Heart of Christmas 2023 - Week 10

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to week 10 of the Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2023! Each week until 27 November the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

With Christmas in just over 2 1/2 months (77 days to be exact) it’s never too early to start making your cards! For this week I wanted to make a quick card with very little stamping and using the Beary Christmas DSP. 

This DSP contains some cute polar bears and other snow animals which we don’t see in Australia so I’ve used the deer image which is more relatable for us Aussies. The reindeer was die cut using the Deckled Rectangles die set and then framed with a panel of Real Red card stock.

This panel was adhered to the ‘starry’ DSP with dimensionals. The presents were fussy cut and with some Cherry Cobbler Festive Pearls adhered to each gift. The sentiment on the front of the card is from Brightest Glow stamp set and stamped with Real Red ink.

The sentiment inside the card is stamped with Real Red ink and also from the Brightest Glow stamp set. I have added a DSP strip and the buck image at the bottom of the card.

Please head on to the next participant for more Christmas inspiration our lovely host and very talented Sharon Davern. If you come across a broken link she will also have the full list of participants.

Have a lovely week ahead everyone!

Heart of Christmas 2023 - Week 9

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to week 9 of the Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2023! Each week until 27 November the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

For this week I have made a card and gift tag and using Christmas DSP and non-festive DSP. 

The card is a fun-fold called a double-flap fun-fold and so easy to put together! The card base is Lost Lagoon card stock and half the front flap has been cut off and then a similar-sized card base was also cut with a DSP panel adhered to both front panels. The collection is the Winter Meadow DSP.

The sentiment from the Night Devine stamp set was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with Copper embossing powder. I fussy cut the sentiment and adhered with dimensionals.

The DSP adhered to the base of the card is actually Autumn-themed images on one side and the reverse side features beautiful patterned copper foil paper. The collection is All About Autumn DSP. The foil pattern of the DSP looks like gold in the photo but it is in fact copper. Some of the other papers do have gold foil patterns.

To finish off I have adhered some adhesive-backed Neutral Sequins.

The sentiment inside the card is from Saint Nicholas and stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.

The gift tag has been die cut using a circle die from the Stylish Shapes die set.

I also tied some Lost Lagoon Bordered ribbon and white Herringbone ribbon.

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

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 2023 - Week 6

 

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to week 6 of the Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2023! Each week until 27 November the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

For my card this week I have used several die sets with minimal stamping to build the fireplace scene with Christmas stockings hanging below the wreath on the fireplace mantle. I have used the Saint Nicholas die set to cut out the following little pieces:

• stockings (Garden Green card stock)
• fireplace frame (wood-like Joy of Christmas DSP)
• logs (Early Espresso card stock) 
• fireplace mantle (Smoky Slate card stock).

The Joy of Noel die set was used to die cut the pine foliage from Garden Green card stock.

Once all the pieces were die cut I assembled my card. To my Basic White card base I  adhered a die cut Deckled Rectangle in Basic White card stock to the pine needles DSP layer from A Walk in the Forest. 

The fireplace itself is die cut using the square shape from Stylish Shapes die set and has been dry embossed with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder. I have added some Festive Pearls coloured with Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blends marker to each stocking.

I really love the font in the sentiment which was stamped with Real Red ink and is from the Stars at Night stamp set. I also stamped some foliage in Garden Green from the Joy of Noel stamp set. The DSP banners have been die cut from the Joy of Christmas DSP using the He’s all That die set. Even the sentiment circle was die cut using the same set.

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 week for more Christmas projects. Hope you have a fabulous week ahead!

Heart of Christmas 2023 - Week 5

 

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to week 5 of the Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2023! Each week until 27 November the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

The new Stampin’ Up! September - December mini catalogue will be available this Wednesday, 6th September so keep an eye out for some exciting new products. This week I got a bit excited playing with the Stars At Night stamp and die bundle and ended up creating three cards!

My first card is a Very Vanilla card base with a layer of Shining Brightly DSP.

The Stars At Night hybrid embossing folder has been used with Very Vanilla card stock. The hybrid embossing folder allows you to die cut and emboss three of the largest stars at the same time. Brilliant! I have also used the More Dazzle specialty paper.

The sentiment has been heat embossed with Gold embossing powder. The stamp set used is Night Divine.

My next two cards are very similar in that the card base is Basic White card stock to which I have adhered a dry embossed layer of Luster Specialty paper in Pebbled Path using the Stars At Night hybrid embossing folder.

In addition I die cut extra star pieces and so then all I had to do was layer and arrange them. So many combinations of colour and paper can be used here. Of course I had to use the More Dazzle specialty paper in the layers to create my sparkly stars.

The sentiment from the Night Divine stamp set has been stamped using Moody Mauve ink. I adhered some 2023-25 In Colour Dots in Moody Mauve and Pebbled Path. 

The next card looks similar but I just wanted to show how you can get different looking stars by layering different colours and papers.

Please head on to the next participant for more Christmas inspiration our lovely host and very talented Sharon Davern. If you come across a broken link she will also have the full list of participants.

Wishing everyone a happy week ahead xo

Heart of Christmas 2023 - Week 4

Hello fellow stampers! Welcome to week 4 of the Heart of Christmas Stampin’ Up! blog hop for 2023! Each week until 27 November the Art With Heart team will showcase Christmas cards and projects to inspire you to create your own.

Following last week’s card I have continued to use the Brushed Gold cards & envelopes available from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Mini catalogue from 6 September. You get a pack of 20 card bases and matching envelopes which means I’ll be able to make a few more.

This time I have dry embossed the front of the card base using the Stars at Night hybrid embossing folder. The embossed stars are just beautiful and you get both gold and white stars on the embossed card. For this reason I’ve kept the card simple.

Both sentiments are from the Night Divine stamp set and have been stamped in VersaMark onto the O Holy Night DSP. I then heat embossed with Gold embossing powder and die cut each sentiment with a Deckled Rectangle die.

After adhering the sentiment I added some due cut embellishments such as the shepherd and his sheep to match the sentiment. The dies include a nativity scene and each die adds these beautiful fine details when die cut. To finish off this card I adhered some gold Adhesive-backed Star Trinkets.

For the other card I also added a die cut wreath in Basic White and Holly leaves in Gold Distressed Specialty paper with tiny gold berries. The Holly wreath die can be found in the Saint Nicholas set which I used last week.

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

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!