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 card:
My mission over the past couple of weeks has been to create cards that look good but are simple to recreate in larger numbers. Christmas is a time when we need a larger number of cards at the ready. I also sell my cards at a craft market (when Covid allows) and so I do need to cater for a range of people’s preferences in regards to style. Some people like very elaborate cards for special people in their lives or people who may live far away. Others like simple designs and lots of them for letterbox drops to neighbours or to give to people with whom they work. Others still, want gift card holders or special cards for their favourite little people.
Today’s card uses the fabulous Candy Canes background stamp. It is a simple design, one I use often, but the result is still a great little card.
The lovely diagonal striped designer series paper is from Gingerbread & Peppermint.
After stamping out the Candy Canes in Real Red on Basic White, I diecut it out using one of the scalloped dies from the Scalloped Contours set. I then used a blending brush and Real Red to shade around the edges. The edges of the DSP were also inked using Old Olive and a sponge dauber and the greeting is from the Christmas to Remember stamp set. A stamped and diecut sprig of holly and berries is the final touch.
How fabulous is this set of greetings? Not only is the font terrific, the greeting themselves are so usable and just plain lovely! Exactly the sort of thing that I want to say when I send a Christmas card to a friend or family member.
This set comes in a bundle with the gorgeous Christmas Pinecones dies, but as a stand alone set it is a must have. It also works back perfectly with the label dies in the Christmas Season bundle.
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……
I love that this paper works back with the gorgeous Hand-Penned suite from the Annual Catalogue.
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 Christine Blain. 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 Sharon Davern 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
Card Stock
Tools & Adhesive
Great design, Michele. I love that Real Red blending around the scalloped edge of the candy canes, it almost looks pink – my favourite colour for a non traditional Christmas colour.
I absolutely love how you’ve sponged around the edge of the card cane panel. It looks amazing!! A really wonderful card.
Love how you have used the candy cane background stamp here and how this card can easily be mass produced.
Such a lovely card Michele. Nice idea to use the blending brushes to add some softness. Real Red can be quite bold otherwise
Oh wow, that candy cane stamp looks amazing die cut as the focus of your card, and beautiful soft blending with the brushes. Even though this is a simple design, it will look great with the variety of SU patterned papers!
What a cool card! I like how you have used the Candy Cane background stamp and I love a little bit of blending as well that looks fabulous! Great card!
Love that Candy Cane background stamp Michele and especially how you have blended Real Red around the edges and on top.
Such a fabulous card layout, Michele. The candy cane stamp works so well the striped DSP.
This is a beautiful card, and a design that lends itself nicely to mass production. I love that you blended Real Red ink around the candy cane panel edges, Michele; it really adds a special touch.
Love, love, love your card Michele, those candy canes are so sweet
Great use of the Candy Cane background stamp Michele. Really suite the style of the sentiment for a fun Christmas card.