Heart of Christmas - Tidings of Christmas

Hi there

Welcome to the first week of Heart of Christmas for 2021. Each week (until mid-December), the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will  bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects. I know it may seem early to be talking about holiday projects, but once we hit the middle of the year, the months fly by soooo fast!

For my card today, I'm using products from the new Tidings of Christmas Suite from the 2021-22 Annual Catalogue. It includes a fabulous stamp and die bundle that I know I will get lots of use from as well as the Tidings of Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper.

The stamp set has lots of really lovely greetings in a combination of fonts that can be used for the outside and inside of your card. The dies crop the images from the stamp set, plus has extra foliage and detailed star dies. I think this is great value for $70AUD for the bundle.  

The Tidings of Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper is a nice mix of small prints with stripes, solid prints and open prints in Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand, Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen and Misty Moonlight. 

I decided to go a little left field by using a Coastal Cabana card base with the dark foliage print from Tidings of Christmas, to add a pop of brightness. A narrow border of gold foil from the new Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper was added to the long sides of the DSP panel as well as a slightly shorter and wider border of the Cherry Cobbler stripe design.

For the focus I have used the star dies from the Christmas Trimmings Dies set with the solid background cut from Cherry Cobbler and the detailed die from the gold metallic paper. I cut 2 extra of the detailed die in Crumb Cake, adhered them together and then adhered the gold metallic star on top to create more dimension. The small solid star in the centre uses a die from the Stitched Stars Dies and you can see the shape coordinates perfectly. The smaller detailed stars are cut from Coastal Cabana card stock with 2 layers adhered together and a medium gem from the Gilded Gems in the centre. 

For the inside I have brought through the same style as the front of the card with a narrow border of the gold metallic along the edges of the writing panel and the shorter and wider Cherry Cobbler stripe. I've stamped one of the stockings in Coastal Cabana and added a stitched and scalloped top created from a piece of Basic White cut with a die from the Stitched so Sweetly Dies set. I die cut the stmaped stocking first and then adhered the white scalloped piece and cut around it.  I finished with the sweet bow stamped in Cherry Cobbler and coloured with Real Red Stampin' Blends.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Tidings & Trimmings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper,   Tidings of Christmas DSP
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Gilded Gems
Tools	Christmas Trimmings Dies, Stitched Stars Dies, Stitched So SweetlyDies, die cutting machine, Banners Pick a Punch, Dimensionals, Real Red Stampin' Blends

 

Now it's time to hop along to see what Ros has created for you this week.

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Comments

[Vicki Boucher]

Stunning card Judy, I love the combination of colours and layers. The gold star is so beautiful against Cherry Cobbler.

[Michele Taylor]

Using the Coastal Cabana as your card base was a stroke of brilliance Judy. I love this bundle and adore the coordinating DSP but it is quite muted in its cil our palette. The CC adds some real brightness.

[Claire Daly]

Awesome card Judy! Love all those layers to bring your colour combo together, and the Coastal Cabana really brightens the card.

[Caroline Manwaring]

Lovely as always Judy. I love the cute little stocking on the inside.

[Theresa Gerrard]

Such a lovely decision to use Pool Party Judy. Its just lovely and light. Those stars in the new Specialty Gold paper and Rose Gold just shine beautifully.

[Kate Morgan]

Wow Judy, the Coastal Cabana card really brightens this up! The gold stars are stunning and I love how you decorated the inside.

[Sharon Davern]

What a great card Judy, I love the layering of the DSP and foil! The stars are great from this die set. This DSP is really gorgeous and I love the stocking on the inside of the card to compliment it. Thank you for participating in the first HOC!

[Catherine Proctor]

Just lovely Judy - I love all of your layers and the unusual colour combination - that pop of blue really makes the card.

[Rachel Woollard]

Stunning card Judy, I love how you’ve used these papers!

[Rosa Leyden]

A beautiful card Judy and love the slightly different colours that work so well together. The variety of star shapes show how versatile the SU products can be.

[Tina Gillespie]

I really like this card, Judy! The DSP is gorgeous, and I love the lift that the Coastal Cabana gives the card.

[CHRISTINE BLAIN]

I love those papers, and the intricate designs on the die-cut stars, Judy. The scalloped top for the stocking is a very sweet detail!