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