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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

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.

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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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Blog Hop/Instagram Hop, Christmas, Designer/Patterned/Specialty Papers (DSP), Handmade Cards, Holiday Catalogue, Jul-Dec Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration, Stampin' Up!, Watercolour

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

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

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