Welcome to week 10 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 card is all about breaking the rules for me. Can you guess which design rule I’ve broken with my Humble Home bundle Christmas card?
The rule of 3 in design (also known as the rule of thirds) is a principle that suggests things arranged in odd numbers, especially in groups of three, are more appealing, effective, and memorable than even-numbered groupings.
Odd numbers, particularly three, create a sense of balance and asymmetry that keeps the eye engaged and creates a clear focus point. Apparently, the human brain tends to remember things more easily in sets of three!
This is why I originally stamped and punched three different houses to decorate my card front, however I just couldn’t make the design work with three houses so this little extra Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Pool Party house will be kept for another card.
The two houses that made the cut are created using the Humble Home bundle–this is the bundle on the cover of the Holiday Catalogue.
The Pool Party house on the left has been punched from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper and the house on the right is stamped in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.
The white trees are die cut using some of the Frosted Forest Dies.
I white heat embossed the Falling Snow Stamp onto Pool Party cardstock, layered onto an Early Espresso layer and a Basic White card base, adding a few White Loose Snowflake embellishments for extra dimension.
The roof of the house on the right of the card is actually another piece of Country Woods DSP, punched out using the Humble Home punch and trimmed down to roof size.
I’ve white heat embossed the “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Humble Home stamp set onto the roof.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Sharon Davern. I can’t wait to see what Sharon has made 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.
Don’t forget that if you have been eyeing a stamp set (or two, or three) from the 2024–2025 Annual Catalogue the annual Stampin’ Up! Three-Day Stamp Sale is on now! The sale will run for three days ONLY from 7 October 2024, at 12:00 a.m. to 9 October 2024, at 11:59 p.m. (AEDT)
From 7 to 9 October, you can order those stamp sets you’ve been wanting at a 15% discount. The 15% off discount apply to all stamp sets (photopolymer and cling) from the 2024–2025 Annual Catalogue.
You can view all of the stamp sets on sale and purchase them here!
This stamp sale only happens once a year so don’t miss out!
The AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Flirty Flamingo, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
I hope you can join us then!
I love this gorgeous colour combination! I agree three would have been too much. The trees make a nice visual triangle too. Great work with the snow background!
A cute card, Cathy, even if it only has 2 houses LOL. I guess if you made it landscape they could fit, but it may not have the same height effect with the snow. I can look forward to seeing more of these cards though 😉 The snow effect is beautiful x
The trees make the third artistic element perfectly!
A gorgeous card Cathy. I love your embossed snowy Pool Party background with the two houses and white trees. Beautiful. Pool Party with Early Expresso is a great combo. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the third house.
This is such a cute card, Cathy. I haven’t succumbed to this bundle, but it is getting harder! The Falling Snow background is really lovely.
Your card looks lovely with only two of the houses Cathy, I look forward to seeing the third one on a later card. Your snowy sky with the added loose snowflakes is very sweet.