Welcome to the Heart of Christmas, 27 weeks of Handmade Inspiration from the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! Team
May 31, 2017
I'm excited to bring you a new feature on my blog between now and Christmas. Each Wednesday, myself and some of the Art With Heart team girls will be posting some Christmas card inspiration using Stampin' Up! products from the 2017 Annual Catalogue (starts Thursday) and the 2017 Holiday Catalogue (coming in September). There are 27 weeks until the end of November, so we figured that would be 27 weeks of handmade Christmas inspiration, plus keep us on track with our own creating.
Some weeks (like today) I will post a special one off card. Other weeks I will post a card that can easily be duplicated in lots of 5 or 10. I might even throw in some memory keeping or 3D items too. Here is today's card.
The stamp set I have used is a new one in the 2017 Annual Catalogue, called At Home with You. It's a beautiful set to create doorway scenery with lots of different sentiments and bits and pieces which can be added to the scene, You are going to LOVE this set. I stamped the door image onto some of the new Wood Texture Designer Paper stack for a realistic wooden door look. The wreath and potted planters are coloured with the watercolour pencils. The Brick Wall embossing folder creates a nice backdrop.
I used some of the enamel shapes in Cherry Cobbler for the baubles on the planters.
Even though I gave them less than 3 days notice we were starting this week, some of the team have managed to post their own Christmas cards on their blog as well. I know lots of my team are keen on playing along (and we are always welcoming new team members if you would like to be part of something fun and about sharing what we love). You can check their projects out here:
I hope you have enjoyed our first week of the Heart of Christmas. Looking forward to bringing you many more weeks of inspiration.
Claire
Love your card Claire - so pleased we still have that embossing folder.
Posted by: Mary Kelly | May 31, 2017 at 08:08 AM
Cute! Love the greys.
Posted by: Christine Blain | May 31, 2017 at 09:16 AM
This is so pretty, Claire! I can't wait to see more fabulous creations with this bundle.
Posted by: Tina Gillespie | May 31, 2017 at 09:19 AM
Gorgeous, Claire. I'm looking forward to playing with this set.
Posted by: Judy May | May 31, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Love this card Claire, thanks for organising this
Posted by: Rachel Woollard | May 31, 2017 at 01:25 PM
I love this card Claire, how good is this stamp set?! And the DSP so love the wood designs! Lovely Christmas card!
Posted by: Sharon Davern | May 31, 2017 at 09:14 PM
This is going to be fun following this each week.
Posted by: Elsie | June 01, 2017 at 12:53 AM
Claire, I really love your card. How cute are those little potted trees?! Looking forward to joining in next week. :)
Posted by: Caroline | June 02, 2017 at 11:07 PM
Love, love your card Claire, colours are gorgeous. would be another hot favourite bundle I think.
Mon xx
Posted by: monika o'neill | June 06, 2017 at 04:30 PM
Lovely card Claire! I love the door on that paper!
Posted by: Andrea | June 15, 2017 at 03:22 PM