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:
The Evergreen Elegance stamp set is a recent purchase. I didn’t really have a ‘traditional’ Chrissy tree in my collection. Truth be told I bought it for the garland stamp and the lovely greeting – May the beauty of the season bring you joy and warm memories to cherish throughout the year. I think this is a perfect greeting to use on the inside of a Christmas card and will be using it on many of mine.
For my card I stamped straight onto a piece of designer series after masking off the bottom with a piece of post it tape. I used both Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent inks to achieve the two-tone effect. After removing the post it tape I stamped the greeting in the space at the bottom.
When I purchased this stamp set I did something that I never do – I didn’t purchase it as a bundle!!! 🙁 I broke my golden rule. I am seeing so many lovely cards made with the border punch that goes with this stamp set, that of course, I have now decided that I ‘need’ it too. Argh!!! A cautionary tale.
A strip of Be Dazzling specialty paper and some stars were added before I painted the boughs of my trees with Wink of Stella. It is hard to see in the photo but it really does add some lovely shine to the front of my card.
The piece of designer series paper I used is from the glorious Tidings of Christmas 6″ x 6″ paper pack. I actually only have a few pieces left and am very tempted to buy a second pack.
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……
Who doesn’t love a bit of bling?
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
- Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $13.00
- Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084] $13.00
- Soft Succulent Classic Stampin’ Pad [155778] $13.00
Card Stock
- Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
- Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25
- Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25
Tools & Adhesive
- Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50
- Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00
- Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50
- 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
This is a really lovely card Michele. I love the stamping directly onto the dsp and the pops of red are very Christmassy. I can see you making multiples of this design – it’s a very pretty card.
Your card is so pretty! I love the soft colours not eh DSP with the trees. My brain wants to sing “all is calm, all is bright”. I really love this card.
on the DSP!!
Such a gorgeous card Michele, I love the stamping on the DSP it looks fabulous! The Bedazzled strip is great too!
Such a lovely card Michele. You have reminded me that I still need to ink mine up! Stamping onto the DSP looks fabulous. Just lovely
Such a gorgeous card Michele and especially love the Be Dazzled layer and stars and the touches of red on your card. The stamped trees in alternate greens are fabulous.
So pretty, Michele. Stamping directly onto the DSP is such a simple idea and super effective. At first glance, I thought you had added another layer at the bottom, but masking that off to stamp the trees and just adding the Be Dazzling strip, tricks the eye. Beautiful.
What a beautiful card, Michele. The die cut stars perfectly mirror he stars on the DSP. I too am having “bundle regret” this week so I feel your pain!
I love the alternating colours of the Chirstmas trees. The bling of the be dazzling speciality paper is a great finishing touch.
Great idea to stamp the trees straight onto the DSP, it looks terrific
The perfect choice of DSP to stamp those beautiful trees onto, Michele. I love the two greens you’ve used (as evidenced by my excessive use of same, on lots of my Christmas cards this year!), and the sparkle and shimmer you have added. The pops of red are a beautiful, elegant, complement to your lovely design. I had to laugh at your realisation that perhaps you should’ve bought these products in a bundle after all … I have done this more times than I care to admit! I love your gorgeous card.