Christmas Archives - What Cathy Made https://whatcathymade.com.au/category/christmas/ Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:46:14 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Heart of Christmas Week Five https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-five-2/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-five-2/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=15981 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 […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-five-2/feed/ 5 Heart of Christmas Week Four https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-four/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-four/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=15939 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 […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-four/feed/ 5 Early Espresso Country Christmas Card https://whatcathymade.com.au/early-espresso-weekend-adventures-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/early-espresso-weekend-adventures-christmas-card/#respond Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=15923 This week the Art With Heart team is showcasing Early Espresso, the richest brown in the Stampin’ Up! Neutrals family. I love how this deep, warm neutral can work as a strong base colour while also adding contrast and depth to lighter shades. For this card I’ve paired Early Espresso with softer colours: Pool Party, […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/early-espresso-weekend-adventures-christmas-card/feed/ 0 Heart of Christmas Week Three https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-three-2/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-three-2/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=15893 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 […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-three-2/feed/ 4 Heart of Christmas Week Two https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-two-2/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-two-2/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=15850 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 […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-two-2/feed/ 4 Heart of Christmas Week One https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-one/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-one/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:59:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=15756 Welcome to the 2025 Heart of Christmas blog hop! 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 […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/heart-of-christmas-week-one/feed/ 6 AWH Heart of Christmas Night Divine Christmas Card https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-night-divine-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-night-divine-christmas-card/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:57:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=13113 I’ve been missing in action the past month, but I was determined to join in the hop this week as it is the very last Heart of Christmas hop for the year. Sharon has done an amazing job hosting our Christmas blog. Thank you Sharon! After attempting to make a fancy fold that did not […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-night-divine-christmas-card/feed/ 8 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 8 Christmas Letters https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-8-christmas-letters/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-8-christmas-letters/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 02:17:59 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=13046 The challenge for Day 8 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is called ‘Christmas Letters’. I’ve used the gorgeous letter box from the Stamped with Love Stamp Set, stamped in versmark onto Real Red card stock and heat embossed with gold emboss powder. The Joy of Noel Dies were used to die cut Garden Green and Old Olive cardstock […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-8-christmas-letters/feed/ 0 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 2 Frosty Air https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-2-frosty-air/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-2-frosty-air/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 02:40:02 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12976 The challenge for Day 2 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is ‘Frosty Air’. Can you get any more frosty than a family of polar bears relaxing on an ice shelf with snowflakes falling? This simple, no stamping card uses the Stargazing Designer Series Paper for the frosty sky and a card from the Beary Christmas Memories & […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-2-frosty-air/feed/ 0 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2023 – Day 1 Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-1-shining-brightly-specialty-designer-series-paper/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-1-shining-brightly-specialty-designer-series-paper/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 05:06:37 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12942 The #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is a global challenge hosted by UK Artisan Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Martin Stone, and the challenge for Day 1 is “Shining Bright”. I’ve taken today’s challenge very literally, creating a Night of Navy and Gold card that uses the Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper, Adhesive Backed star trinkets, Alphabet a la Mode […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2023-day-1-shining-brightly-specialty-designer-series-paper/feed/ 0 AWH Heart of Christmas Beary Christmas Memories & More Christmas Cards https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-beary-christmas-memories-more-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-beary-christmas-memories-more-christmas-card/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2023 08:56:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12847 Your Christmas countdown continues – it’s exactly 10 weeks today until Christmas Day! I’ve been missing in action the past few weeks, so I’m super excited to be back this week with a couple of super quick and easy ‘no stamping’ cards that use the Beary Christmas Memories & More Card Pack. At just $17.50 […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-beary-christmas-memories-more-christmas-card/feed/ 8 Early Espresso Perched in a Tree Christmas Card https://whatcathymade.com.au/early-espresso-perched-in-a-tree-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/early-espresso-perched-in-a-tree-christmas-card/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:56:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12770 Welcome to week twenty two of our Art With Heart 2023-24 Colour Creations blog hop! This week we are showcasing Early Espresso, a a rich dark brown from the neutrals family. Early Espresso is a wonderful neutral that really makes other colours pop. It’s also fabulous for wood and nature themed cards, like the Christmas […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/early-espresso-perched-in-a-tree-christmas-card/feed/ 4 AWH Heart of Christmas Radiant Light Fancy Fold Christmas Card https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-radiant-light-fancy-fold-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-radiant-light-fancy-fold-christmas-card/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:46:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12746 Your Christmas countdown continues – it’s exactly three months or 13 weeks today until Christmas Day! This week’s Christmas card is a fancy fold card – I’m not 100% sure of the name, however think it could be called a peek a boo flap card? Here’s a short video to show you how it works. […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-radiant-light-fancy-fold-christmas-card/feed/ 6 AWH Heart of Christmas Week 6 https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-week-6/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-week-6/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:56:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12661 Your Christmas countdown continues – it’s 15 weeks today until Christmas Day! This week’s Christmas card couldn’t be simpler. I’ve used the new Fragrant Forest stamp – a background stamp that’s quite frankly just too gorgeous to cover up! I’ve stamped this stamp in Mossy Meadow onto Basic White cardstock adding a Mossy Meadow Sentiment […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-week-6/feed/ 7 AWH Heart of Christmas Week 5 https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-week-5/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-week-5/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12618 Your Christmas countdown continues – it’s 16 weeks today until Christmas Day! And in even more exciting news, it’s only two days until the Stampin’ Up! September December Mini Catalogue goes live and you can purchase the Merry & Bright bundle. Sometimes the dies in a bundle can be overlooked if they don’t have a […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/awh-heart-of-christmas-week-5/feed/ 8 Stampin’ Up! Joy Of Noel Christmas Card https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-joy-of-noel-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-joy-of-noel-christmas-card/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:56:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12555 The Christmas countdown continues – it’s 18 weeks today until Christmas Day! Have you started making Christmas cards yet? This week I was short of time so I’m following the example of my friend, Tina Gillespie, by creating a 20 minute card. It was this beautiful One Horse Open Sleigh 6″ x 6″ DSP that also […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-joy-of-noel-christmas-card/feed/ 10 Stampin’ Up! Christmas Kits https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-christmas-kits/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-christmas-kits/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:58:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=12512 The Christmas countdown continues – it’s 19 weeks today until Christmas Day! Have you started making Christmas cards yet? Tonight I’m sharing some ideas on ways to use some of the Stampin’ Up! Christmas kits as they are all discounted for the month of August, so now’s the perfect time to purchase a Christmas kit. […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-christmas-kits/feed/ 8 Five ways to use the Stampin’ Up! Christmas cracker & treat dies https://whatcathymade.com.au/five-ways-to-use-the-stampin-up-christmas-cracker-treat-dies/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/five-ways-to-use-the-stampin-up-christmas-cracker-treat-dies/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:56:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=10827 Welcome to week nineteen of the Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop! My project this week uses a set of dies from the Annual Catalogue that you may well have overlooked – the Cracker and Treat box dies. This set of dies includes the cracker die, five labels, two tags, and dies for small hearts and […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/five-ways-to-use-the-stampin-up-christmas-cracker-treat-dies/feed/ 5 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge 2022 – Day 7 “Winter Sunset” Christmas card https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2022-day-7-winter-sunset-christmas-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2022-day-7-winter-sunset-christmas-card/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 06:56:26 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=10843 Day 7 of the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge is a “Winter Sunset” card. This card certainly was a challenge for me! I have to confess that living in Australia I have never seen a winter sunset in the Northern Hemisphere, so perhaps this scene looks more like the Northern Lights? It was fun to get inky fingers for […]

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]]> https://whatcathymade.com.au/30-day-christmas-card-making-challenge-2022-day-7-winter-sunset-christmas-card/feed/ 0 Stampin’ Up! Framed & Festive Christmas Season Holly Card https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-framed-festive-christmas-season-holly-card/ https://whatcathymade.com.au/stampin-up-framed-festive-christmas-season-holly-card/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:56:00 +0000 https://whatcathymade.com.au/?p=10699 Welcome to week eighteen of the Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop! From tomorrow, November 1, the Fitting Florets Collection from the upcoming January – June Mini Catalogue will be available to order and it includes two products only available for limited time: the Framed & Festive Stamp Set and the Fitting Florets DSP. The Framed […]

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