Welcome to week 4 of the Art with Heart Team Stampin’ Up! Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2024. I hope you we are inspiring you with our Christmas card ideas.
My Christmas cards for week 4 of our Heart of Christmas blog hop use the stunning Shining Christmas 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper as well as elements from the Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit.
Between making these cards and my blog going live the Shining Christmas DSP is unfortunately now unavailable, however you can use any DSP patterns in this very simple fancy fold.
Using half a sheet of A4 cardstock I’ve scored it on the landscape side at 2½ and 6½ inches and decorated the side flaps with DSP. These flaps slightly overlap at the front.
For each of the three cards I’ve made a one inch belly band, decorated with different elements from the Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit.
The “Peace and Joy” sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso and it comes from a stamp set called the Peaceful Season Stamp Set, available from September 4.
Cherry Cobbler embellishments from the Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit add a final touch of bling.
With a simple fancy fold like this I decided to make three cards so I could showcase the different patterns in this DSP. It’s also a wonderful way to build up my Christmas Card collection!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Theresa Gerrard – I can’t wait to see what Theresa 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 a great job of hosting our Heart of Christmas blog every Monday.
The AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Coastal Cabana, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
I hope you can join us then!
These are fantastic and I love the belly bands and yes so adaptable to any DSP. I really love the fold that you have used and the decorations on the belly bands are gorgeous! I love your cards!
love them all and will make similar ones with other Christmas paper
Great cards to showcase designer papers and how we can be inspired to use other patterns. Very clever use of the bits and pieces from the Rustic Countdown Kit, loving that wreath. I can’t believe you made 3 of these in such little time, go you!
Lovely.
Three great cards Cathy and it’s a shame that the beautiful paper is no longer available but as you have said it your design can be used with any paper. You have managed to use some lovely elements of the countdown kit to compliment your lovely cards.
These are really beautiful, Cath. Thanks for the inspiration, for using that DSP … and adapting the design with other papers. The way you’ve teamed the kit elements with the DSP is beautiful; it really elevates the papers.
Delightful cards Cathy, and yes – very adaptable to any DSP we have at home. I really like how you have embellished with pieces of the Rustic Countdown kit – those wreaths look amazing on your belly band.