Christmas – Craft with Kate, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Home Sweet Home for Christmas

My card this week is a fun fold in the shape of a ‘home’. As per Darryl Kerrigan famously states in the 1997 Australian comedy film The Castle, “It’s not a house, it’s a home. A man’s home is his castle”, and ever since I’ve always preferred to call it a HOME.

A German Demonstrator (Stamp your card) shared her “House” card in a Reel on Facebook and she has a Tutorial that you can purchase and download for a couple of dollars.

I’ve used the Peaceful Pine Two-tone cardstock as my card base and the All Wrapped Up Specialty Designer Series Paper.A simple belly band holds it closed with a fussy cut bouquet from one of the sheets of SDSP on the front. But open the card for a real wow fun fold design. In fact, it is very similiar to my Tucked Corner card I shared back in July, but the fold is on both sides of the card.

I used the Christmas Mice stamp set for insnide the card and coloured the wreath with Blends Combo Markers.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Claire Daly.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Sharon Davern’s blog.

Click here to see my PDF Tutorial Store

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Product List
Stamps: Christmas Mice
Dies: NIL
Ink: Peaceful Pine
Paper: Basic White, Peaceful Pine Two-Tone, All Wrapped Up Specialty DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Blends Combo Markers: Peaceful Pine, Real Red
Other: Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Handmade Cards, Paper Pumpkin, Stampin' Up!

Heart of Christmas – Noel Greetings Paper Pumpkin Kit alternate cards

2 November, 20262 November, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Noel Greetings Paper Pumpkin Kit

My cards this week are using the October Paper Pumpkin Kit, Noel Greetings. Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription that offers a unique variety of paper projects for crafters of any skill level to enjoy! Each kit includes a photopolymer stamp set, Premium Stampin’ Spot™ (ink), and step-by-step instructions to complete exclusive paper craft projects.

This month you can make 10 Christmas cards with matching envelopes, five of each design. Here they are made up as per the detailed step by step instructions.

While I had the kit in front of me, I decided to create two slightly stepped up versions. The first one I trimmed 4.5cm [1¾”] off the front of the card and glued it inside so it still appeared to be a full card when pulled out of the envelope. The feature on the front is almost the same and is only adhered on the left side to allow the feature to hang over the edge.

The next card just has some extra ink detail on the wreath with sprigs, holly and berries stamped. The berries also have Wink of Stella to add sparkle and to spread to Real Red ink to fill the berries. I added some retired Festive Pearls for some bling.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Theresa Gerrard.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Judy May’s blog.

Click here to see my PDF Tutorial Store

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List
Paper Pumpkin Kit: Noel Greetings
Ink: Mossy Meadow, Real Red
Other: Bone Folder, Festive Pearls, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy, Wink of Stella.

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Holiday Catalogue, Stampin' Up!

Heart of Christmas – Floating X Card

26 October, 202626 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Floating X Card

My fun fold card this week is a Floating X card. The card base is a fun fold with the extra ‘X’ pieces attached at the front and back appearing to be floating. I’ve used the All Wrapped Up Specialty DSP in the background and the Timeless Christmas DSP on the ‘X’. The feature in the centre is a diecut label using the Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies with a stamped Peaceful Pine tree [Twinkling Tidings Bundle] and the deer are created using the Hot Foiling System with the Graceful Evergreen Deer Hot Foil Dies and Silver Foil. The sentiment is stamped in Versamark ink onto Basic White card, Gold WOW Emboss Powder added and melted with my Heat Tool. This sentiment is from the Soiree Salutations stamp set.

here’s a closer look at the centre feature elements with those Silver Foil deer and the inside of the card to write your message.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Helen Reeve.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Judy May’s blog.

Click here to see my PDF Tutorial Store

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List
Stamps: Soiree Salutations, Twinkling Tidings*
Hot Foil Dies: Flourish & Frames, Graceful Evergreen Deer, Twinkling Tidings*
Ink: Peaceful Pine, Versamark
Paper: Basic White, Peaceful Pine Two-Tone, All Wrapped Up Specialty DSP, Timeless Christmas DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Cut & Emboss Machine, Festive Pearls, Gold WOW Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Hot Foiling System, Mini Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Paper Trimmer, Silver Foil, Simply Shammy, Take Your Pick Tool.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Fancy Folds, Handmade Cards, Markers for Colouring, Stampin' Up!

Heart of Christmas – Christmas Mice Pop Up Card

19 October, 202619 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Christmas Mice Pop Up Card

My card this week has a fun surprise scene inside, but first, lets check out the front of the house before we go inside!

The house is Crumb Cake cardstock with ink blending around the edges. The door frame was die cut from a piece of white card that I had in my stash, with the timber stamped in Crumb Cake ink, and I thought it was perfect for the door!

I added some blending over it also. The frame was coloured with Pecan Pie Blends Combo Markers. The top window glow is ink blended with Darling Duckling ink. I stamped the Christmas lights in Early Espresso ink and coloured them with Blends Combo Markers. The door handle is cut from Gold Shimmer card I had sitting on my desk.

I cut the roof from the A Little Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the trees from Peaceful Pine Two-Tone cardstock. The card base is also Two-Tone cardstock. Once the card was complete, I added some Wink of Stella to the trees and Fine Tip Glue to the Christmas lights.

Open the card to find this little mouse inside her house with the fire roaring behind her, while she decorates the christmas tree. Below is a Basic White panel for the message to the recipient.

Here’s a closer look to see how it works with little boxes to create the mechanisms. The ones for the tree and box of baubles are shorter than the other two, to add some extra depth to the scene. The background is part of the Designer Series Paper pack and perfect for my card.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Theresa Gerrard.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Sharon Davern’s blog.

Click here to see my PDF Tutorial Store

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List
Stamps: Christmas Mice*
Dies: Christmas Mice*
Ink: Black Momento, Crumb Cake, Darling Duckling, Early Espresso
Paper: Basic White, Crumb Cake, Peaceful Pine Two-Tone, A Little Christmas DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes, Gold Shimmer
Blends Combo Markers: Barely Blush, Cherry Cobbler, Color Lifter, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Smoky Slate
Other: 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls, Wink os Stella, Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Cut & Emboss Machine, Fine Tip Glue, Multipurpose Glue, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Take Your Pick Tool, Gold Stampin’ Dazzle Marker.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Holiday Catalogue, Stampin' Up!

Fresh Freesia: Graceful Evergreen Deer HFS

14 October, 202614 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 24 – Fresh Freesia

My card this week is a Christmas card to start building up my stash, and how good does Fresh Freesia, Silver and White look as a combination?!!

The Graceful Evergreen Deer Bundle has the stamp set and the Hof Foil Dies. On the Fresh Fressia card base, I stamped the little stars/snowflakes in Fresh Freesia ink around the edges of the top two thirds of the card. The front panel I ink blended the edges before stamping the trees in Versmark ink, add White WOW Emboss Powder and melted it with my Heat Tool.

I stamped the gound below the trees in Fresh Freesia ink. On an Acrylic Block, I added some Fresh Freesia ink, a drop of water and splattered it across the card. I repeated this process with some White Craft Ink and set it aside to dry before layering it onto Basic White card.

Using the Hot Foiling System (HFS), I silver foiled the deer onto Fresh Freesia card and die cut them to add on Dimensionals to my card. The sentiment from the Christmas Mice stamp set is Silver Heat Embossed and fussy cut.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Garden Green.

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Product List
Stamps: Christmas Mice, Graceful Evergreen Deer*
Dies: Graceful Evergreen Deer*
Ink:Craft White, Fresh Freesia, Versamark
Paper: Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Silver Foil, Silver WOW Emboss Powder, White WOW Emboss Powder, Acrylic Blocks, Blending Brushes, Bone Folder, Hot Foiling System, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Handmade Cards, Jul-Dec Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration, Markers for Colouring, Stampin' Up!, Techniques & Tutorials

Heart of Christmas – Week 6 Joyful Friends Reverse Stamping

12 October, 202612 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Joyful Friends Reverse Stamping Technique

If anyone knows me, they know my love of the wombat and this Christmas card makes me so happy. I’ve done some reverse stamping for a fun slimline card with the Joyful Friends stamp set.

My card base is covered with a layer of Neutral Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP). The wombats are stamped on Basic White card then mounted to a narrow layer of Gold Foil, then a layer of Mossy Meadow card. The sentiment is Pink Foil using the Hot Foiling System and the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies.

To do reverse stamping you will need a Stamp Positioner and a Silicone Sheet. Stamp your image onto the silicone sheet twice, then place your cardstock on top and close your positioner and press firmly to transfer the ink to the cardstock.

They are coloured using Blends Combo Markers and each of the lights have some Fine Tip Glue to make them glossy. Do this step last and set it aside to dry.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Judy May.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Sharon Davern’s blog.

Click here to see my PDF Tutorial Store

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.re to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List @stampinupofficial
Stamps: Joyful Friends
Dies: Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil
Ink: Black Momento
Paper: Basic White, Barely Blush, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil, Neutral Noel Specialty DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Blends Combo Markers: Bubble Bath, Darling Duckling, Hydrangea Hue, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade
Other: Low Profile Dots, Silicone Sheet, Stamp Positioner, Pink Foil, Fine Tip Glue, Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Cut & Emboss Machine, Hot Foiling System, Mini Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Take Your Pick Tool.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Handmade Cards, Holiday Catalogue, Markers for Colouring, Stampin' Up!

Heart of Christmas – Week 5

5 October, 20265 October, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Joyful Friends Christmas

My card this week feature the Joyful Friends stamp set and some Timeless Christmas DSP.

A 15cm x 15cm card front with two layers of Designer Series Paper and a Basic White die cut stitched square using the Stylish Shapes dies. The image is stamped in Black Memento ink and coloured using various Blends Combo Markers. The sentiments are from the Christmas Mice stamp set. The one on the front is stamped in Versamark onto Peaceful Pine card, Gold WOW Emboss Powder added and melted with my Heat Tool.

On the inside, is another piece of the DSP which was perfect for my square card. The sentiment stamped in Peaceful Pine ink!

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Theresa Gerrard.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Sharon Davern’s blog.

Click here to see my PDF Tutorials for Sale!

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List @stampinupofficial
Stamps: Christmas Mice, Joyful Friends
Dies: Stylish Shapes
Ink: Black Momento, Peaceful Pine, Versamark
Paper: Basic White, Peaceful Pine, Timeless Christmas DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Blends Combo Markers: Barely Blush, Bronze, Crumb Cake, Gray Granite, Ivory, Peaceful Pine, Poppy Parade
Other: Gold WOW Emboss Powder, Festive Pearls, Wink of Stella, Acrylic Blocks, Bone Folder, Cut and Emboss Machine, Mini Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Take Your Pick Tool.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Stampin' Up!

Easy Peasy Christmas Card

30 September, 202627 September, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Colour Creations Instagram Hop. You can follow us on Instagram starting @craftwithkate. Each week we will showcase the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 22 – Early Espresso

My card this week is a very simple design where the Yuletide Carols DSP does all the work for you!

A Very Vanilla card base with a layer of Early Espresso card behind the DSP. A simple die cut banner [Nested Essentials dies] is adhered with some Linen Thread wrapped around and three gold gems added across the top. The Mini Alphabet die creates the letters for the sentiment which has Wink of Stella added once I glued the letters to the card.

Did you see my other two cards on Monday night using these same neutral colours? You can see them here.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join us next week for Flirty Flamingo.

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List @stampinupofficial
Dies: Mini Alphabet, Nested Essentials
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Yuletide Carols DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Linen Thread, Wink of Stella, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Gold Gems [2025 Advent Calendar].
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Handmade Cards, Holiday Catalogue, Stampin' Up!

Heart of Christmas – Week 4

28 September, 202628 September, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Neutral Christmas cards

My cards this week have a very neutral colour palette with the Country Woods DSP and the Yuletide Carols DSP. The Detailed Wreaths Accents are also used on both cards.

Card 1 – is a 15cm x 15cm card front with a layer of Early Espresso card, then some Country Woods DSP. The wreath is glued to the centre and the JOY die cut [Party Alphabet dies] and added on Dimensionals. A Linen Thread bow and some gold jewels are dappled around.

Card 2 – uses the negative of when I die cut the JOY for the first card. I didn’t want to just thow it away when I can create another card!

This time I turned it into a shaker card. I added some Window Sheet to the back of the DSP. Some Foam Adhesive Strips were added around the edges and around the ‘joy’.

On a Very Vanilla card base, I placed some gold glitter jewels (from last year’s Advent Calendar) in the centre and placed the DSP on top!

A Linen Thread bow is added with the holly [Detailed Wreaths Accents]. Below you can see through the window sheet to the gold jewels.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Andrea Sargent.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Sharon Davern’s blog.

Be sure to add the Product of the Month (POM) for $9 when you add $125+ in product to your cart.

Product List @stampinupofficial
Stamps: NIL
Dies: Party Alphabet
Paper: Basic White, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Country Woods DSP, Yuletide Carols DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Other: Linen Thread, Detailed Wreaths Accents, Window Sheet, Foam Adhesive Strips, Bone Folder, Cut & Emboss Machine, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Multipurpose Glue, Paper Trimmer, Take Your Pick Tool.
*can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

Be sure to download a PDF copy of current catalogues from my SU Catalogue Library page.

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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Handmade Cards, Stampin' Up!

Heart of Christmas – Week 3 – Flip Waterfall Card

21 September, 202624 September, 2026 craftwithkate

Welcome to the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I’m thrilled you are here to join us each Monday evening to share Christmas inspiration using @stampinupofficial seasonal products.

Whispering Woods Flip Waterfall Card

My card this week features the Whispering Woods Designer Series Paper (DSP) in another fun waterfall style card.

On the front I’ve kept it simple. The patterned paper really does all the hard work for us. I added a couple of Copper Foil deer from the Graceful Evergreen Deer Hot Foil Dies and some Iridescent Rhinestones.

As you open the card and the panels flip open, I have more of the patterned paper and a Gold heat embossed sentiment from the Christmas Mice stamp set.

The next flipped panel just has some more of the patterned papers.

The next two flips have a white panel on the left and more patterened paper on the right with some more deer.

The final panel with the pull tab has more paper. The pull tab was created with a circle punch cut in half and adhered to the panel behind the patterned paper.