Handmade Christmas Card – Page 4 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

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Heart of Christmas #11 – Deckled Rocker Card

16 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 11

Today I am using the Deckled Circles dies to make my Rocker card with the O Holy Night Designer Series Paper and the Adhesive-Backed Star Trinkets. With this chosen piece of DSP, I felt it didn’t really need a lot added to it, so went with a different style of card shape.

Deckled Circles Dies 162286

I have used #5 for the card base, #6 for the front layer and #7 for the inside.

The front layer of DSP is glued onto Night of Navy card before being diecut. My Versamark inkpad was swiped around the edges of the bottom half, White Emboss Powder added, and melted with my Heat Tool. I felt it needed to stand out more againt the navy card. The same was repeated on the top half but with Gold Emboss Powder to match the stars!

Deckled Christmas Rocker Card O Holy Night Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

The sentiment is from the Brightest Glow stamp set and stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, fussy cut with Paper Snips and added on mini dimensionals.

Deckled Christmas Rocker Card O Holy Night Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 side

On the inside, it doesn’t leave much room for a message, but you could also add another panel on the back.

Deckled Christmas Rocker Card O Holy Night Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside

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

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Product List
Stamps: Brightest Glow
Dies: Deckled Circles dies
Card/Paper: Night of Navy, Basic White
Designer Series Paper: O Holy Night DSP
Inks: Misty Moonlight, Versamark
Other: Adhesive-backed Star Trinkets, Gold Emboss Powder, White Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Mini 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 Week 10 – Beary Christmas

9 October, 202323 October, 2023 craftwithkate

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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Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the creative talent of Tina Gillespie.

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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 Week 9 – Joy Of Noel with a Blending and Masking Tip

2 October, 202323 October, 2023 craftwithkate

Heart of Christmas Week 9

Today, I am using dies and masks to create my background, but first I started with a Pretty Peacock card base and a layer of the same cardstock 10mm shorter. Using a Sponge Dauber I added ink around the edges. I took a scrap piece of A6 cardstock and diecut it with the Deckled Rectangle dies. Remove the diecut piece and keep the frame as that’s what we are using to create the blended layer. Place this frame onto some Basic White card and use the Blending Brushes and Pretty Peacock ink. Add colour, darker in some areas and lighter in others.

Joy of Noel Christmas card with blended masking, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

Now take one of the masks from the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and place it over the frame. Add more of the same ink using the same technique. When you remove the mask/frame, take the next size rectangle die to what you initially used and diecut around the blending to create a small white border. How beautiful does it look?!!

Joy of Noel Christmas card with blended masking, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 detail

Take some Sweet Sorbet Twine and wrap it around the centre 3 times and tie in a knot (this is hidden behind the feature image). Stamp the image in Black Memento ink and diecut with the coordinating die. I used Stampin Blends Combo Markers to colour; Pretty Peacock dark for the holly, Sweet Sorbet for the berries, Parakeet Party for the leaves and the Light Pretty Peacock to fill in the blank areas so it’s not so stark! Some Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins are added. The berries have some Fine Tip Glue added to create a beautiful shine.

The sentiment (Joy of Noel stamp set) on the front is stamped and fussy cut and added with Mini Dimensionals. The sentiment inside is from the Joy to You stamp set.

As you can see, I have 2 inserts here. This is why I always stamp them before gluing them inside my card – I forgot I was creating a landscape card and stamped it in portrait, and it wasn’t until I went to glue it inside that I realised… oopsie. So I had to create a second one, this time in the correct orientation!!! At least I have an insert ready for another card!

Joy of Noel Christmas card with blended masking, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 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 Michele Taylor.

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Product List
Stamps: Joy to You, Joy of Noel*
Dies: Deckled Rectangles, Joy of Noel*
Card/Paper: Basic White, Pretty Peacock
Stampin’ Blends Combo Markers: Pretty Peacock, Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet
Inks: Pretty Peacock
Other: BaSic White C6 Envelopes, 2022-24 In Colour Baker’s Twine, Blending Brushes, Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, Sponge Daubers, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Glue, Fine Tip 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 – 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?

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, 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
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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

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 Caroline Manwaring.

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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
*can be purchased as a bundle saving 10%

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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.

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.

Get a glimpse inside the catalogue here and save it to your computer to browse more later!

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: Above it All

4 September, 20234 September, 2023 craftwithkate

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!

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: 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

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!
Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the creative talent of Rosa Leyden.

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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!

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 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