Welcome to the 2021 edition of Heart of Christmas brought to you by the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! Team. This year, we will be showcasing all the fabulous seasonal supplies that Stampin’ Up! have on offer, on a weekly basis and in the form of a Blog Hop.
my cards:
A couple of the lovely ladies who attend my classes spoke of needing quick and simple Christmas cards. While they also love to make ‘keepsake’ cards there is a time when the number of cards required, outweighs the time available and to an extent the budget.
So, as I browsed through the July-August 2021 Mini Catalogue, I searched for that suite of products that might just meet the brief, and I settled on……
While my cards only feature the Frosted Gingerbread bundle and the Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP, the suite is worth considering as it provides you with everything you need for your Christmas crafting. There is the Memories and More card pack which can be used when scrapbooking your Christmas memories and the cutest little pillow box die that can be used for gift giving.
Each year I like to make Christmas bonbonnieres as table decorations. I fill my bonbonniere with lollies or chocolates and there is always one for everyone to take home. I try to look for something different each year and this year might just be a sweet little pillow box. They would also be perfect for the universal voucher, “cash” or a gift card. I even thought that you could make 25 of them, pop a small chocolate in them, number them, hang them on the Christmas tree and voila……you have your advent calendar and Christmas decorations all rolled into one.
card no.1:
The Gingerbread & Peppermint designer series paper is a 6″ x 6″ pack containing 48 sheets, 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. This is perfect when you need to make lots of cards. The panel was cut from a piece of DSP and the ornament diecut from another piece. I used some of the Kraft paper, also part of the suite, to diecut the scalloped circle and the sentiment is from the Christmas to Remember stamp set.
Don’t forget to stamp a coordinating image on your envelope. It adds a really nice finishing touch.
card no.2:
My second card uses another piece of DSP and another diecut. For added interest I added the scalloped diecut rectangle.
Using a suite of products means making coordinated cards is so very easy. I love that the ornament on card 1 and snowflake on card 2 match the respective designer series papers. I have made 20 plus cards using this suite so far and I still have heaps of paper left to make quite a few more.
sale-a-bration:
Our second Sale-a-Bration for 2021 has begun! Yay!!! It runs from 3 August to 30 September. When making purchases from the Annual Catalogue, the new Mini Catalogue, Collection Kits or the Clearance Rack you can earn exclusive items from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. Best part is that, you get to choose.
Level One – FREE with any $90 purchase.Select any of the Level 1 products to add to your order. You can choose between……
- Be Dazzling 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper | #156629
- Penguin Playmates DSP | #158420
- Feels Like Home | #156607
- Beautifully Penned DSP | #156630
- Peaceful Prints DSP | #156628
- Counting Sheep | #156591
- Sheep Dies | #156600
- Textures & Frames | #156616
Level Two – FREE with any $180 purchase. Select one of the two Level 2 products to add to your order. You can choose between……
- Summer Shadow Dies | #156618
- Delicate Dahlias | #156601
My current favourite Sale-A-Bration product is……
What will you choose?
Art With Heart Team | Heart of Christmas blog hop:
It’s now time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely and talented Sharon Davern. I can’t wait to see what she’s made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of Tina Gillespie who is this week’s host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. There you will find the list of all who are participating this week.
Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for stopping by this week. I hope to see you back here next Monday, when the team will have more of their inspiration and wonderful creations to share with you.
In the meantime if you would like a copy of either the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue or the July – December 2021 Mini Catalogue please contact me and I will pop one in the post for you.
Michele.
My list of products:
Ink
- Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad [147090] $13.00
- Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $13.00
- Sahara Sand Classic Stampin’ Pad [147117] $13.00
Card Stock
Tools & Adhesive
- Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50
- Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $6.00
- Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
- Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00
- Simply Shammy [147042] $14.00
- Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00
- Stamparatus [148187] $85.00
- Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
- Stampin’ Seal [152813] $14.00
Ribbon & Trim
Lovely cards Michele. Bright and fun, quick and simple designs, great for mass production.
I agree Michele SU!’s suite of products makes it so easy to create beautiful cards and even though your class ladies like quick ones these are just lovely as well
I love the real red sentiment you have used on both cards. It really pops.
What a fantastic pair of quick cards Michele – the ornament on the first one is lovely and the scalloped layer looks great on the second card. They look so yummy – I loved frosted gingerbread!
Lovely cards, Michele. This is such a great suite and you’ve done a great job to showcase it’s versatility.
Love this DSP and how you have used it in your cards Michele. I particularly like the second card and the scalloped panel coordinates do well with the DSP too.
Great cards, Michele, they are just perfect to show how our coordinating products make cardmaking so quick and easy. They are both fantastic.
Such beautiful cards, Michele! You have showcased this suite so nicely, and shown that even cards that don’t take ages to make can be really striking, and special.
Your cards are fantastic! So good for those last minute, make as many as you can cards! I especially love the first, with the strong centre line and the ornament.
Stunning cards Michele, I especially love all of the details in the bauble card
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