Heart of Christmas - Peaceful Deer

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Welcome to 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'm pleased to be able to join the team today to bring you some holiday craft inspiration. I have used a variety of products on my card, but it is overwhelmingly non-traditional! The colour combo in the Whimsy & Wonder Suite is a fun and  contemporary take on traditonal Christmas colours.

I started with a Polished Pink card base and added the panel of Basic White embossed with the snowflake design from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folder. This is pack of 2 of the narrower embossing folders. I chose 3 designs from the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper pack and created the banners, using the Banners Pick A Punch to flag the ends. I haven't used banners for ages, but they create a nice background for your embellishment. They are also a great way to use up the strips that are left over from other projects.

For the embellishment, I've used the 2nd largest of the Layer Circles Dies and adhered the pretty die cut star from the Christmas Trimmings Dies. The deer from the Peaceful Deer stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso ink and cropped with the coordinating punch. I popped up the deer above the greeting, and added some tiny pearls at the end. I finished with a bow in Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon at the top of the star. 

Isn't the texture from the embossing folder lovely?

 

Project Details
Stamps	Peaceful Deer
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Polished Pink, Mint Macaron, Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP, Sparkle Glimmer Paper (retired)
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Basic Jewels Pearls, Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon
Tools	Christmas Trimmings Dies, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Banners Pick a Punch, Deer Builder Punch

 

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

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Heart of Christmas - Angels of Peace

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Welcome to 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. 

The lovely Angels of Peace stamp set arrived recently, so I have used it to create my card this week 

I started by adhering a piece of the mottled blue design from the Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper to a piece of Basic White. This paper has the look of a blue sky, so I thought it would be an appropriate background for my angel. I ran the panel through with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder and then used a sponge dauber and Craft White ink to gently sponge over the music notes to help define them a little more. 

The large angel was stamped in Night of Navy ink onto a piece of Basic White and the dress was coloured with Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends. I used a glue pen to add (retired) Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the wings for a lovely sparkle. The image was fussy cut on the line and popped up on the stitched greeting panel. I did want to use the 'hark the herald angels sing' from the For Unto Us stamp set, but its whereabouts escaped me today. I finished with a trio of rhinestones.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Angels of Peace
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Beauty Of The Earth DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Craft White
Accessories	Rhinestones, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (retired)
Tools	Stitched Rectangles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Stampin' Blends (Balmy Blue, Light Petal Pink, Light So Saffron) Glue Pen (not SU), Sponge Dauber

 

Now it's time to hop along to see what my lovely friend Tina has created for you this week.

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Heart of Christmas - Evergreen Elegance

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Welcome to 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. 

This week I decided to have a play with the Evergreen Elegance stamp set to create my clean and simple card.  The stamp set has 3 pine tree images of different sizes as well as some lovely greetings.

I swiped a Balmy Blue ink pad across a panel of Basic White and then stamped the trees in the background in Just Jade ink, both full strength and stamped off. The tall pine tree was stamped in the foreground in Evening Evergreen ink and I added a trunk with a Early Espresso Stampin' Write marker.  I cropped the panel to size with the Stitched Rectangle Dies.

I popped up a gold foil star at the top of the tall tree and added Gold Metallic Pearls to give it a Christmas feel. The greeting from the Tidings & Trimmings stamp set was stamped in Evening Evergreen ink and cropped with the Stitched Rectangles Dies and popped up at the bottom. I added a strip of Balmy Blue patterned paper on the right side of the Basic White card base and adhered the art panel that was matted on Evening Evergreen card stock.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Evergreen Elegance, Tidings & Trimmings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Evergreen Elegance, Subtles 6"x6" DSP, Brushed Metallic Cardstock
Ink	Just Jade, Evening Evergreen , Balmy Blue
Accessories	Metallic Pearls
Tools	Stitched Rectangles Dies, Christmas Trimmings Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals

 

Now it's time to hop along to see what the very talented Rachel has created for you this week.

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Heart of Christmas - Peaceful Prints

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Welcome to 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. 

This week I have another card using the fabulous Peaceful Prints Designer Series Paper which is one of the FREE products you can choose with a qualifying order during Sale-a-bration (until 30 September 2021).

I started with a panel of Real Red card stock and heat embossed the greeting from the Sweet Little Stockings stamp set in white at the base.  Strips of the Real Red, white and Sahara Sand designs were added at the top of the panel and I finished with a narrow border of the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper at the bottom for a little bling.

I die cut the medium sized doily from the Encircled in Beauty Dies set to provide a background for the deer punched from the designer paper with the Deer Builder Punch.  I added it to another deer punched from Basic White to make it robust to pop up on the doily. Just in case you're wondering, I deliberately left some of the pieces in the doily, to make it look less busy.

For the inside, I have a Real Red mat for the writing panel, with a strip of the striped design on the left and a fussy cut deer on the right.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Sweet Little Stockings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Peaceful Prints DSP, Be Dazzling Specialty Paper
Ink	Versamark
Accessories	Gilded Gems
Tools	Encircled in Beauty Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Deer Builder Punch, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, White EP, Heat Gun

 

Now it's time to hop along to see what the very talented Catherine has created for you this week.

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Heart of Christmas - Delicate Baubles

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Welcome to 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. 

This week I have a couple of clean and simple monochrome cards for you.  The design would be a perfect if you need to make more than a few as well. The layouts are the same, but different colour ways to give you a different look. 

This first card has a layer of Pool Party to create the background for the large bauble from the Delicate Baubles Dies that I cropped from silver foil. The outline die was used to cut the shape from the Basic White top layer, before adding the greeting from the Happy Holly-Days stamp set at the base in Coastal Cabana ink. I also dry embossed it with the dots from the Checks & Dots Embossing Folder. As the folder is narrow, you will need to emboss twice to cover the whole area. I popped up the Pool Party layer on the Basic White card base, but you could leave it flat for posting.

For the inside, I have a Pool party mat for the writing panel, with a narrow strip of the silver and white striped design from the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Paper pack. I stamped the clump of trees from the Peaceful Deer stamp set in the corner using Coastal Cabana ink and a Soft Suede Stampin' Write marker. 

For the second option, I decided to up the bling factor by using red foil for the background layer. It is really hard to photograph, but looks very elegant in real life. 

I left the top layer plain apart from the greeting, but added a bow at the top of the bauble in my favourite (retired) Silver Metallic Edge ribbon. I'm sure it would look equally as good in the green foil as well.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Happy Holly-Days, Peaceful Deer
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Red & Green Foil Sheets, Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Real Red
Accessories	Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon (retired), Simply Elegant Trim
Tools	Delicate Baubles Dies, die cutting machine, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Glue Dots

 

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

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