Christmas – Page 6 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

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Heart of Christmas with Christmas Classics

21 August, 202321 August, 2023 craftwithkate

HOC Blog Header 2023 Each Monday, some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our September-December Mini catalogue and Annual catalogue Christmas products.

Heart of Christmas Week 3

Today I am using product from our upcoming Mini catalogue, available from 6 September!

2023 September - December Mini Catalogue cover.

The Christmas Classics bundle is my focus for today’s card. I love the dies that are in this bundle, they are fairly big, so it makes a quick feature on my card. With some different DSPs in the background, I felt it needed something else, so scored the reverse side to give 2 borders above and below. This is a really neat idea without adding extra layers.

Christmas Classics handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart Of Christmas.

I already have a few layers behind my sentiment, with some diecuts and ribbon. I cut the large die in Shaded Spruce card and cut out the bits for the Holly and glued them over the top, leaving the berries red!

On the white insert, I added another sentiment and a strip of DSP to coordinate.

Christmas Classics handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart Of Christmas inside

The Pecan Pie card base is something different for Christmas this year. It kind of reminds me of cinnamon which is definitely a Christmas frangrance!

Christmas Classics handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart Of Christmas

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Monday for more festive inspiration!

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the creative talent of Andrea Sargent.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

Product List
Stamps: Christmas Classics*
Dies: Christmas Classics*
Card/Paper: Pecan Pie, Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Fluid 100 Watercolour
Designer Series Paper: Joy of Christmas
Inks: Real Red, Shaded Spruce
Other: Iridescent Gems, Gold & Silver Trim Combo, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
*can be purchased as a bundle saving 10%

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Heart of Christmas, Joy of Noel

14 August, 202314 August, 2023 craftwithkate

Today I am using product from our upcoming Mini catalogue, available from 6 September!

2023 September - December Mini Catalogue cover.

The Joy of Noel bundle was my focus for today’s card. I knew I wanted to use Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock for my Christmas combination. I think this will be a go to for me this year!

On a Pretty Peacock cardbase, I added a piece of Pebbled Path Lustre Specialty Paper and then a layer of designer paper from the Inked Botanicals DSP. Now to create the wreath, I started by cutting 8-10 of the wreath pieces in Pretty Peacock and some of the smaller pieces in the Lost Lagoon Soft Shimmer Paper. You know me, I love some sparkle!

Joy of Noel handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart Of Christmas

I took some Fluid 100 Watercolour paper and wet it with the widest brush of the Water Painters, and carefully picked up some ink from the Pebbled Path inkpad and applied it across the paper. Once I was happy with the result, I set it aside to dry, while I adhered the wreath to the card. The ‘Noel’ letters are die cut in Berry Burst Soft Shimmer Paper and Mini Dimensionals added behind them. Now that the Pebbled Path watercolour is dry, A stamped the sentiment along with some holly leaves which were die cut. The sentiment was added first with the holly leaves, then I could add the Noel in place. To finish off, I added some Pebbled Path In Color Dots to the wreath.

Joy of Noel handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart Of Christmas angled

On the inside I stamped the border in Lost Lagoon ink and the sentiment from the Christmas Classics stamp set, in Pretty Peacock. Did you notice the same stamp I used for the border, is also around the edges of the wreath?!!!

Joy of Noel handmade card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart Of Christmas inside

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Monday for more festive inspiration!

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the creative talent of Christine Blain.

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Product List
Stamps: Joy of Noel, Christmas Classics
Dies: Joy of Noel
Card/Paper: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Basic White, Fluid 100 Watercolour, In Color Lustre Specialty, Soft Shimmer Combo Pack
Designer Series Paper: Inked Botanicals
Inks: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Pebbled Path
Other: Water Painters, 2023-2025 In Color Dots, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
*can be purchased as a bundle

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Heart of Christmas Week 1: Trucking Along

7 August, 20237 August, 2023 craftwithkate

Welcome to Week 1 of the Heart of Christmas for 2023!
Now is a great time to make a start on those Christmas cards, especially as a demonsrator, as we get to see the new Mini catalogue now. We also get to preorder product during August before it’s release to the public in September! Just wait until you see this new catalogue, so many amazing new products, it’s hard to choose which to buy first. I cannot show you inside the catalogue just yet, but here’s the cover!

2023 September - December Mini Catalogue cover.

In the meantime while we wait for our preorders to arrive, I thought I would start with the Trucking Along (punch) Bundle from the Online Exclusives!

I stamped the truck (Trucking Along stamp set) in Black Memento ink and the body in Real Red, I mean it has to be red for Christmas, right?!! As kids, we always bought a real tree for Christmas and although we didn’t have a red truck, it still reminds me of the adventure to get our tree. The stamp set has the tree and some presents/gifts, and I had to use both, so created the trailor. I stamped a second truck and punched them both out with the coordinating Trucking Along Builder Punch.

Trucking Along Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas blog hop

The tree & presents were stamped in Black Memento ink, coloured using Blends markers and inkpads, then fussy cut with paper snips to sit in the truck and trailor. I stamped the row of trees in the background, but the first step was to stamp one onto some Masking Paper, cut it out, and then use this to create the row of trees. I used Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon for these. The clouds and gravel were stamped in Smoky Slate ink.

Dry emboss the left panel with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder, then drag the Smoky Plate inkpad across it for a more grungy look.

Trucking Along Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas blog hop opening

On the inside, I’ve added some Pretty Peacock striped design from the 2023 Regals 6″x6″ DSP. The centre has some Pretty Peacock card with Basic White on top, another strip of the DSP and the Sentiment is from the Perched in a Tree stamp set. The envelope has a truck with the tree too!

Trucking Along Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas blog hop inside

Check out these cute Christmas Tags using the Festive Tags Kit. No stamping required, everything included to create 15 tags and on sale this month for only $20.70!!!!

Festive Tags Kit by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023

Here are the others in the kit.

Festive Tags Kit

For the month of August 2023, shop any of the 32 kits in the collection & save up to 30% off.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Monday for more festive inspiration!

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the creative talent of Andrea Sargent.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

Product List
Stamps: Trucking Along (Punch Bundle), Perched in a Tree
Card/Paper: Basic White, Smoky Slate, Regals 6″x6″
Inks: Memento Black, Real Red, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Smoky Slate
Other: Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder, Masking Paper, Trucking Along Builder Punch, Boho Blue & Lemon Lolly Blends Marker Combo Packs, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder

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Framed & Festive Christmas Shaker Card

28 November, 202228 November, 2022 craftwithkate

The Heart of Christmas Blog Hop has been brought to you by the Art With Heart team each Monday for 22 weeks when we started in July. Tonight is our final Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2022 and it’s a little sad it’s over. I hope you have enjoyed all the magnificent projects and built up your stash of Christmas cards too!

For our final Christmas blog hop this year, I’ve created a Shaker card!

The Thick Basic White card base with a layer of Storybook Gnome DSP that has been inked around the edges with Night of Navy ink and a Dauber. Doesn’t it give the paper depth and a beautiful edge?!!!

Christmas Shaker card using Stampin Up Storybook Gnomes DSP, Framed Florets dies by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022

Next, I die cut 3 of the ovals (Framed Florets dies) in Thick Basic White card. I also used this die to cut the snow hill. I glued the snow hill behind one of the frames and then glued another frame behind it so the hill is wedged between 2 layers. I cut a piece of window sheet using the largest decorative frame and another in Thick Basic White. I only needed the inner pieces from these die cuts. Using my Blending Brushes, I inked the White oval starting with Pool Party, Balmy Blue then Night of Navy inks. To get that snow effect, I placed some Craft White ink refill onto an acrylic block and used my Water Painter to add some water and then tap it across the oval. Put it aside to dry. I used Tear & Tape to glue the window sheet behind the ovals, before adding some Foam Adhesive Strip around the frame. I placed some of the small Effervescent Elements inside the frame before peeling the backing paper off the Foam Adhesive Strips and immediately place the blended coloured oval on top. The shaker element is now secure.

I stamped the ‘Merry Christmas’ in Versamark ink onto Night of Navy card, added White Emboss Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. The Framed and Festive stamp set is used for both sentiments. The trees are cut using the Happy Forest dies and glued to the front of the oval. Wink of Stella was added to the centre tree. Some Starry Sky Baker’s Twine was placed behind the oval which is adhered to the card with Seal+.

On the inside I stamped a Night of Navy sentiment and added some DSP to a white insert.

Christmas Shaker card using Stampin Up Storybook Gnomes DSP, Framed Florets dies by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022 inside

To finish off, I added some Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels to the centre of the snowflakes.

Christmas Shaker card using Stampin Up Storybook Gnomes DSP, Framed Florets dies by Kate Morgan, Australia 2022 side

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you have enjoyed all 22 weeks of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We will be back again in July 2023!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Kathryn Ruddick.

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Framed & Festive Christmas Card

21 November, 202220 November, 2022 craftwithkate

Each Monday, join me for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop brought to you by the Art With Heart team. We will be showcasing our July-December Mini catalogue and Annual catalogue Christmas products.

My card tonight uses the recently released Framed & Festive stamp set, Framed Florets Bundle and the beautiful Fitting Florets DSP.

Framed & Festive with Framed Florets by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 early release

With a Soft Succulent card base, I added a piece of the DSP that was dry embossed with the Fern 3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and the berries coloured with my Real Red Blends Marker. I also sponged some Evening Evergreen ink around the edges with a Dauber.

The frame is cut in Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock and a Vellum oval layer behind it to mute the dark DSP. The sentiment is Gold embossed and set with a Heat Tool. Some die cut foliage was added and a beautiful ribbon bow. Some Festive Pearls in Gold and Heart Pearls coloured with the Real Red Blends Marker were added.

On the inside, a white panel was added with an Evening Evergreen stamped sentiment and a piece of DSP at the bottom.

Framed & Festive with Framed Florets by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 early release inside

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for our final Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2022!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Rachel Woollard.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

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Cottage Wreaths with scored backgrounds

14 November, 202213 November, 2022 craftwithkate

Wow, I’m back from Sydney where I attended the in-person OnStage event for demonstrators. It was awesome to catch up with everyone after a 3 year hiatus thanks to Covid, and we got to play with new product and receive a copy of the Jan-Jun Mini 2023. More about this event later, as tonight we focus on our 20th week of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop brought to you by the Art With Heart team.

These cards are very simple in their design, using the Cottage Wreaths Bundle, but the background scoring is slightly different on each card. The Simply Scored is a fantastic addition to any craft room. Have you ever played with different scoring patterns?

Cottage Wreaths with scored diamond background Christmas card by Kate Morgan, Stampin' Up Australia 2022

This first one is a cross hatch design. The card base and scored layer are Thick Basic White card with a layer of Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock.

The inside of my card is quite simple with a single layer wreath with a gold foil strip across the centre and a small sentiment in the centre.

Cottage Wreaths with scored diamond background Christmas card by Kate Morgan, Stampin' Up Australia 2022 inside

The Soft Succulent and Gold Foil Wreath with some Red Festive Pearls for the berries. A Red Glimmer bow is added, because every wreath needs a bow, right?!

Cottage Wreaths with scored diamond background Christmas card by Kate Morgan, Stampin' Up Australia 2022 side

This wreath card uses the Cottage Wreaths Bundle from the July-December Mini catalogue. I have stamped the smaller images in a wreath using the Stamparatus and the stamp in the round (SITR) technique. Once the wreath was stamped, the Layering Circles dies cut it out.

Cottage Wreaths with scored diamond Christmas card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

How did I create the background? I took a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and on the back, I drew two lines, horizontally and vertically (centred). Place it in the Simply Scored and score the lines from one centre point to the next. Then I added another 3 scorelines at 1/8″ intervals on each side (towards the corners). When complete, turn it over and adhere to the Evening Evergreen card base.

Cottage Wreaths with scored diamond Christmas card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022.

The Layering Circles dies were used to cut the Very Vanilla circles and the scallop circles in Soft Succulent card to coordinate with the stamped fronds in the same colour ink. The holly and sentiment are Evening Evergreen ink and the berries are Poppy Parade ink. The big red bow is cut from Red Glitter paper and some of the Red & Green Festive Pearls were added. The berries also have some Wink of Stella on them for a little extra shine!

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for our second last Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2022!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of my dear friend, Caroline Manwaring.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

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Christmas Tree Gatefold card

7 November, 202226 October, 2024 craftwithkate

Each Monday, join me for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop brought to you by the Art With Heart team. We will be showcasing our July-December Mini catalogue and Annual catalogue Christmas products.

This Gatefold card has the most beautiful Christmas Tree as the main feature.

This is a larger card and will need a bigger envelope, but I think I will just leave it on top of a present, under the ribbon bow. Why would I want to enclose it in an envelope, right?!!!

Christmas Tree Gatefold card using Storybook Gnomes DSP Fancy Fold by Kate Morgan, Stampin' Up Australia 2022

A Pool Party card base, Night of Navy Matt layers, the Storybook Gnome DSP. and the Brightest Glow Bundle for the sentiment. The sentiment is Heat embossed with White Emboss Powder before being die cut with the Labels Aglow dies. The Rhinestone Jewels are coloured with Night of Navy Blends Combo Markers.

Christmas Tree Gatefold card using Storybook Gnomes DSP Fancy Fold by Kate Morgan, Stampin' Up Australia 2022 opening

On the inside, I added a Gnome, die cut from the paper with the Gnomes dies.

Christmas Tree Gatefold card using Storybook Gnomes DSP Fancy Fold by Kate Morgan, Stampin' Up Australia 2022 open

There is plenty of room on the back for your Christmas message! I was inspired by Iced Images.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for more Christmas inspiration!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Tina Gillespie.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

My card tonight was inspired by Iced Images on YouTube and you can view her tutorial here.

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Christmas Cottage Wreaths

31 October, 202230 October, 2022 craftwithkate

Each Monday, join me for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop brought to you by the Art With Heart team. We will be showcasing our July-December Mini catalogue and Annual catalogue Christmas products.

Using the Country Wreath dies this card has a more regal feel. This beautiful Fitting Florets DSP is part of the Fitting Florets Collection which will be available to customers on 1 November 2022. Although you can get it early if you join this month and add it to your starter kit!

Country Wreath with Fitting Florets DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

The Evening Evergreen card base has a layer of DSP (with the Stitched Greenery die) down the centre and two narrow strips of Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock on either side. The wreath is also cut in these same cardstocks with a red glimmer bow. Some Red Festive Pearls were added. The sentiment is stamped onto Soft Succulent card in Evening Evergreen ink and cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies. Some Red Ribbon was added underneath before being popped up on Dimensionals.

On the inside, a simple stamped sentiment and some strips of gold and Evening Evergreen card are placed at the bottom of the Basic White insert.

Country Wreath with Fitting Florets DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 inside

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for more Christmas inspiration!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Andrea Sargent.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

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Lights Aglow 6×6 One Sheet Wonder

24 October, 202223 October, 2022 craftwithkate

Each Monday, join me for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop brought to you by the Art With Heart team. We will be showcasing our July-December Mini catalogue and Annual catalogue Christmas products.

Last October, I joined many fellow South Pacific demonstrator friends from across Australia and New Zealand for a fun afternoon Online Craft-along-a-thon!!!

Using a sheet of our favourite 6″ x 6″ sheet of patterned paper, we were able to create 4 beautiful card designs in 1 hour!!! Yes, you read that right!

Here are my cards using the gorgeous Lights Aglow Specialty DSP, Cherry Cobbler card bases (21cm x 14.8cm) with Gold Metallic Specialty Paper matts, Gold Satin Edged ribbon and the sentiments are all Gold Heat Embossed!

One Sheet Wonder Cutting Guide - DSP

Card A – also uses the Brightest Glow stamp set for the sentiment and Labels Aglow dies for the sentiment and Decorated Pine dies for the stars.

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 4 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

Card B – also uses the Brightest Glow stamp set for the sentiment and Brushed Metallic card for the deer using the Grove dies.

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 1 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

Card C – also uses the Brightest Glow stamp set for the sentiment and Labels Aglow dies. The Gold matt on this card is actually Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock (as I ran out of the Gold Metallic)!

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 2 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

Card D – also uses the Brightest Glow stamp set for the sentiment.

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 3 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

Which card is your favourite?

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 4 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 1 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 2 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

One Sheet Wonder Lights Aglow card 3 by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for more Christmas inspiration!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Michele Taylor.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

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Elegant Quatrefoil Tile Fancy Fold design

17 October, 202217 October, 2022 craftwithkate

Each Monday, join me for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop brought to you by the Art With Heart team. We will be showcasing our July-December Mini catalogue and Annual catalogue Christmas products.

My fancy fold card is elegant and looks difficult, but it is actually quite easy to make.

Starting with a Cherry Cobbler card base with 2 scorelines (either end) and dry embossed with the Quatrefoil Tile Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (I folded the end tabs to the front and embossed it like that so it fit into the folder).

Decorated Pine Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Auatralia 2022.

A piece of gold Brushed Metallic cardstock is placed inside the card (centred), then run the Stampin’ Seal adhesive along the right hand side only. Fold the right front panel down to adhere.

Dry emboss an extra strip of cardstock and add Stampin’ Seal on the back. Holding the card closed, adhere it to the centre on the Gold Foil.

Add some Basic White card stock to the inside and stamp your sentiment from the Very Best Occasions stamp set with Shaded Spruce ink.

Decorated Pine Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Auatralia 2022 inside

Cut a piece of the Lights Aglow Specialty DSP into a 3″ x 3″ square and adhere this to a piece of 2⅞” x 2⅞” cardstock for added stability. Add Stampin’ Seal to the back (ensuring only to add to 2/3s from the RHS). The left side panel sits under the diamond (on top of the gold) to stay closed!

Decorated Pine Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Auatralia 2022 opening

Decorate the diamond feature with a Gold foil bell, a bow and some pine needles from the Decorated Pines dies. Finally, I added Wink of Stella to the holly in the sentiment and some Pearlized Enamel Effects in red to the berries.

Decorated Pine Fancy Fold card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Auatralia 2022

Measurements:
Card stock: 7” x 5½“ Score @ 1⅜” & 5⅝”
Card stock: 5½” x 1¼” centre panel
Card stock: 2⅞” x 2⅞” behind DSP
Gold Foil: 5½“ x 2½”
DSP: 3″ x 3″
White insert: 4″ x 5⅜”

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next week for more Christmas inspiration!

Please continue to hop and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Tina Gillespie.

If you come across a broken link or have come from a different entry point, a full list of participants can be viewed on Sharon’s blog.

I need to thank Susan Campfield for this design. You can find her tutorial here.

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