Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 12

 

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.

My project for this week is not a card but a Christmas nutcracker and using the Stampin’ Up! Nutcracker Tags kit. I had created these Christmas nutcrackers a few weeks ago but have now noticed that this kit is no longer available. If you still have these tags you could use them or you can decorate the Christmas nutcracker in other ways.

I have started with an A4 sized Modern Christmas DSP. Next, I scored on the short side at 1cm, 6cm, 11cm and 16cm. That is, a 1cm tab to adhere the open side of the cracker and then scored every 5cm.

Here is a little video to show the steps to create the Christmas nutcracker.

How to make a Christmas nutcracker

1. Take the A4 sheet and score on the short-side at 1cm, 6cm, 11cm and 16cm.
2. Fold all scored sides and flatten with a bone folder. Fold sheet in half.
3. Adhere the 1cm tab to the open side of the A4 sheet.
4. Fold sheet in half again. The folded cracker will make it easier to cut the triangles later on.
5. Mark from the top of the cracker at 4cm and 6cm. This will be the guide to make the triangle cuts. Repeat at the bottom of your cracker.
6. Grab a ruler and fold slightly halfway between the 4cm and 6cm marks.
7. Cut triangles from the 4cm mark and down to the 6cm mark.
8. Repeat for the opposite side and then the same at the bottom of the cracker.

Decorate the front of your cracker…I have used the Nutcracker tags.

I have placed a box of four Ferraro Rocher chocolates that fitted perfectly to this sized Nutcracker, together with the cracker apparatus bought from a craft store. To finish I tied some Gold mesh ribbon bows.

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 and before we finish up at the end of November. Hope you have a fabulous week ahead!