Welcome to week 11 of the Art with Heart Team Stampin’ Up! Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2024. I hope you we are continuing to inspiring you each week with our Christmas card ideas.
This week’s Christmas cards were quick and easy to make with the Reindeer Fun Memories & More pack that contains contains 54 double-sided printed cards and 4 sticker sheets.
I had intended to make just one card but went on to make six cards, ideal for building up my Christmas stash!
These first two “no-stamping” horizontal cards use the large Memories & More card bases that come in an envelope with smaller card bases and matching envelopes.
I’ve layered the 3″ x 4″ (7.6 x 10.2 cm) Merry Christmas cards over the striped 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm) 18 cards.
I’ve simply added a holly sticker and an assortment of Cherry Cobbler berries from the Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-Backed Berries pack for extra dimension.
I’d run out of Memories & More large card bases to use for the next cards so I used our Australian half a sheet of A4 card bases instead.
It’s easy to make the Memories & More cards fit our Australian card bases. Simply trim a 5 mm section off the bottom of the striped Memories & More card. I’ve then adhered the small Christmas tree Memories & More card over the top of the striped large Memories & More card.
The Peaceful Evergreens Dies were used to die cut red stars from the Festive 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Glimmer Paper to top the trees.
The “Merry Christmas” sentiment was stamped firstly onto the Versamark ink pad and secondly onto the Real Red ink pad BEFORE stamping onto Basic White card stock and being heat embossed using clear embossing powder.
This technique allows you to heat emboss in any colour without using a stamp positioning tool! Just remember to clean your stamp thoroughly every time AFTER you stamp onto the card stock if you are making multiple sentiments like I have done today.
My final two cards use the small Memories & More card bases and the same small Christmas tree Memories & More cards from my second card design.
Once again they are topped with the red glimmer stars and have the red heat embossed sentiment from the Reindeer fun stamp set. I chopped the sentiment in half so it fitted across the Christmas trees.
I love how quick and easy it is to mass produce Christmas cards using the Memories & More card packs as well as the Memories & More card bases & envelopes!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Sharon Davern. I can’t wait to see the project Sharon has created this week!
If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Sharon Davern‘s blog. Sharon does an amazing job of hosting our Heart of Christmas blog every Monday.
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Fresh Freesia, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
I hope you can join us then!
Fantastic cards, Cathy, showcasing how easy it is to build your Christmas card stash in little time. The Memories and More card packs and sticker sheets add such a professional look! Love them all!
Wow, Cathy – 6 cards – you were on fire. Your cards are amazing. I love their simplicity in production – yet they look wonderful. Thanks for the reminder re double inking to be able to clear emboss with any colour. Must try it again. xxx
Six stunning cards Cathy, I love the way you have used the Memories and More Pack and the stickers. What a quick and beautiful way to increase your Christmas card stash.