Hello Friends,
Welcome to Week 12 of The Heart of Christmas: Handmade Inspiration from the Art with Heart team!
My project today uses the Beachy Little Christmas stamp set, a great one for the Aussie summer at Christmas time. I love how Stampin’ Up! have thought about creating a set for us in the South Pacific, and this is just perfect!
I’m not sure that the palm trees are so Australian, but they sure do remind me of our holiday last year in Hawaii, so I’m loving them!
These little beach boxes were stamped closely together with the Stamp-a-ma-jig (yes, I’m not that good at lining up the stamps, hehe)! Then I cut them out with paper snips, thank goodness for lots of straight lines, and coloured them with watercolour pencils and AquaPainter. The palm trees were coloured the same way, however the lights were coloured with the Brights Collection Markers and a small dot of the Fine Tip Glue pen added for the shine!
The inside of the card says it all to me for our Christmas at summer time. The beach boxes were added last with dimensionals to pop them up off the sand (not sure if you can see the sand which was a little yellow watercolour wash).
The full product list is provided at the end of the post (except for the stamp set, as it is not available for sale until 1st September, unless you are a demonstrator, or if you join my team today!)
I hope you have enjoyed my Heart of Christmas post and I look forward to sharing more Christmas inspiration with you next Wednesday! If you would like to see what others in our team have created, you can view the participant list over on the blog of our leader, Claire Daly.
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Happy Stamping,
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Kate Morgan, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator Rowville, Victoria, Australia 
Looking for this stamp set.
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Wow!!! Kate what an awesome card, love how your beach houses are popped up and your lights around the palm trees look great.
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I love this Kate, a perfect card for us in Australia! Love the colours and the dimension and the details in those itty bitty lights!
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Love it! Perfect for our Aussie Christmas, and beautifully coloured. Thanks for playing along with Heart of Christmas this week.
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Oh Kate, such a fun Christmas card! I love how you have used the stamp set to create your little row of beach huts. And the soft colouring is great – I love it! 🙂
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That’s my favorite Christmas card so far this year! Perfection!
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Squishing my eyes tightly closed and just peeking out a small gap, as I’m trying really hard to resist this set! Your card is fabulous!
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That’s so, so cute Kate – love it
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Totally love your cute beach boxes, Kate. The bright colours are fabulous and the extra dimension on the lights is very effective.
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Love your card Kate the colouring is lovely! What a cute sentiment on the inside. I love it! Who needs snowflakes when you have seashell! I agree after living in the snow for 10 years for Christmas, I did miss my summertime Christmas but it was nice to experience living somewhere else for a little while!
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I love how you’ve raised the beach boxes up on dimensionals, and added shine to the gorgeous, bright, lights. Cute card, Kate!
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So cute and bright, and appropriate for an Aussie Christmas
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Such a super cute and summery card Kate…I just love the colours of your little beach houses!
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