Just Judy Designs

Heart of Christmas - Joy of Noel

November 27, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to final week of Heart of Christmas for 2023. I hope you have enjoyed the seasonal inspiration from the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team.

My day didn't go as planned, but no matter, I have a quick and easy card for you, which we all need as we near the time when cards have to go into the post. I have a white on white card, with the top layer dry embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder and added to a mat with a very tiny border and then popped up onto the Basic White card base.

I stamped the spray from Joy of Noel with Basic Gray ink so it wouldn't look quite so heavy and then coloured it with Stampin' Blends Markers in Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green and Real Red. At the top, I created a bit more of a stem, where I could attach my sweet gingham bow. Some pine branches cropped from Vellum Cardstock were tucked under the spray to add some interest. Finally, the greeting from the Merry and Bright stamp set was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and fussy cut and adhered flat and popped up.

I'm heading off to visit family in Western Australia for a few weeks, but I hope to be back with a few more seasonal cards before the big man arrives!

Project Details
Stamps	Joy of Noel, Merry & Bright
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum Cardstock
Ink	Basic Gray, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Christmas Classics Dies, Joy of Noel Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Stampin' Blends - Shaded Spruce, Real Red & Granny Apple Green, Glue Dots

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation our lovely host Sharon has for you this week.

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up, please click on the link for our host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting today!

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Heart of Christmas - Traditions of St. Nick

November 20, 2023

Hi there

Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects.

Can you believe this is week 16 and our penultimate week of holiday season inspiration! I'm pleased that I've made it every week but one and have a nice stash of Christmas cards to send out in the first week of December.

Today's card is nothing like the one I pictured in my head, but I'm happy with how it turned out. I love the old world charm of the Traditions of St. Nick DSP with the rich colours and brocade designs. St. Nick is where our tradition of gift giving originated and resonates more with me than some of the contemporary Christmas options we have.

Normally I start with a card base, but today I ended up with the Gray Granite card base as it isn't as stark as white and I think it works with the rich tones of Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler. I have a Basic White Deckled Rectangle and I added a puddle with Pebbled Path Stampin' Blend marker for St. Nick to stand in and splattered the background with Pebbled Path ink to age it a litte. St. Nick was fussy cut after adhering the roughtly cut image to Basic White and the panel was added to the Mossy Meadow brocade panel.

I added a strip of the red brocade to ground the rectangle and create the border for the greeting below. I wanted a bit of sparkle, so I added a narrow strip of the Adhesive-Backed Gold Glimmer across the centre. The trees were fussy cut from the paper and adhered flat apart from the small one at the front that was popped up. The greeting from the Wishes All Around stamp set was stamped in Real Red and fussy cut and popped up on Foam Adhesive Strip.

Project Details
Stamps	Wishes All Around
Card stock & Papers	Gray Granite, Basic White, Real Red, Traditions of St. Nick DSP, Adhesive-Backed Gold Glimmer Paper
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Festive Pearls
Tools	Deckled Rectangles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Pebbled Path Stampin' Blends, Foam Adhesive Strip

Now it's time to hop along to see what amazing creation our lovely host Sharon has for you this week.

Thanks for visiting today!

Posted at 06:55 PM in Christmas, Heart of Christmas | Permalink | Comments (0)

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A bit about me...

Hi, I'm Judy May and I live in Toowoomba, Queensland with my husband. I love Stampin' Up!® paper, stamps and ink and using them to make beautiful projects. Let me be your creative coach and inspire you to bring the joy of creativity to your life!