Heart of Christmas 2023 - Week 2

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome everyone to our second 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.

This week I have created two cards to start building my stash of Christmas cards using the Joy of Noel stamp and die bundle.

The fabulous thing about this set is stamping the ‘NOEL’ letters and then using the die to give you individual letters…saves time! In this case I just used the die cut letters from the Distressed Gold specialty paper and adhered a dimensional sheet making it easier to adhere them to the Basic White mat and card base.

The sprig of Holly and other greenery was stamped with Memento Black and coloured with Stampin’ Blends in L&D Real Red, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce.

Some die cut pine leaves in Shaded Spruce was also adhered to the sprig along with a double bow tied using the Gold Elegant trim and Gold and Vanilla satin ribbon. Some Gold Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins and red Festive Pearls were adhered to the card front.

For my second card I’ve stamped and coloured a second Holly sprig and some extra leaves. This time I have used a DSP mat to which an embossed layer using the Timeworn Type EF has been adhered.

The sentiment from the Joy of Noel stamp set was stamped using Real Red ink. Some additional red Festive Pearls were also added.

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 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!

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!

Colour Creations - Blueberry Bushel Week 15

 

Hi fellow crafters! Welcome to this week’s 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop where team members of the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! demonstrators showcase a new colour every Wednesday. This week’s colour is Blueberry Bushel, a rich Royal blue and part of the Regals colour family.

My card tonight features the Crafting with You stamp and die bundle. This bundle is a marvellous one to create cards for all your crafting friends who sew, knit, embroider and make cards of course!

I have dry embossed a DSP layer from the Bright and Beautiful set that includes Blueberry Bushel and other blues in the paper. The embossing folder is Countryside Blossoms.

All the little die cut craft pieces are so cute along with the sentiments. I have used Pecan Pie, Blueberry Bushel and Boho Blue card stock.

Card inside

The Gorgeous Gingham DSP has been used inside and front of the card.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Blueberry Bushel inspiration from the very talented Ros Davidson.

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’s blog.

Colour Creations - Blackberry Bliss Week 11

Hi fellow crafters! I’m back to join in with the 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop where team members of the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! demonstrators showcase a new colour every Wednesday. Having been on holidays in the UK and then coming back home and catching a cold I’ve got some energy back to craft again!

This week’s colour is Blackberry Bliss, a very dark purple and part of the Neutrals colour family. 

For my card I have used the Stargazing DSP, a space-themed patterned paper. This coordinates with the Reach for the Stars stamp and die bundle which is a great one for that space-loving individual. In addition to having Blackberry Bliss in the DSP I was looking forward to incorporating the planets into my card.

It’s a three panel card made using A4 card stock trimmed to 14.8cm on the short side. On the long side I scored at 9.8cm and again to create equal sized panels. The cosmic DSP layer was cut slightly smaller to allow for a border of the card stock base. One side (the top) was die cut using the Basic Borders ‘cloud’ die. Even though there are no clouds in deep space I thought it would add interest lol!

An additional layer from the same DSP was cut down and adhered behind the ‘cosmic’ layer. 

The planets were fussy cut from the DSP, even the half ringed-planet on the paper edge, thereby using all of the paper. I had also die cut another planet from the Holographic Trio specialty paper using the Stylish Shapes die set and stars using a die from the Crafting with you die set. Loving the shine under the light from this paper!

The sentiments are both stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink and come from the  Crafting with you and Timeless Arrangement stamp sets. Even though BlackBerry Bliss is a dark colour I quite like the vibrancy in this card with the addition of Pumpkin Pie.

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more BlackBerry Bliss inspiration from the very talented Ros Davidson.

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’s blog.

Have a lovely week ahead!

Colour Creations - Wild Wheat Week5

 

Hello fellow stampers! It’s Week 5 of the 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop where team members of the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! demonstrators showcase a new colour every Wednesday. This week it is Wild Wheat the fifth and last in the group of 2023-25 In Colours. 

I thought this week was going to be an easy one but changed my initial design and went with this fancy fold to ‘break’ up the Wild Wheat colour so it wasn’t too much at once. 

I have used a new stamp set from the 2023-24 Annual Catalogue called Sweet & Precious. With images of parent and baby giraffes, sloths and penguins it is sure to be a cute set to play with!

This fancy fold is called a double bridge fold card.

My card measurements are:

• Wild Wheat Card base - 21cm x 11cm

Scored at 3cm, 6cm and flipped over and scored again at 3cm, 6cm

• Middle DSP (Fresh as a Daisy) (x1) - 10.6cm x 8.6cm
• Small DSP (x4) - 10.6cm x 2.6cm
• Front panel Card stock (Wild Wheat) - 15cm x 3.2cm
• Front panel DSP - 14.6cm x 2.8cm

I have stamped the giraffe image onto Very Vanilla card stock using Wild Wheat ink to ‘soften’ the colour. It looked too stark on Basic White card stock.

The sentiment is also stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and cut into three pieces. Once I’ve adhered the various DSP panels and stamped image I also die cut some foliage from the Earthen Treasures die set. Both Pebbled Path and Wild Wheat card stock was used.

The foliage were adhered together and finished with a double bow of Wild Wheat In Color ribbon. To finish off some Wild Wheat In Color Dots were adhered to the front panel.

The card from above 

Hope you enjoy the remaining blog hop where you can find more Wild Wheat inspiration from the very talented Di Furniss.

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’s blog.

Have a good week!