The challenge for Day 23 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch we are following.
Combining fussy cut and die cut images from the Snowy Wonder and Reindeer Fun Designer Series Papers to create a Christmas snow globe scene. The Pool Party background layer DSP is from the Nests of Winter DSP.
I love this colour combination of Pool Party, Real Red and Garden Green! If you look very closely you’ll see there’s also a touch of Early Espresso (the stick arms) and even Pumpkin Pie (the carrot nose).
The two sparkly white snowflake embellishments are die cut from the white glimmer paper in the Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper using the Snowy wonder die cuts.
The red embellishments are Basic Rhinestone Jewels coloured using a read Red Stampin’ Blend.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card and the final AWH Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2024!
The challenge for Day 22 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is a colour combination: Soft Lavender, Midnight Blue and Silver.
I’ve chosen Night of Navy, Fresh Freesia and Silver Foil for my Christmas card.
The Grove Dies were used to die cut night of Navy card stock to create the forest frame and to die cut the two deer from silver foil.
The background DSP with the touch of Fresh Freesia comes from the Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper. I’ve used this stunning watercolour scene.
The silver heat embossed sentiment comes from the Peaceful Season stamp set. I’ve only used the first half of the sentiment.
To do this I’ve covered the parts of the sentiment I don’t want to use with a Post It note, stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and then carefully removed the Post It note BEFORE stamping the sentiment onto the Night of Navy cardstock and heat embossing it.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card and the final AWH Heart of Christmas blog hop for 2024!
The challenge for Day 21 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is “First Snowflake”.
I’ve used my favourite Christmas stamp set, Yuletide Village, the Frosted Forest dies and the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder to create this winter village scene.
The stamped images have been coloured using Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends before being fussy cut with Paper Snips.
The gorgeous “Let it Snow” sentiment is from the Sophisticated Sled Stamp Set.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
The challenge for Day 20 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is a tricky one: “Ugly Sweater”.
I don’t own a sweater stamp and I live in Australia where it is hot at Christmas time so I decided to make an “Ugly Christmas rashies” card instead!
A rashie is our slang word for a rash vest, a swimming top we wear to protect our skin from the sun or from the rash you get when riding a surfboard. And yes we do wear “ugly rashies” on the beach at Christmas time!
To make my rash vests I used the Cutest Onesie Stamp Set and drew a line across the bottom of the stamp before fussy cutting them out with paper snips.
I then stamped the rashies with stamps from the Snowy Wonder Stamp set and coloured them in using Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends.
The letters are die cut using the Mini Alphabet dies. These are great for when you want to make your own sentiment.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
Welcome to week thirty of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Highland Heather, a light purple from the Subtles family and I love the way this soft and feminine Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper combines Highland Heather with Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce and many other colours.
I always need birthday cards so I’ve stamped the “Happy Birthday” sentiment (from the Translucent Florals Stamp Set) in Highland Heather onto a Basic White label die cut using a die from the Perennial Postage dies.
I’ve used the matching Painted Lavender Stamp Set and Painted Lavender dies to create this sweet bunch of lavender.
To add additional colours to my lavender stems I stamped onto Highland Heather before stamping off once onto a piece of scrap. Then I used a sponge dauber to add touches of Gorgeous Grape and Highland BEFORE I stamped on Basic White Cardstock.
The Shaded Spruce Marker from the Regals Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment added the green stems to the lavender before die cutting.
A double bow of linen thread and a few Highland Heather gems from the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems were the finishing touch!
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 at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday 27th November, showcasing Lemon Lime Twist or you can join us on Monday night for some more Christmas inspiration.
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.
The challenge for Day 17 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is a colour challenge: Powder Pink, Plum and Teal Blue.
The Stampin’ Up! colours I’ve used for this colour challenge are Pretty Peacock, Pretty in Pink and Berry Burst. I’ve adhered strips of cardstock in these colours to a layer of Basic White cardstock before embossing with Eyelet Folder.
I’ve stamped the word “Joyful” in black using the Classic Letter stamp set, adding dots of Gold Metallic Enamel Effects add a touch of dimension and sparkle.
The curved greenery from the Classic Letters stamp set is stamped in Pretty Peacock and the holly stamp is from the Reindeer Fun stamp set, stamped in Pretty Peacock that has been stamped off once.
Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins in Melon Mambo and a double bow of Iridescent Striped Trim and Gold Twisted Thread finish off the card.
I’ll be back tomorrow blog hopping with the AWH Heart “Heart of Christmas” team and another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
The challenge for Day 16 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is Mistletoe Magic.
This quick and easy card features a die cut mistletoe from the A Little Bit Festive Specialty DSP.
I’ve placed the mistletoe on a die cut piece of Basic White card stock and a layer of Garden Green striped DSP from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper.
Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels and a bow of Twisted Gold thread add the finishing touch.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
We’re halfway through the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge and the challenge for Day 15 is “Twinkle Twinkle”.
I’ve combined something old (the Merriest Tree stamp set & dies and the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder) with something new (the Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Brushed Silver & Gold Foil Specialty Paper) to make today’s Christmas card.
The “Twinkle, Twinkle” element of my card is the lovely stars that top each tree, decorate the gold foil tree and are scattered on the embossed background. These are all created using Merriest Tree dies to die cut Brushed Gold Foil Specialty Paper with an adhesive sheet attached to turn the die cuts into stickers.
I’ve also used the adhesive backed gold foil to die cut strings of lights for the tree on the right and for the baubles on the middle tree. A strip of striped DSP from the Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper finishes off the bottom of the card.
I’ll be tomorrow I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
The challenge for Day 14 of the 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge is “Christmas Morning”.
I’m sure my Christmas beach scene is not what most people think of when they think Christmas morning!
However, I’m incredibly lucky to live in Australia at the beach and I have the most beautiful Christmas tradition of spending Christmas morning at the beach with my friends. It’s such a wonderful way to start the day. My family then do a Christmas patrol at our beach, South Curl Curl Surf Life Saving club.
To create a card that truly reflects my Christmas morning I’ve added some festive elements to a beach scene that I created using the Beach Day dies.
The palm tree has a Christmas cardinal sticker and a sprig of holly from the Reindeer Days Memories & More pack.
But my favourite festive touch would have to be the Christmas patterned surfboards, duie cut from the Reindeer Days DSP!
What does your Christmas morning look like? Is it hot like mine or cold and cosy?
I’ll be tomorrow I’ll be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card.
