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Heart of Christmas - More Season of Green & Gold

September 23, 2024

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. I can't believe we are already on week 8 and there are less than 100 days until Christmas, so there is no time to delay starting your holiday season crafting.

Well, after saying a couple of weeks ago that green isn't a go-to colour for me, I have another green and gold for you card this week. There are so many possibilities with the Season of Green & Gold Suite products and you could easily create all of your holiday cards with a variety of beautiful designs. If you're looking for some inspiration with these products, head to my Season of Green & Gold Suite Pinterest Board. This card was inspired by one made by Susan Campfield a few months ago. I've created a metric size card and worked out my own version of the mechanism inside the card.

The card starts with a Thick Basic White card base in landscape and this time I've used the Old Olive & Mossy Meadow design from the Season of Green & Gold Specialty DSP down the left side with a strip of Gold Foil and then the remaining panel has been embossed with the Dashing Designs 3D Embossing Folder which I'm using for the first time. The sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was heat embossed in gold and cropped with the Country Side Corners Dies, along with the Mossy Meadow mat. I added two sprays of the coordinating foliage (mistletoe?) cropped from the paper with a die from the Golden Greenery Dies. I finished with some self-adhesive gold sequins and a bow using the (retired) Satin Edge Ribbon. This is a layout that I've used many times, but it is the inside where things get a little different.

On the inside there is a bit of a fancy fold going on, with a a set of Country Side Corners die cuts attached to a flap in the centre of the card. I've decorated the left side with another strip of paper and Gold Foil the same width as the front and lightly added some Old Olive ink to the Basic White die cut with a Blending Brush. On the centre die cut I have another sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set stamped in Mossy Meadow ink with a smaller piece of foliage.

When you turn the centre flap over you have the writing panel. I've decorated the right side in the same way and added the rest of the second foliage die cut that I brushed some Old Olive ink onto. The reverse side of the die cut has the patterned paper adhered to it, but you could leave it plain.

This is another view, showing all of the inside panels.

Project Details
Stamps	Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Season of Green & Gold SDSP, Gold Foil
Ink	Versamark, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Satin Edge Ribbon (retired)
Tools	Country Side Corners Dies, Golden Greenery Dies, Dashing Designs 3D EF, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Gold EP, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Blending Brush

Now it's time to hop along to see the fabulous project Cathy has made for us 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 - Reindeer Days

September 16, 2024

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.

This week, I'm using a layout that is great for small prints and we have quite a few options in the Mini Catalogue this year. It's also great for using up scraps and makes 6" x 6" paper go a long way.

I've combined the small holly print from the Reindeer Days DSP and the red print from the Take A Bow DSP to create a border around the edge of the Pool Party card base.

The Basic White centre panel has been dry embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder and I popped up the sweet reindeer that I fussy cut from a sheet of the Reindeer Days patterned paper. I like to adhere images that I want to pop up onto copy paper first and then fussy cut them. It makes it more sturdy without being difficult to cut out. The Reindeer Fun Dies will crop 2 of the reindeer images from the paper, but there are lots that can be fussy cut.

The 'Merry' is a die cut from the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera pack and I advise you to be gentle when removing the die cuts from the frame and be super careful adding small dots of glue to the reverse side, as it isn't possible to use a glue eraser on these fine die cut words. The 'christmas' from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was heat embossed in white on Garden Green card stock and trimmed closely. I finished with a trio of gold sequins from the Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins pack.

For the inside, there is a Real Red mat for the writing panel with a strip of the holly design down the left side. I have fussy cut a partial reindeer image from the edge of the paper and added it to the corner. This is a great way to ensure these images aren't wasted.

Project Details
Stamps	Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Garden Green, Real Red, Reindeer Days DSP, Take A Bow DSP,
Ink	Versamark
Accessories	Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera
Tools	Snowflake Sky 3D EF, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, White EP, Heat Tool, Dimensionals

Now it's time to hop along to see the lovely project Sharon has made for us this week.

Thanks for visiting today!

Posted at 07:55 PM in Christmas, Heart of Christmas | Permalink | Comments (6)

CASE-ing the Catty - A Little Bit Festive

September 15, 2024

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week.

If you've come from visiting Michelle, then welcome! If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

This week we are CASE-ing from the new Mix & Match pages in the 2024 September-December Mini Catalogue. These products are designed to make creating super easy with printed card bases or tags, pre-cut images and sentiments that you mix and match to create your cards and tags.

At the moment I only have the Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack, so I have created my card with the A Little Bit Festive 12" x 12" Specialty Designer Series Paper. This pack has 6 sheets of patterned paper (1 sheet each of 3 double-sided designs) and 1 each of 3 single-sided printed die-cut images that you pop-out in a very similiar style to the Mix & Match range. The main difference is that you have coordinating patterned paper to use with your die cuts.

I had this pre-cut card base waiting to be used, so it contributed to the design. The Basic White card base has a piece cut from the top edge and I cut another piece of Basic White the same size and dry embossed it with the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder and adhered it for the background.

I chose the wreath and the candy canes from the printed pre-cut images and I popped the wreath up on 1mm foam pads to give it a little dimension and then popped up the candy canes on Dimensionals to achieve another level, which you can see in the pic above. I popped up the greeting from the
Joyful Sayings Mix & Match Ephemera Pack under the wreath and added a strip of the red and white stripe design from the A Little Bit Festive Specialty DSP pack at the bottom to tie it all together. To add some sparkle, I popped the (retired) Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels over the berries that were not covered by the candy canes. It was an 'all or nothing' choice as it looked strange with just a few. You can also colour the clear

For the inside, I had the border which continues a little further and I added a narrow strip of Granny Apple Green card stock to top it. The cute stack of presents in coordinating colours also from the A Little Bit Festive SDSP sheets of die cut designs was added to the bottom corner.

I hope you will give the A Little Bit Festive Specialty DSP or the Mix & Match Ephemera packs a try for your holiday projects this season. I'm sure you will find them a quick and easy solution.

Project Details
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green, A Little Bit Festive 12" x 12" SDSP
Ink
Accessories	Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (retired)
*Tools*	Snowflake Sky 3D EF, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, 1mm Foam Pads (not SU)

We would love to see your CASE from the Mix & Match pages of the 2024 Sep - Dec Mini Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog.

You can head over to Andrea to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

Posted at 06:55 PM in CASE-ing The Catty, Christmas | Permalink | Comments (2)

Heart of Christmas - Graceful Greenery

September 09, 2024

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.

This week I'm CASE-ing a card I found in the Online Store in the images associated with the Graceful Greenery 12" x 12" Vellum. I'm not sure what I was looking for, but the card caught my eye and I have created my own version of it (click on the link if you want to see the original). There are lots of great samples you can use for inspiration in the Online Exclusives products, so don't forget to check them out.

Green isn't a go-to colour for me, except for foliage accents so the background of my card is the lovely vanilla and gold diamond design from the Season of Green & Gold Specialty DSP. The Very Vanilla centre panel has a narrow border of Gold Foil to add a bit more bling and the vellum foliage softens the corners. The arrow is cropped from Mossy Meadow card stock and the Old Olive greeting label has been popped over the top, with the sentiment from the Decorative Trees stamp set heat embossed in white. The full pine frond provides the focus and I've tucked in some partial ones behind. I finished with some Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems and the Cherry Cobbler Adhesive-Backed Pearls add a pop of colour.

There was another piece of the gold and vanilla paper left and I turned it over to find the bold Old Olive and Mossy Meadow design on the reverse. I decided it was an omen and made the card again, with the green background. I ran out of the pine fronds in the Season of Green & Gold DSP, so cropped some from the Graceful Greenery Vellum. I added a Basic White die cut behind them for brightness and then used a gold gel pen to add some touches of gold to the fronds which is really nice in real life.

So, which option do you prefer? I like them both when looking at them individually and the green background does add a lot of punch!

Project Details
Stamps	Decorative Trees
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Season of Green & Gold SDSP, Graceful Greenery Vellum, Gold Foil
Ink	Versamark
Accessories	Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Cherry Cobbler & White Adhesive-Backed Pearls, Gold & Silver 1/8" Trim Combo Pack
Tools	Golden Greenery Dies, Greetings of the Season Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Glue Dots, White EP, Heat Tool, Uni-ball Gold Gel Pen (not SU)

Now it's time to hop along to see the project Christina has made for us this week.

Thanks for visiting today!

Posted at 07:55 PM in Christmas, Heart of Christmas | Permalink | Comments (6)

CASE-ing the Catty - Splendid Autumn Belt & Buckle Fun Fold

September 08, 2024

Hi there

Welcome to CASE-ing the Catty for this week.

If you've come from visiting Andrea, then welcome! If you're visiting me, I appreciate you stopping by today! You can continue your journey to see the other inspiring creations from the CTC Crew by clicking on the button at the bottom of the post.

This week we are CASE-ing from the new 2024 September-December Mini Catalogue that is now LIVE to customers. We are free to choose any project from the Mini Catalogue, so I thought I'd take a break from holiday projects by using the pcard above for inspiration (although you could totally use the layout for a holiday card, too).

This card uses the pretty Spendid Autumn 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper and I really like that the reverse side has coordinating colour in a soft wash style that makes it super easy to create with.

My card is rectangular rather than square, but hopefully you can see the key elements I've taken from the layout. I've changed it up a bit by making mine into a Belt & Buckle Fun Fold card that uses almost all of the 6" x 6" sheet of paper. I started with a Fresh Freesia card base with the fold at the left side and cut 1" (2.5cm) off the right side. I chose the pretty mauve floral design and cut 1/4" (6mm) off the top (sky) and then the remainder off the bottom to fit my card base with a narrow border. Cut the narrow strip from the right edge and then the larger piece, to keep the design flowing across the card.

Before adhering the narrow strip of patterned paper, I attached the 'belt' to the right edge. It is a 1" (2.5cm) strip of Fresh Freesia card stock that is cut to an arrow shape at the end. To make the belt more flexible I used my Bone Folder to stretch and soften the fibres so it wouldn't crack when flexed. The 'buckle' is a label cropped from Whisper White using the Nested Essentials Dies and the greeting from the So Sincere stamp set was stamped with Mossy Meadow ink. I cut 2 strips from the edge of a sheet of Dimensionals and placed them each side of the label, so the 'belt' could go through the centre. The label was embellished with flowers and foliage cropped with the Country Birdhouse and Country Flowers Dies and I chose Petunia Pop and Garden Green to add contrast and pop. I added Irridescent Pearls to the centre of the flowers and finished with a couple of Brushed Brass Butterflies.

For the inside, I have a Basic White writing panel with a little spray of flowers from the Labeled With Love stamp set stamped in the corner in Garden Green and Petunia Pop ink. The narrow strip at the bottom is the reverse side of the 1/4" strip I took off the top of the sheet. You can see on the right I added a strip of the patterned paper to the reverse side of the 'belt', which adds extra strength as well as being as being decorative.

The card will stand nicely with the belt slightly open as shown above.

Project Details
Stamps	So Sincere, Labeled With Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Garden Green, Splendid Autumn 6" x 6" DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Garden Green, Petunia Pop
Accessories	Irridescent Pearls, Brushed Brass Butterflies
*Tools*	Country Flowers Dies, Country Birdhouse Dies, Nested Essentials Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

We would love to see your CASE from the 2024 Sep - Dec Mini Catalogue this week. Click on this link or the image below to go there. The first time you will need to click on the 'Join Group' button at the top. Once you have been added to the group, you can go ahead and post your creation and you do not need to have a blog.

You can head over to Julia to see her lovely project and follow the hop to see the inspiration from the rest of the CTC Crew.

Thanks for visiting today!

Posted at 06:55 PM in CASE-ing The Catty, Feminine, Get Well | Permalink | Comments (2)

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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!