Joy of Noel – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

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Heart of Christmas Week 12

Today’s card design is thanks to Susan Campfield in the US. I love interactive cards, and this one with the feature image swinging on the card, is beautiful. I also love all the white of this card, and adding extra texture using the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder.

Swing and Sway Card Joy of Chrstmas, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

The feature image from the Joy of Noel stamp set and coordinating dies is first stamped with Versamark ink, then Lost Lagoon ink directly on top. Add Clear Emboss Powder and melt it with the Heat Tool. This then makes it easier to colour using my Water Painters and ink. The berries are Poppy Parade Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs, and don’t they give a glorious shine! The sentiment ‘Tis the season’ (Brightest Glow stamp set) is die cut and added with dimensionals onto a Silver Foil diecut.

view from the top

Swing and Sway Card Joy of Chrstmas, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 top

On the inside I have stamped the large sentiment from the Joy to You stamp set.

Swing and Sway Card Joy of Chrstmas, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 inside

My next card is a fun fold with a special 3D ornament on the front. After Cathy Proctor shared her idea of using the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch as a bauble last week, I immediately knew what I was going to make this week (thanks Cathy ♥). The Joy of Christmas DSP was the perfect choice for this festive bauble.

3D Ornament Fancy Fold Card for Heart of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

There are 8 punched pieces, scored down the centre and put together with Seal+. Before adding it to the card, I placed some Silver Trim down the centre and tied a bow to add with a glue dot, after the 3D element was added.

3D Ornament Fancy Fold Card for Heart of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 detail

Initially I was going to put it on the inside at the fold, but I think it’s better on the front to really pack a punch!

3D Ornament Fancy Fold Card for Heart of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 opening

The DSP pattern on the front is the same as what I used for the 3D element. The music pattern under the 3D element is on the reverse side of one of the papers. The same goes for the tartan strip on the inside white panel. The sentiments are from the Brightest Glow stamp set.

3D Ornament Fancy Fold Card for Heart of Christmas by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 open

Some Adhesive-backed Sparkle Gems were added for my signature sparkle!

You couldn’t get two ‘more different’ cards this week. Do you love lots of colour or lots of white space on your cards?

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Product List
Stamps: Joy of Noel, Joy to You, Brightest Glow
Dies: Joy of Noel, Tailor Made Tags, Something Fancy, Give it a Whirl
Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Silver Foil, Shaded Spruce
Designer Series Paper: Joy of Christmas
Inks: Lost Lagoon, Versamark
Other: Clear Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Water Painters, Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs, Adhesive-backed Glitter Sequins, Adhesive-backed Sparkle Gems, Distressed Tile 3D TIEF, Silver Trim, Trimmer, Stampin’ Seal+, Multipurpose Glue, Glue Dots, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Cut & Emboss Machine, Bone Folder, Take Your Pick Tool
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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.

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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
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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

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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
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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

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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

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

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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

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