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Heart of Christmas: Above it All

HOC Blog Header 2023Each 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 5

Not long now until you can view inside the new Mini catalogue… Wednesday 6 September!

2023 September - December Mini Catalogue cover.

Today, I have a cute card with gondola’s in a warmer setting as it can be quite hot here in Australia at Christmas time. This scene reminds me of when we were in Switzerland in 2001 and we took a gondola down the mountain side to the sound of swiss cow bells. It was extraordinary and a moment in time I will never forget. Anyway, you just want to see my card, so here it is!

I cased this design from a card on page 40 of the catalogue.

Above it All Slimline card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

My Fresh Freesia and Orchid Oasis gondola’s are so pretty against the background. That was coloured using the Blending Brushes in Boho Blue towards the bottom and Misty Moonlight at the top. The mountains are cut in Crumb Cake cardstock & the trees are stamped in Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock & Old Olive. Some Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs were added for a bit of shine! A simple sentiment is stamped and glued in place. Just having ‘wishing you’  keeps it open to be a Christmas card or birthday or anything really!

Above it All Slimline card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas close

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Product List
Stamps:
Above it All*, Joy to You
Dies: Above it All*
Card/Paper: Thick Basic White, Crumb Cake
Inks: Black Memento, Lost Lagoon, Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia, Old Olive, Pretty Peacock, Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight
Other: Blending Brushes, Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs, 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 Comfort & Joy

HOC Blog Header 2023Each 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 4

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

2023 September - December Mini Catalogue cover.

My card today is cased from the cover of the new Mini catalogue. My card base is Thick Basic White. The next layer is Basic White which has been die cut a few times with a die (Christmas Classics dies). This is adhered to the card base on dimensionals. I took my light Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Marker and flicked some ink using the thick end against the lid.

Joy of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

I stamped the image 6 times in Black Memento ink so I could use the Blends Markers to colour them once they were die cut.  I arranged 5 of them in  wreath before gluing them down.

Joy of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 close up Heart of Christmas

The sentiment (Christmas Classics) was fussy cut with Paper Snips and a small piece of the Gold Satin Edged Ribbon (my last bit on the roll) was placed behind and adhered on dimensionals. Some Be Dazzled Specialty paper was used to die cut ome small foliage and I placed them around the sentiment, along with some larger fronds which were coloured using a Blending Brush and Granny Apple Green ink.

To finish, I added some Gold Sequins and added Wink of Stella to the berries.

On the inside:

Joy of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside Heart of Christmas

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Product List
Stamp Bundles:
Christmas Classics, Joy of Noel
Card/Paper: Basic White, Thick Basic White, More Dazzle Specialty Paper
Inks: Black Memento, Granny Apple Green
Blends Marker Combo: Cherry Cobbler, Grnny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Other: Pastel Adhesive-backed Sequins, Blending Brush, Wink of Stella, Gold Satin Edged Ribbon, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
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Heart of Christmas with Christmas Classics

HOC Blog Header 2023Each 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!

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

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

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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
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Heart of Christmas, Joy of Noel

HOC Blog Header 2023Each 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.

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

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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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Framed & Festive Christmas Shaker Card

2022 Heart of Christmas LogoThe 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.

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

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!

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Framed & Festive Christmas Card

2022 Heart of Christmas LogoEach 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.

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

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

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Masculine Fun Fold 3D Shutter Card

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Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining  the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 29 – Merry Merlot

Today’s card was inspired by Amy Shihinski (in Canada), but I needed to change it up to suit our Metric measurements here in the South Pacific. If you wish to see Amy’s measurements, there will be a link at the end of this post.

I made this card for my hubby’s birthday on Sunday. He accompanied me to Sydney so I could attend OnStage on Saturday with 500 crafty friends, he spent the day wandering around Sydney by himself and had a wonderful time. Not sure why he wouldn’t attend OnStage with me, LOL!

Anyway, I carefully carried this card all the way to Sydney in my luggage to surprise him on Sunday morning.

I have used the Brewed for You Bundle and the Lights Aglow Specialty Designer Series Paper and Gold Brushed Metallic Foil.

Masculine 3D Shutter Card Brewed For You by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 front.

The stamping is all done in Black Memento, Crushed Curry and Merry Merlot inks and die cut using the coordinating Brewed dies. The Snowfall Accents Puff Paint was added to the beer glasses and heated with the Heat Tool to activate.

Masculine 3D Shutter Card Brewed For You by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022 close up

Here is the real wow of this card when you open it!

Masculine 3D Shutter Card Brewed For You by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2022

You may notice that the sentiments and the beer glass look a little different on the inside, as they were not going to fit on the card. Never fear, I just adapted. The glass wasn’t going to fit as it was too tall, so I cut the top off down to the beer level and added the froth! The sentiments across the centre panels, I had to carefully ink up individual words, covering the ones I didn’t want, covered with some washi tape (remember to remove the tape before stamping onto the card though!).

Here are my measurements (metric):
Merry Merlot A5 card base: 14.8cm x 21cm, scored in half @ 10.5cm
Basic White Card insert: 20cm x 14cm (see image below)
Merry Merlot Matt layers: 4.5cm x 4.5cm (8), 2cm x 3.5cm (4), 4.5cm x 3.5cm (2)
Lights Aglow SDSP layers: 4cm x 4cm (4)
Gold Foil layers: 4cm x 4cm (2), 1.5cm x 3cm (4)
Basic White layers: 4cm x 4cm (2), 4cm x 3cm (2)

Fun Fold 3D Shutter card Insert for A5 Card

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Cottage Wreaths with scored backgrounds

2022 Heart of Christmas LogoWow, 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.

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

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!

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

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

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Christmas Tree Gatefold card

2022 Heart of Christmas LogoEach 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!

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Christmas Cottage Wreaths

2022 Heart of Christmas LogoEach 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!

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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.

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

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!

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