Welcome to the 2022 edition of Heart of Christmas brought to you by the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! Team. This year, we will again 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:
Well I thought it was about time that I brought back an oldie but a goodie, favourite technique of mine or a should say techniques. One of my cards uses the Stamping In The Round technique and the other Stamp and Rotate.
When creating my cards I used the absolutely fabulous Ringed With Nature bundle. This is probably my favourite bundle in the whole mini catalogue. I will be showcasing it again in a later HOC blog hop. Stay tuned.
Card number 1 uses the Stamp and Rotate method. After stamping each poinsettia in Petal Pink I then inked the stamp again using Real Red ink and a sponge dauber. The effect is a lovely two-toned image very similar to that in the gorgeous Rings of Love designer series paper.
A matt of Evening Evergreen, a linen bow, self adhesive sequins and a simple greeting and the card was complete.
My second card uses the SITR technique. Have I ever told your that I love my Stamparatus? It makes so many of the techniques I love to use, so very, very easy.
After stamping my greeting I matted it with Real Red and popped it up on dimensionals before adding some more adhesive backed sequins to finish the card.
sale-a-bration:
Our second Sale-a-Bration for 2022 has begun! Yay!!! It runs from 1 July to 31 August. When making purchases from the Annual Catalogue, the new Mini Catalogue, Kit Collection or the Clearance Rack you can earn exclusive items from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. Best part is, you get to choose. But please be reminded that supplies are limited and products do sell out.
Level One – FREE with any $90 purchase. Select any of the Level 1 products to add to your order. You can choose between……
- Hippest Hippos stamp set | #159921
- Hippo dies | #159928
- Rings of Love 12″ x 12″ DSP | #159939
- Pool Party & Soft Sea Foam Cards & Envelopes | #159940 (Unfortunately, these have sold out)
- Stylish Sketches stamp set | #159937
- Silver & Gold 6″ x 6″ DSP | #159941
Level Two – FREE with any $180 purchase. Select one of the two Level 2 products to add to your order. You can choose between……
- Amazing Phrasing stamp set | #159930
- Tree Lot dies | #159938
- Wonderful World stamp set & DSP | #159918
But WAIT……there’s MORE:
There are now even more products available to shop, earn and redeem during Sale-A-Bration. Don’t miss out on these great products and incredible deal.
The newly added products are redeemable now as part of Stampin’ Up!’s existing Sale-A-Bration product offerings. You can download a copy of the flyer HERE.
My current favourite Sale-a-Bration product is……
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 Kate Morgan. 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 the 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 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue or the July – December 2022 Mini Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure, please contact me and I will pop one in the post for you.
Michele.
My list of products:
Ink
- Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad [147087]
- Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576]
- Petal Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad [147108]
- Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad [147084]
Card Stock
- Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]
- Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575]
- Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009]
- Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578]
Tools & Adhesive
- Adhesive Sheets [152334]
- Blending Brushes [153611]
- Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]
- Foam Adhesive Strips [141825]
- Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108]
- Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
- Paper Trimmer [152392]
- Simply Shammy [147042]
- Sponge Daubers [133773]
- Stamparatus [148187]
- Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]
- Stampin’ Seal [152813]
Ribbon & Trim
Oh yes please! The Queen of SITR has made a much anticipated return, and has not disappointed! Love, love, love these two gorgeous cards Michele! Those two-toned poinsettias are so beautiful and I love the linen thread bow and little sentiment on card 1. A perfect example of SITR technique on card 2 and a simply elegant look. She’s back!
Oh Michele, these are gorgeous. That two tone image is super clever and looks amazing. The bright DSP is a great choice for your backgrounds. I adore these techniques, and you surely create them better than anyone I know!
So lovely to see your return to the stamping in the round cards as you do them so well. I especially love the poinsettias in the first card and how you have stamped them. The sentiment on the second card could also allow it to be used for a birthday.
Well these are just fantastic cards Michele, love them both! Great use of all the stamps to make both the cards and the colour combo is great too!
Wow Michele! Love that 1st technique using the sponge dauber to add a darker colour for the 2nd press with the Stamp-a-ratus. Best tool ever!!
These are beautiful bring Christmas cards, and your stamp-a-ra-tus skills have really shown off the stamp set well!
Very pretty cards Michele. I particularly love your first card with the inking of two colours on your flowers and clever of you to replicate the effect found in the DSP. Love the sequins!
Beautiful, beautiful cards Michele. You are certainly the Queen of these techniques. I love your double stamping of the poinsettia – its gorgeous. Xxx
Lovely cards Michele, I love the two coloured stamping you’ve done on the flowers on the first card. I also really love the positioning of your sequins on both cards, they look beautifully natural and random, something I have trouble with
Beautiful cards, Michele. I especially love the way you inked the poinsettias on your first card, to complement those on the DSP . The sequins are the perfect tone. Your SITR cards are gorgeous, and tonight’s is no exception. Love that scalloped Real Red layer behind the sentiment, drawing the eye towards the lovely flowers on the outer edge of your design.
Michele, I love your Stamping In The Round technique and Stamp and Rotate technique and I’m so glad you revisited these techniques for your gorgeous cards tonight.
Two absolutely wonderful Christmas cards! The two-tone poinsettias look amazing, and the flowers on the second card are so sweet.