Christmas Classics – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

With only days until Christmas, this card came together so quickly and I case’d it from Mitosu Crafts. The Christmas Classics Bundle has been used lots this year with this large die cut that has been the main feature on my cards. Here it was cut twice, with one being cut in half lengthwise to create the top and bottom sections!

Christmas Classics Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Craft with Kate

Shaded Spruce is my card base and the first layer. The first layer is is stamped with the sprigs in Starry Sky ink. A Blending Brush is used to added shading with Pretty Peacock ink then this is glued to the card front.

The Sentiment is stamped in Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder added and melted with my Heat Tool. The foliage of the diecuts are coloured with the Light Shaded Spruce Blends Marker, but then I decided they needed Wink of Stella! These were added to the card with Dimensionals. 3 x Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins were added underthe sentiment.

Christmas Classics Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Craft with Kate, inside square

The Red Enamel Effects was added for the berries as the final step and put aside to dry.

An extra panel is added on the inside with some more ink blending and second generation stamping of the sprigs. The sentiment from the Joy to You stamp set, is lovely in Starry Sky ink. The envelope also has similar blending.

Christmas Classics Card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Craft with Kate, inside

This is my last post before Christmas Day, so best wishes to you all and have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends xx

Thanks for dropping by.

Product List
Stamps: Christmas Classics, Joy to You
Dies: Christmas Classics
Paper: Basic White, Shaded Spruce
Inks: Starry Sky, Pretty Peacock, Versamark
Other: Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins, Wink of Stella, Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder, Enamel Effects, Take Your Pick Tool, Blending Brushes, Shaded Spruce Light Stampin’ Blends Marker, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder

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Heart of Christmas Week 10 – Beary Christmas

9 October, 202323 October, 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 10

Today I am using the Snowflake Magic Specialty DSP and the Beary Christmas DSP. The feature pieces are diecut from the Beary Christmas DSP using the Stylish Shapes dies. The Basic White was also cut with these and then dry embossed using one of the 3D Basics Textured Impressions Folders which come in a pack of 3 in the Online Exclusives.

Beary Christmas card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

Because the front is quite easy, on the inside I decided to create a little pop up with the polar bear holding his present. The More Wishes stamp set was used here with some More Dazzle Specialty paper stars using the Give it a Whirl dies.

Beary Christmas card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside

Side view – the mechanism is just a scrap piece of card, approximately 5cm x 1cm that I had lying on my desk, so I scored it at 1cm, 2cm, 3cm & 4cm. Fold this into a cube and glue to the card.

Beary Christmas card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 side view

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Product List
Stamps: More Wishes, Christmas Classics
Dies: Stylish Shapes, Give it a Whirl
Card/Paper: Thick Basic White
Designer Series Paper: Snowflake Magic Specialty, Beary Christmas, More Dazzle Specialty
Inks: Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock
Other: Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins, Basics 3D Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (TIEF), Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
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Heart of Christmas – Fractured/Faux Shutter Card

25 September, 202325 September, 2023 craftwithkate

Heart of Christmas Week 8

Today I am using the Christmas Classics Bundle (stamp set & dies) with the Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper. The technique I showcase is called a Faux Shutter card or Fractured card.

Fractured Card Technique using Christmas Classics Joyful Specialty Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

This looks complicated, but it is actually really simple. I cut a piece of the patterned paper measuring 14cm x 10cm. A Gold Foil square was diecut using the Stylish Shapes dies. I also cut a smaller one in Basic White. I glued the gold foil square to the patterned paper. I cut strips of Cherry Cobbler card in 0.8cm lengths. The first strip I glued starting at the left point of the square up to the top. The next one was placed butting up to the previous one and down to the right side. Continue around the card. Once all adhered, turn the DSP over and trim the overhanging strips.

Fractured Card Technique using Christmas Classics Joyful Specialty Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 detail

This is then glued to my Cherry Cobbler card base which measures 29cm x 10.5cm, scored at 14.5cm. The Basic White square is now adhered to the gold foil one. I inked the holly image in Versamark and stamped twice onto Basic White card, Gold Emboss Powder added and melted with my Heat Tool. I stamped the berries in Cherry Cobbler ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used my Water Painter and Mossy Meadow ink to colour the holly. This was added to the card on Dimensionals. A Gold Ribbon Trim bow was added with a Glue Dot.

The theme is continued inside the card and a larger sentiment from the Joy to You stamp set.

Fractured Card Technique using Christmas Classics Joyful Specialty Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside

Here is a second one I made with a different pattern from the DSP pack.

Faux shutter card Fractured Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

Are you going to give this a technique a go?

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Product List
Stamps: Christmas Classics, Joy to You
Dies: Christmas Classics, Stylish Shapes
Card/Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Gold Foil
Designer Series Paper: Joyful Specialty
Inks: Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow
Other: Gold & Silver Trim Combo, Heat Tool, Gold Emboss Powder, Water Painters, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, 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 Week 7 – Winter Meadows

18 September, 202318 September, 2023 craftwithkate

Heart of Christms Week 7

Today I am using the Christmas Classics Bundle & Joy of Noel Bundle along with the Winter Meadows Designer Series Paper.

Joy of Christmas with Winter Meadow DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

The Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper is dry embossed with the Basics 3D embossing folder (in online exclusives) is the backdrop for this NOEL feature panel. The NOEL is stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. Some of the leaf pieces are also coloured with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers. Other foliage coloured this way are Pretty Peacock & Lost Lagoon. The berries are coloured with my Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Write Marker to mimic the designer paper. The larger holly leaf is diecut from some Soft Shimmer Paper. Three Lost Lagoon Tinsel Gems are added to finish.

Joy of Christmas with Winter Meadow DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas angle

On the inside I added a layer of Very Vanilla card with an offcut of the patterned paper from the card front, and stamped the sentiment, from the Joy to You stamp set. This is a brilliant set with 4 larger sentiments for card inserts and I will be using them on most of my Christmas cards this year!

Joy of Christmas with Winter Meadow DSP by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas inside

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Product List
Stamps: Joy of Noel, Joy to You
Dies: Christmas Classics, Joy of Noel
Card/Paper: Thick Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon, Soft Shimmer Combo Pack
Designer Series Paper: Winter Meadows DSP
Inks: Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock
Blends Combo, Markers: Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock
Other: Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Write Marker, Basics 3D Embossing Folders, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
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Heart of Christmas Week 6 – Joy of Christmas

11 September, 202311 September, 2023 craftwithkate

Heart of Christmas Week 6

Have you had a chance to look inside the new Mini catalogue yet? What are your favourite products?

Today I am using some of my favourite products which were the top of my list. The Joy of Noel Bundle and the Christmas Classics Bundle along with the Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Papers and the Night of Navy & Gold Glittered Ribbon!

Joyful Christmas Vanilla card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

On my Thick Very Vanilla card bse, I added a matt layer of Night of Navy card. The piece of Brightly Shining specialty designer paper is added next. I die cut the holly border die in Night of Navy card and glued it to the card. The centre piece is Very Vanilla card which I die cut the ‘Noel’ die in the centre before gluing to the card. I die cut the ‘noel’ again in Night of Navy and added the gold heat emboss images before adding this to the card on Black Mini Dimensionals. I wanted the effect with the Navy below each letter. To finish, I added a Navy & Gold Glittered Ribbon bow with Glue Dots.

Joyful Christmas Vanilla card side view by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

My next card uses the same products except starting with Navy, and layering up to Vanilla! The ‘NOEL’ for this card was diecut from the first cards layer of DSP before hiding it behind the feature panel!

Joyful Christmas Navy card by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

A little tip to get the letters in the correct placement – stamp the NOEL in Navy ink then place the letters over the top!!!

Joyful Christmas Navy card side view by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas

On the inside I added a layer of Very Vanilla card with an offcut of the SDSP from the card front, and stamped the sentiment, from the Joy to You stamp set. This is a brilliant set with 4 larger sentiments for card inserts and I will be using them on nearly every Christmas card this year!

Joyful Christmas Vanilla card insert by Kate Morgan Stampin Up Australia 2023 Heart of Christmas Joyful Christmas Navy card insert 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 Rachel Woollard.

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Product List
Stamps: Christmas Classics, Joy of Noel, Joy to You
Dies: Christmas Classics, Joy of Noel
Card/Paper: Thick Very Vanilla, Night of Navy
Designer Series Paper: Shining Brightly Specialty DSP
Inks: Versamark, Night of Navy
Other: Navy & Gold Glittered Ribbon, Heat Tool, Gold Emboss Powder, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals (Black & White), Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, 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

28 August, 202327 August, 2023 craftwithkate

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.

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

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Monday for more festive inspiration!
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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
*can be purchased as a bundle saving 10%

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Heart of Christmas with Christmas Classics

21 August, 202321 August, 2023 craftwithkate

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!

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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
*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