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Heart of Christmas #15 – Shining Brightly Stack of Cards

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Heart of Christmas Week 15

Today I am using the gorgeous Shining Brightly Specialty DSP which has lovely gold foiling features. I have made 8 cards all very similar in the way I created the card bases. It was a bit of a production line, but I decorated them with different elements, using Gold Glimmer and Gold Foil.

Shining Brightly cards by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Heart of Christmas Blog Hop 2023 blues

The Stars at Night Bundle has lots of dies to create stars to match the papers, and the stamp set has lovely mixed fonts.

Shining Brightly cards by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Heart of Christmas Blog Hop 2023 vanilla

I think this feature was my ultimate pick in the end. Which ne do you like best?

Shining Brightly cards by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Heart of Christmas Blog Hop 2023 feature

On the inside I stamped a sentiment & added a strip of Gold Foil the same for every card.

Shining Brightly cards by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia Heart of Christmas Blog Hop 2023 insert

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Product List
Stamps: 
Stars at Night*
Dies: Stars at Night*
Card/Paper: Night of Navy, Thick Very Vanilla, Shining Brightly Specialty DSP, More Dazzle Specialty, Gold Foil, Gold Glimmer
Inks: Night of Navy
Other: Night of Navy & Gold Glittered Ribbon, Gold on Gold Satin Edged Ribbon, Paper Snips, Mini Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder
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Heart of Christmas #13 – Shining Brightly & a Fancy Fold that Packs a Punch

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 13

Today’s cards feature the Stars at Night Bundle with the  Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper. The gold foiling adds a gorgeous shine. I do love a fancy fold and it’s even better when they look elaborate, but are so easy to make, and this is one of those! I have no idea of the name of this fold, but let me know in the comments if you know what it is called.

Shining Brightly Fancy Fold Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

The star on the front consists of a Gold Foil star die cut and embossed with the Stars at Night Hybrid TIEF. A Night of Navy star and a Gold Glimmer Adhesive-backed paper star in the centre. The sentiment is stamped in Versamark ink, Gold Emboss Powder added & melted with my Heat Tool.

Shining Brightly Fancy Fold Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 star layers

Open it up and it sure does pack a punch!

Shining Brightly Fancy Fold Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 open

Shining Brightly Fancy Fold Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 detail

Measurements
Card base: 21cm x 14.8cm, score @ 10.5cm & 3.5cm either side of the centre scoreline (fold as valley, mountain, valley)
DSP: 6.5cm x 14cm (3), 6.5cm x 4cm
Tabs for inside (3): 4.5cm x 7cm

My next card features more of the stamps & dies. Stamping the stars onto the Night of Navy layer after I diecut the centre section with all the dots. I placed a 6cm x 6cm square of Gold Foil behind the die cut & two strips down either side of the navy layer. This panel is then glued to the Thick Very Vanilla card front. The first star die cut is in Gold Foil and the top one is die cut from the Gold Adhesive-backed Glimmer paper. This is popped up on mini dimensionals.

Stars at Night Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023

The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy ink and die cut with the coordinating die. I had a few strips of leftover Gold Foil, so I created little banners, using my paper snips, and placed them either side of the sentiment.

Stars at Night Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 close up

I was so happy with this card, I created another two to build up my stash!

Stars at Night Card, Heart of Christmas Blog Hop by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 x3

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Product List
Stamps: 
Stars at Night*
Dies: Stars at Night*
Card/Paper: Thick Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Gold Foil, Silver & Gold Adhesive-backed Glimmer
Designer Series Paper: Shining Brightly Specialty
Inks: Versamark, Night of Navy
Other:  Gold Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Black Dimensionals, 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

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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!
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2023 September - December Mini Catalogue cover.

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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