AWH Heart of Christmas Week 10

 

Welcome to Week 10 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. I will however be taking a couple of weeks off after this blog as we go to visit family in Queensland. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.

For my card this week I have taken a large jump away from the Neutral cards of the past couple of weeks and gone for a soft pink card this week.

 

My starting point was to grab some white card along with Barely Blush, Strawberry Slush and Melon Mambo ink pads and some Blending Brushes. Starting with the palest of the pinks first and graduating down the white card to the mid and then on to  the strongest colour. 

 

I then die cut three of the larger  trees using the  die from Holly Jolly Branches and two of the smaller trees. Garlands of Silver embossing were then added to the body of the larger trees. These were then adhered to a piece of white card, that had been dry embossed using the Softly Woven 3D Embossing folder, using Dimensionals. Prior to dry embossing the card some of the stars from the Holly Jolly Branches stamp set were embossed in Silver. 

I apologise for the clarity of this photo. It looks like the embossing is "grubby"but it's not.

A couple of the deers from the Welcome Noel dies were die cut from Silver Foil and added to the base of the trees. 

This panel was then adhered to a piece of the Barely Blush Gingham Gallery Designer Series Paper and finally Barely Blush card. 

 

The sentiment also from Holly Jolly Branches was stamped in Strawberry Slush on white card and die cut using the die from the Holly Branches dies. A piece of the blended card used for the trees was also die cut using the same die and popped behind the sentiment panel.  

 

For the inside of the card another blended tree was added along with the bundle of gifts, from Holly Jolly Branches, stamped in Melon Mambo and die cut. 

 Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Andrea Sargent. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.  

 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to this week's lovely host, Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 9

 

Welcome to Week 9 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.

This week's card features many of the products from the Neutral Noel Suite of products. 

 

 

My starting point for this card was to die cut three arches using the Everyday Arches dies, one in Mossy Meadow card, one in Gold Foil and the smallest using Neutral Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper featuring pine trees. These were then layered on top of each other.

Next one of the houses from the Welcome Noel dies was cut using Basic Beige card. I also cut only the outline of the house using Gold foil card and mounted the Basic Beige detailed house on top to make it look like the lights were on in the house, and shining through the windows.  A wreath cut from Mossy Meadow card was added above the door as well as a gold Adhesive Backed Metallic Gem.

 

The house was then mounted onto the Pine tree paper using Dimensionals. A couple of Reideer cut from Pecan Pie card were also added.I have also added some Mossy Meadow Pine fronds using the largest die from Noel Tidings, and cutting sections of it.   

All of this was then mounted onto a piece of Basic Beige card that has been dry embossed using the Swirls of Magic Embossing folder. 

 

The sentiment also from Noel Tidings has been stamped in Mossy Meadow onto Basic Beige card and then die cut with one of the Noel Tidings dies. A separate piece has been cut using Gold foil card and added to the ends. 

All of this has then been mounted onto a piece of Texture and Tone Designer Series Paper featuring Mossy Meadow stripes.

 

The theme has been continued onto the inside of the card with a strip of the Texture and Tone paper, along with a Pine tree stamped in Mossy Meadow and die cut. For cuteness another reindeer has been added. The star on top of the tree is from the Christmas Epoxy Shapes. 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Helen Reeve. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.  

 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to this week's lovely host,  Judy May.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 8

 

Welcome to Week 8 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.

This week's card features the Festive Cheer bundle which is an Online Exclusive, along with the colour combination of Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Beige. 

I started by stamping a couple of the ornaments in Cherry Cobbler onto Basic Beige card and then die cut using the matching Festive Cheer dies. I have also die cut the ornament top and bows in Cherry Cobbler card. Its best to adhere the card to Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets to make it easier to adhere to the base. I have also used the adhesive sheets for the gold ornament strings. 

 

The pine fronds have been die cut using the Festive Cheer die and Mossy Meadow card  and the branches using Pecan Pie card. The berries have been cut using the die from Festive Cheer and red Timeless Metallic Specialty DSP. Once again Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets have helped. 

The greeting also from the Festive Cheer stamp set has been embossed in gold onto Mossy Meadow card and then cut using one of the Nested Essentials dies. All of this has then been adhered to Basic Beige card that has been dry embossed using the Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and then adhered to a piece of A Little Christmas Designer Series Paper. 

 

A couple of Metallic Adhesive gems have been adhered to the centre of each of the ornaments.

 

I have continued the same theme on the inside of the card with another strip of the DSP, a small piece of pine fond and a Cherry Cobbler ornament. The envelope has also been decorated with a piece of the same A Little Christmas DSP. 

 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Kate Morgan. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation. 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to this week's lovely host, Judy May.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 7

 

Welcome to Week 7 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.

This week's card features the latest Product of the Month, the Shining Stars dies, which you can purchase this month for only $9 AUD when you spend $125 AUD. I actually think it is one of the best Product of the Month's we have had so far. 

A piece of the "reverse" side of one of the sheets from the A Stitched Season Designer Series Paper has been adhered to a piece of white card to form the base of the card.

Another smaller piece of white card has been embossed using the Swirls of Magic Embossing folder. I have then used the Shining Stars dies and Neutral Noel Specialty DSP to die cut the largest and second smallest stars. The star in between these two has been die cut using Timeless Metallic Specialty DSP in gold.

 

The smallest star on top and the sentiment have been created using Magical Christmas Hot Foil die with Gold foil and back card. It's actually quite hard to photograph.

 

Finally a couple of Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems have been added for a bit of bling.

For the inside of the card I have continued with the black and gold theme, with a small strip of black card and a small strip of the Gold Timeless Specialty DSP along with a couple more of the Gold Hot Foiled stars. A matching envelope has been created using some more of the A Stitched Season DSP. 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Andrea Sargent. Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.   

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host,  Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 6

 

Welcome to Week 6 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.  

 

 The inspiration for this week's card came from a sample in the current catalogue on page 46. The second card down in particular.

My starting point was to colour one of the Detailed Wreath Accents in Peaceful Pine and Real Red. I then stamped two of the houses from the Welcome Noel bundle, one in Pecan Pie and the other in Calypso Coral onto Basic Beige card. These were then die cut using the dies from the matching set.

These were then all mounted onto a piece of Basic Beige card that had been embossed using the Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder and then die cut using one of the Noel Tidings dies. 

Some of the Neutrals Jute in Pecan Pie was popped behind the die cut oval. 

The sentiment stamped in Peaceful Pine onto Basic Beige card is from the Noel Tidings set. This was also die cut using the coordinating die. 

All of this was then adhered to a piece of Peaceful Pine Gingham Gallery Designer Series Paper (an Online Exclusive) and finally onto Basic Beige card. I've added a few In Colour Dots in Peaceful Pine to the front as well.

 

For the inside of the card I have continued with a strip of the Gingham DSP.

 

The greeting, from the Stitched Stockings stamp set has been stamped in Peaceful Pine. I have also added a larger tree than the one on the front of the card, but still from the Welcome Noel bundle, stamped in Peaceful Pine onto Basic Beige card. I've added a star using the Timeless Metallic Specialty Designer Series Paper. 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Andrea Sargent . Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.  

 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host, Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

AWH Heart of Christmas Week 5

 

 

Welcome to Week 5 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.  

 

You may recall that for last week's card I used the arch in the Twinkling Tidings Hot Foil dies to create my card. Well this left me with the embossed card surround and this has been sitting on my craft desk all week so I decided to create a sort of "looking through a window" scene, as if you were looking through an arched window. 

The night sky has been created using Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy inks and blending brushes. To create the falling snowflakes I have used our relatively new White Gel pens.

The houses and background trees have been die cut using the Welcome Noel dies. Before cutting the houses, they were stamped in Pecan Pie on White card.

Its a bit hard to see but I have "coloured" the tree tops and foreground to look like snow using Wink of Stella. It is very hard to photograph but this might give you an idea.

 The greeting has been created using the Magical Christmas Hot Foil die with Gold foil onto Misty Moonlight card. I had some leftover Gold Timeless Metallic Specialty Paper with adhesive sheets attached, from last week, so I have used this to die cut the stars.

 I have kept the iside simple by just mounting a piece of white card onto a piece of the Whispering Woods DSP and stamping the greeting from Noel Tidings in Misty Moonlight. Finally adding another gold star. This time a gold foiled one.

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Andrea Sargent . Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation. 

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host, Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa

 

 

AWH Heart of Christmas 2026 Week 4

 

Welcome to Week 4 of the Art With Heart, Heart of Christmas blog hop. I will be doing my best to partake in as many as possible over the next couple of months as it's a great way to get a head start before the festive season is upon us. 

This year we will be hopping weekly, so hopefully we can provide you with some festive inspiration. Our host for this year's blog hop is the lovely Sharon Davern.  

 

For this weeks hop I am featuring one of the new Hot Foil bundles, Twinkling Tidings as well as a new Embossing folder, Swirls of Magic. 

Apiece of white card has been dry embossed using the Swirls of Magic folder and then die cut using the Arch die from the Twinkling Tidings Hot Foil Dies. This has then been mounted onto a piece of Timeless Christmas Designer Series Paper and then onto a piece of Peaceful Pine card. 

The tree is a two step stamp using Peaceful Pine and Soft Seafoam ink and then die cut. For the basket I have used Pecan Pie and Early Espresso inks.

 

The super cute presents under the tree and the baubles hanging from the tree are from the Christmas Epoxy Shapes. For the garland on the tree I have used the Timeless Metallic Specialty Designer Series paper along with some adhesive sheets. The die is also from the Twinkling Tidings dies. The star atop of the tree has also been done in the same manner.

The sentiment is also from Twinkling Tidings and has been Hot Foiled in gold on white card.

 

For the inside of the card I have used another piece of the Timeless Christmas paper and mounted it onto Poppy Parade card. The sentiment is from Noel Tidings and stamped in Poppy Parade.

 

Next on tonight's blog hop is the lovely Claire Daly . Click on the button below and it should take you to her blog where you can see her lovely Festive creation.

If the button link is not working or you would like to see the entire list of participants go to our lovely host, Sharon Davern.

If you live in Australia and would like to know more about Stampin' Up! or to purchase products from me then click on my Facebook button above and send me a message and I would be more than happy to help.

Enjoy your week.

Theresa