For week five of the 2025 Heart of Christmas blog hop I’ve made three more cards using products from the gorgeous gold foiled Traditions of Christmas Suite.
All three cards are a simple fancy fold created by cutting a sheet of A4 cardstock in half lengthways, trimming each piece of cardstock to 10.5 cm x 28cm. I scored and folded each card base at 14 cm and 21 cm.
The three different colours I’ve used for the cardstock bases all come from colours in the Traditions of Christmas Specialty DSP.
Card One – Real Red and Bubble Bath
I’ve used Bubble Bath cardstock to pick up the pink in the Traditions of Christmas Specialty DSP, die cut using the Christmas Greenery Dies, part of the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection.
Here’s what the card looks like when opened up. I’ve used the Traditional Labels dies to stamp and die cut the sentiment. There is a white panel on the back of the card for writing a message.
Card Two – Pool Party and Secret Sea
Card two picks up the two blues in the flower bouquet and the all over floral pattern DSP. Just like the first card, I’ve used embellishments from the Traditional Sparkling Sequins.
Card Three – Old Olive and Real Red
As the Old Olive DSP on the right hand side of the card is “less busy” and the all over floral design on the first two cards, I’ve moved the bunch of flowers to the other side of this card.
For all three cards I’ve lined up the position of the front sentiment label to cover the inside sentiment label. Do you have a favourite colour/design?
Take a look at some more Christmas Card inspiration on our Heart of Christmas blog hop!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Judy May. I can’t wait to see what Judy 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.
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Fresh Freesia on our Insta Hop. I hope you can join us then!
It’s week four of the 2025 Heart of Christmas blog hop and just over 13 weeks until Christmas. Have you started making your Christmas cards yet?
For this week’s card I wanted to create a card that highlighted the gorgeous variety of patterns in the Christmas Tags & More DSP while also making the sentiment as the star of the card.
The “strip technique” (I’m not sure of its official name, but this is what I call it!) is great for mass production of cards as it really maximises your DSP and is so quick and easy to create. I cut strips approximately 2 cm wide and lined them up across a panel of Basic White cardstock on a Real Red cardstock base.
The two strips on either end are pre-cut strips from the Christmas Tags & More DSP.
The word joy is stamped in Real Red using the Jolly Holly Bundle and cut out with the matching die.
To give the sentiment extra dimension, I used a blending brush to add Soft Sea Foam ink to a scrap of Basic White cardstock. I then flipped the cardstock over, traced around the joy die on the reverse side of the cardstock, and fussy cut it out by hand. This creates a soft backing layer that makes the word pop against the patterned background.
This backing layer makes the word “joy” pop against the patterned background. I also added a white heat embossed greeting “Wishing You & Yours” stamped onto Basic Black cardstock, layered onto a strip of Basic White cardstock for extra detail.
The holly and foliage were stamped in Memento Black Ink and coloured with Stampin’ Blends in Real Red and Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends.
Since there isn’t a Stampin’ Blend in Garden Green, I used a Garden GreenWatercolour Pencil add some of the darker Christmas green. The leaves and berries were then cut with the coordinating Jolly Holly dies and arranged around the sentiment for balance.
Inside the card I’ve stamped another sentiment from the Jolly Holly stamp set and added two more holly leaves coloured in to match the holly on the front of the card.
To finish the card, I adhered a few red Traditional Sparkling Sequins, the perfect way to add a little shimmer and bling without overwhelming the design.
Take a look at some more Christmas Card inspiration on our Heart of Christmas blog hop!
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.
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Flirty Flamingo on our Insta Hop. I hope you can join us then!
Are you ready for some more Christmas crafting inspiration?
It’s week three of the 2025 Heart of Christmas blog hop and our Art With Heart team have plenty more inspiration for your Christmas projects.
My Christmas card this week combines products from the Peaceful Garden Suite Collection and the Modern Christmas Suite. I love it when products from different suites work so well together!
The Ornamental Christmas dies are part of the Modern Christmas Suite and they include two large Christmas bauble dies with ornament cap dies, just perfect for showcasing beautiful patterns in DSP.
I’ve seen a few Christmas cards that have used the Bauble Blooms Dies with the Peaceful Garden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper, so I thought I’d see if it also worked with the Ornamental Christmas dies and I’m really happy with the result!
I’ve used the ornament cap dies to die cut the Peaceful Garden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Glimmer Paper, adding a touch of shimmer to my Christmas card. I had to photograph my card outside this week to capture the glimmer – I think this photo shows it the best.
Such a pretty card deserves a handmade envelope, so I made one using the Peaceful Garden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper .
The “Happy Christmas” sentiment is stamped in Secret Sea using a sentiment from a gorgeous stamp set called the Gift of Joy Stamp Set.
Take a look at some more Christmas Card inspiration on our Heart of Christmas blog hop!
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.
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Early Espresso on our Insta Hop. I hope you can join us then!
It’s week two of the 2025 Heart of Christmas blog hop and hopefully our Art With Heart team will provide you with plenty more inspiration for your Christmas projects.
This week I’ve created two gatefold cards using products from the Peaceful Garden Suite Collection. One is a vertical gatefold card and the other is a horizontal gatefold card.
This is the template I’ve created to show you how I made two gatefold cards from one sheet of Misty Moonlight cardstock. For both cards I’ve designed the fold so it reveals the middle of the inside layer of the card, even when the card is closed.
All of the DSP, glimmer foil, embellishments, sentiments and ribbon used on both these cards comes from the Peaceful Garden Suite, which you’ll find in the September – December 2025 Catalogue.
Card 1 – Vertical Gatefold Card
This starry Secret Sea/Cloud Cover DSP is my favourite DSP design from the Peaceful Garden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper and it pairs perfectly with the other Cloud Cover DSP I’ve used for the inside sentiment and the side layering piece with the doves.
I have to admit I had originally stamped the sentiment directly onto the inside Basic White cardstock panel, however I accidentally smudged some ink so I covered it up with a strip of DSP and I really like the effect!
For both cards I’ve die cut the Peaceful Garden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Glimmer Paper using the star dies from the Peace on Earth Bundle to create my embellishments.
The other die I love in this bundle is the tiny envelope die that fits in the doves’ mouths. I die cut it from Cloud cover cardstock for card one.
Here’s what the card looks like when you open it up. I simply used a single glue dot to hold closed the side layering piece with the doves.
Card 2 – Horizontal Gatefold Card with a Belly Band
Card two has exactly the same measurements for the card base as card one, however it has been flipped vertically and a belly band has been added to secure it closed.
I created the belly band using a strip of cloud cover cardstock and a length of the Misty Moonlight & Silver Edged 1/2″ (1.3 cm) Ribbon from the Peaceful Garden Suite,
Here’s what the card looks like on the inside with the belly band removed.
For both cards I stamped the sentiments in Secret Sea, sometimes just partially stamping the “Peace, Love & Joy” sentiment to make it fit into my design.
Take a look at some more Christmas Card inspiration on our Heart of Christmas blog hop!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan. I can’t wait to see what Kate 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.
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Daffodil Delight on our Insta Hop. I hope you can join us then!
Our Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas team are back for 2025 and hoping to provide plenty of inspiration for the next sixteen weeks with our Heart of Christmas blog hop!
In just two days time the new September – December 2025 Mini Catalogue (AKA the Christmas Catty), the September Online Exclusives and three new kits are being released.
My two cards for week 1 use dies from the Annual Catalogue as well as products from the September Online Exclusives: the Modern Christmas Suite collection and the Elegant Pine Snowflake suite.
Both cards use the foiled gold star pattern from this gorgeous Modern Christmas 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Party Alphabet Dies to die cut gold foil letters.
Card 1 – Noel
When creating the square gold foil mat under the DSP layer I like to use large dies to cut our the inside of the foil layer so I don’t waste all that foil. Look at how much foil I have left over!
Both cards have foliage embellishments created using the Delicate Pines Bundle, another Online Exclusive being released on September 3.
If you take a close look at my cards you can see I’ve used the berry die (it cuts six tiny berries at once) to embellish the middle of the gold heat embossed foliage pieces.
The black and gold twine for the bow is from the Black & White & Gold Bakers Twine pack, part of the Modern Christmas Suite. It’s a bit hard to see in these photos, but it is just the perfect finishing touch in real life.
Card 2 – Joy
Card two uses all the same products as card one with th exception of the twine. Instead of the black & gold twine I’ve used the Gold Striped 3/8″ (1 cm) Mesh Ribbon.
While the Party Alphabet dies are perfect for banners, home decor pieces and scrapbooking, they are also fabulous for modern and graphic cards.
Words such as “Joy”, “Noel”, “Happy”, “Hi”, “Hugs” , “Love”, “Merry” and more can be cut using these dies to create hi impact cards.
I haven’t forgotten the inside of the cards. I’ve gold heat embossed two of the sentiments from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set. The Ornamental Christmas stamp set is part of the Ornamental Christmas Bundle in the Modern Christmas Suite (online exclusive).
Take a look at some more Christmas Card inspiration on our Heart of Christmas blog hop!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan. I can’t wait to see what Kate 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.
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Crushed Curry on our InstaHop. I hope you can join us then!
This week we’re showcasing my favourite Stampin’ Up! colours–Crumb Cake–and I’m also taking the opportunity to showcase one of my favorite stamp sets (now on the last chance list): Humble Home.
This versatile stamp set has been massively reduced to $10.50, so if it’s not already in your collection, now’s the time to add it to your next order before it is gone!
I deliberately kept my colour combination neutral this week because as Crumb Cake is so versatile and it works with every single colour it often plays second fiddle to other colours. By pairing it back to just two colours (with a touch of gold) Crumb Cake really shines.
One Design – Two Cards
Just like my Coastal Cabana cards last week, I’ve used the one card sketch to create two different cards. Both cards use the stunning Nests of Winter DSP for the top panel of the card and one of the Spotlight on Nature dies has been used to die cut the circle behind the focal image.
This time I kept the layout and orientation the same, simply swapping out where I placed the Crumb Cake and the Basic White.
Card one has Basic White card base and I’ve heat embossed the focal home image and the sentiment in white onto Crumb Cake card stock.
The twine is the Crumb Cake twine from the The Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack and the white dots are from the Neutral Matte Dots.
Card two has a Crumb Cake card base and the sentiment and the focal home image are stamped in Crumb Cake.
The twine and embellishments are a sneak peek at new products from the September – December catalogue (Traditional Sparkling Sequins) and Online Exclusives (Black & White & Gold Bakers Twine), both available September 3.
Take a look at some more Crumb Cake inspiration on our Insta Hop!
Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects!
Simply copy any of the Insta handles below into a new search window to follow the Instagram hop at any point.
Next in our Hop is Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss . Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop is listed below:
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Andrea @andreaksargent
Kate @craftwithkate
Rosa @hum.and.stamp
Claire @clairedalycreates
Sharon @sharondaverncreates
Helen @apaperparadise
Vicki @vickiboucher
Leanne @createwithleanne2
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing Crushed Curry.
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Starting Monday 1st September (that’s right, it’s next Monday night!) our Heart of Christmas blog hop will be returning for 2025. This hop is a traditional blog hop (not an Instahop) so you can follow along by reading my blog.
The blog hop will go live at 8pm (EAST) every Monday night for 16 weeks.
Welcome to our last Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2024!
My simple stamping Christmas card was also made for the “Forest Friends” challenge for Day 25 of the 30 Days of Christmas card making challenge.
I’ve created a monochrome Christmas card that uses a large background stamp set, the Graceful Deer Stamp Set, which I’ve stamped in Pecan Pie.
Would you believe (apart from the sentiment) I’ve only used one stamp to create this forest scene?
A large background stamp like Graceful Deer Stamp Set is ideal for when you need a production line of Christmas cards.
Although I’ve added a few gold snowflake embellishments and some gold twisted thread I could also have simply stamped the image and left it at that!
The “Just for you” sentiment is from the Hang an Ornament Stamp Set, heat embossed in white.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Christine Blain. I can’t wait to see the project Christine 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 has done an amazing job of hosting our Heart of Christmas blog every Monday. Thank you so much Sharon for organising our Christmas blog hop once again xx
Our AWH team will be back on Wednesday night, showcasing Lemon lime Twist. I hope you can join us then!
Welcome to week 16 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.
My quick and easy Christmas card was also made for a sketch challenge for Day 18 of the 30 Days of Christmas card making challenge. This is the sketch.
Stampin’ Up! have the most wonderful Mix & Match Ephemera Packs in the Christmas catalogue.
For this card I’ve used the pre-cut row of trees, the house scene and some gold stars from the Joyful Images Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.
These ephemera packs are designed to work well with the Gold Dipped Mix & Match Cards and Envelopes.
The gold heat embossed “Love from our home to yours” is from the Peaceful Season stamp set. I thought this was the perfect sentiment to go with the house.
These Mix & Match Ephemera Packs are my go to for when I need to make quick and easy cards. You get two sheets of each design for just $16.75!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Claire Daly. I can’t wait to see the project Claire 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 Highland Heather, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
Welcome to week 13 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.
The Snowy Scenes Suite collection has so many different elements to play with I ended up creating two cards instead of one for tonight’s blog hop. Although they use the same layout, the colours are very different, drawn from the different DSP designs.
Card one features the soft Petal Pink paper from the Snowy Scenes DSP and the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder.
The Merry Christmas sentiment is created in Petal Pink, white and black, using stamps and dies from the Peaceful Season Bundle.
The snowman has been shaded using the light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blend with a tiny touch of Poppy Parade for the nose.
The colour scheme for card two is Pool Party and Garden Green, this time drawing inspiration from a different design in the Snowy Scenes DSP. The embossing folder is the crosshatch design from the Basics 3D Embossing Folders.
The large square label die from the Peaceful Season dies has slots that are designed for ribbon to be threaded through. I’ve cut a length of the Pool Party Pompom Ribbon to thread though the label. How cute is this ribbon!
Instead of a snowman as the focal image, for this card I’ve stamped and die cut an assortment of trees in Pool Party and Garden Green, arranging them onto the Peaceful Season’s label. I’ve also stamped a few snowflakes and added Rhinestone Basic Jewels.
The “Joy & Love to You” sentiment and label are stamped and die cut using the Peaceful Season Bundle bundle.
So, which design do you prefer? Although I’m more of a blue and a green girl, I actually think the lighter and less dominant Petal Pink DSP works better to make the focal image and sentiment really pop.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Judy May. I can’t wait to see the project Judy 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 Gorgeous Grape, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
Welcome to week 12 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.
Warning – if you only like traditional Christmas cards in traditional colours, please turn away now! My card this week is very sparkly and definitely not traditional at all, but it features a super cool technique I had never heard of before and you might like to learn about too!
On a Facebook live last week, Stampin’ Up’s Sara Douglass demonstrated how to heat emboss glimmer paper. I had no idea glimmer paper could be heat embossed, but the technique is exactly the same as heat embossing any other type of paper.
Both Sara and I used the Decorative Trees bundle for our projects.
I decided to use the Petunia Pop and Pretty in Pink glimmer papers from the 2024–2026 In Color Glimmer Specialty Paper pack, heat embossed with white embossing powder. I layered my three trees over this delightful “bokeh effect” DSP pattern from the Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper.
In addition to heat embossing I used the die inlay technique for the middle tree. This is where you die cut twice, laying the negative image from one colour inside the postive die cut image in a different colour.
As you can see in the photos above and below, the negative pieces create another die inlay tree I can use on another card.
The white heat embossed sentiment also comes from the Decorative Tree stamp set, stamped onto a strip of Petunia Pop card stock. Can you see the delightful sparkle this glimmer paper has?
The outside photo gives you a better idea of just how sparkly these glimmer papers are!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan. I can’t wait to see the project Kate 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 Garden Green, or you can enjoy some more Heart of Christmas inspiration next Monday night.
