Welcome to week 6 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.
For this week’s Christmas card I’ve used the brand new Reindeer Fun bundle (Reindeer Fun stamp set and Reindeer Fun dies) and the Perennial Postage Dies to create a postage collage card.
I’ve used one of my favourite Christmas colour combinations for this card: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Shaded Spruce and Basic White.
My card base began with half a sheet of A4 cardstock folded in half, which I then trimmed down by approximately 1 cm.
TOP TIP: Trimming 1 cm off the bottom of the card is an easy hack I use when I want to use the large Stampin’ Up! dies on my card bases as the large Stampin’ Up! dies are designed to fit US card bases, which are shorter and wider than our A6 size card bases.
Five smaller Perennial Postage dies of assorted sizes were die cut from Basic White cardstock and then lightly shaded with Pool Party ink using a small blending brush.
Using the Reindeer Fun dies I die cut an assortment of cardstock pieces to decorate each panel. The foliage has been fussy cut from the large Reindeer Fun foliage frame die.
I’ve also stamped the holly leaves and holly berry stamps from the Reindeer Fun stamp set on the top left panel.
The “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamp set was stamped over two different panel pieces to make it fit. I really like splitting the sentiment as it also draws your eye around the different elements on the card.
I used my dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend to colour some Rhinestone Basic Jewels. They add a very festive touch of bling to my card. Perhaps I have gone slightly overboard with them?
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the our lovely host, 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.
The AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Crumb Cake, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
I hope you can join us then!
Inspiration, thank you, with a number of Christmas cards to produce!!!!
Lovely card, Cathy. The way you have used the Perennial Postage dies with the Reindeer Fun dies is fantastic. They each fit so well and I love the way you split the sentiment; I love doing this too!
Wow, wow, wow! Your card is adorable, Cathy. Love how you’ve grouped all the elements on the postage die cuts with (my favourite) Pool Party background. It works so well with red and green.
What a delightful card Cathy. I love this layout featuring the different sizes of Perennial Postage die cuts and how you have shaded the background before adhering the various elements.
This is adorable Cathy. So much pretty detail. I adore this colour combination as well. I forget to use these dies, so this is very inspiring!
This is too cute, Cath! I love all the details … and no, there are not too many rhinestones, LOL. The Pool Party shading on the Basic White die-cut pieces is a lovely touch, to tie in with the Pool Party card in the background. The split sentiment is very effective. You’ve used the lovely components of this bundle just beautifully.