interest underneath the die cut tags.

The two ‘tags’ were die cut from different sides of the Sentimental Christmas DSP using the Greetings of the Season die set. The candy-striped tag was adhered to the mat layer and the Christmas stocking tag adhered with dimensionals to the bottom tag. The sentiment from the coordinating stamp set Greetings of the Season was stamped in Poppy Parade ink and fussy cut.

The card inner has a Basic Beige layer with a candy-stripe strip at the bottom. I have used another sentiment from the same stamp set using Poppy Parade ink again. The red complements nicely with the beige. The little bow was fussy cut and adhered at the top.

To finish the card I adhered a bow tied from Basic Beige ribbon to the tags and also some embellishments coloured with Dark Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blend pen, including Adhesive backed Sparkle gems, Blooming Pearls and Adhesive backed Swirl dots.

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

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!

Heart of Christmas 2024 - 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 2024! Each week until 25 November 2024 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 2024) to demonstrators only and will be made available to the general public from 6 September. While waiting for the demonstrator pre-order to begin I have made a start on my Christmas stash using current DSP now available under ‘Online exclusives’ section.

The DSP pack I have used in tonight’s cards is Shining Christmas. These papers have foil patterns on one side and matt patterns on the other. The colours in this pack are Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow and Basic White.

For my first card the stamp set used has carried over from the last Sept-Dec 2023 mini catalogue - So Very Merry. I stamped the Santa with Memento Black ink and die cut using a circle from the Stylish Shapes die set. The image was coloured with Stampin’ Blends in Balmy Blue, Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake. 

The sentiment stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink is from the same stamp set and die cut with a label die from Greetings of the Season die set (Online exclusives). This stamp and die bundle has a variety of greetings and coordinating dies.

The label die cuts a hole to tie a ribbon or other trim. I tied the Silver & White Sheer ribbon and adhered some silver Adhesive-backed Sparkle gems. Santa and the sentiment were adhered with dimensionals to a DSP layer and then the Basic White card base.

For my second card I adhered the DSP to the Basic White card base. This sentiment is comprised of two greetings from the Greetings of the Season stamp set and then die cut from the coordinating bundle. I have used the same ribbon and sparkle gems as in my first card.

The present has been die cut from white Glimmer specialty paper using the Wanted to Say die set. It’s a bit difficult to see from the photo but it does sparkle in the light! The bow is also die cut from Mossy Meadow card stock.

For my last card I CASEd a card template in the Annual catalogue. I’ve cut DSP rectangles and arranged as per layout.

I adhered the layers to a Mossy Meadow mat and then to the White card base.

The main greeting ‘Celebrate’ is from the die set with the present and bow, Wanted to Say. The base is die cut from the white glimmer paper and the word from Cherry Cobbler. I have also die cut and adhered several more presents with bows to the card front.

You can view the foil accents from another angle.

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!