Heart of Christmas Week 10: Santa Express Memories and More for Quick and easy Christmas Cards

Welcome to another week of the Art with Heart Stampin' Up! Team Heart of Christmas blog hop. This week I decided to use the Santa Express Memories and More Card Pack and the coordinating cards and envelopes, to make a couple of quick cards. I love that the cards and envelopes are perfectly sized and coloured for the Memories and More cards as this makes for very quick and easy cards. 

For this card, I started with one of the 6x4" cards adhered directly onto one of the coordinating cards. I cut one of the 6x4" cards down to a 2" strip which I cut a banner end in. This pops behind one of the 3x4" cards. The corner stickers and 'hohoho' embellishment piece is included in the card pack. To adhere the wooden embellishment, I placed some multipurpose glue onto a silicon sheet, and used a sponge dauber to sponge it onto the back. When it's tacky, I then adhered it. The glue peels easily off the silicon sheet. I have also added a couple of red rhinestone jewels to the berries on the corner stickers.

For my second card I have just used three of the 3x4 cards in various ways, which are attached to one of the 6x4" cards which is adhered directly onto one of the coordinating base cards. I have cut one on the 3x4" cards down (the Evening Evergreen one to pop behind the others. I then offset one and attached it to the feature card (I added the feature card to an Evening Evergreen mat first). 

I attached the 'joy' wooden embellishment (from the card pack), the same way as the previous card. The rest of the sentiment is stamped from the Brightest Glow stamp set. I then added some red rhinestone jewels to the corner berries for some added dimension.

I hope you like these quick and easy cards. I love the colours and ease of creating with this Memories and More pack. Perfect for Christmas creating!

Now it time to see what the rest of the Art with Heart team have created for this week's Heart of Christmas. Next up we have the lovely and creative Rachel Woollard.

If you get lost anywhere along the way, head over to Sharon Davern's blog as she has the full list of everyone participating.

I hope you like today's card. You can find all of the products I have used in my online store, or the paper copy of the Annual Catalogue. You can either order online, or direct with me via email, phone or text (you can read about three ways to shop with me HERE).  When you shop online with me in Australia, and use the monthly Host Code, you also qualify for a small thank you gift mid the month after your purchase. Here's the shop link (individual product links at the end of the post), and this month's host code.

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See you back here again soon,

Claire

 

Product List

Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack

[159595]

$21.00

Santa Express Memories & More Cards & Envelopes

[159596]

$19.25

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Hi Friends,

Saleabration is drawing to a close, so here's a friendly reminder that free gifts with orders are only available until tomorrow evening (Wednesday 31st August).

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Thanks for stopping by today, see you again soon.

Claire

Stampin' Up! Perched in A Tree 2022 Christmas Card

Hello friends. 

It feels like ages since I have blogged, but in reality it's only been a week. It was production week at my son's high school last week, and he had a minor lead, along with my eldest (now 2 years post high school) was the technical director for the show, so of course I had to attend every show! Then I managed to pick up a respiratory bug (thankfully not Covid) that has hit me hard the last 3 days. Bring on the sunshine I say (in Australia we are in the last month of winter). 

I do have plenty of cards I 'prepared earlier' and have yet to share on my blog though. 

I made this Christmas card for my subscriber tutorials last week. It features the new Perched in a Tree bundle from the Stampin' Up! July to December Mini Catalogue. 

I used the dies in the bundle to create a mask, and then blended some Gray Granite ink to create the background.

I then ran the whole piece through the Timber 3D Embossing Folder (choose this folder as free gift with a $90 order during Saleabration which ends on 31st August). You can see all the Saleabration choices currently available HERE.

The branch and the bird have been water coloured using ink from my ink pad lids, and Water Painters. I used Gray Granite for the branch, and Gray Granite, Basic Gray and Blackberry Bliss for the bird.

I really loved how this Christmas card turned out. The Perched in a Tree bundle is gorgeous, and you can even the earn the dies in the bundle (called the Aspen Tree Dies) as a free gift with a $180 spend (before postage) during Saleabration which ends on August 31st. You can see all the Saleabration choices currently available HERE.

I hope you like today's card. You can find all of the products I have used in my online store, or the paper copy of the July to December Mini Catalogue. You can either order online, or direct with me via email, phone or text (you can read about three ways to shop with me HERE).  When you shop online with me in Australia, and use the monthly Host Code, you also qualify for a small thank you gift mid the month after your purchase. Here's the shop link (individual product links at the end of the post), and this month's host code.

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Thanks for stopping by today. I hope the rest of your day gives you reason to smile at some point!

Claire

Product List

Perched In A Tree Bundle (English)

[159799]

Perched In A Tree Cling Stamp Set (English)

[159791]

Aspen Tree Dies

[159798]

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

Stampin' Up! Masking Paper

[155480]

Blending Brushes

[153611]

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

[147118]

Timber 3 D Embossing Folder

[156406]

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

Water Painters

[151298]

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

[147092]

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]

Pearl Basic Jewels

[144219]

Stampin' Up! Heart of Christmas 2022 with the Art with Heart Team - Week 3

Hey friends, I am excited because I FINALLY got to participate in our team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. This is the 6th consecutive year our lovely Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team ladies have put on Heart of Christmas. It's an activity our team really enjoys. Today is week 3, but at the end of the post I will also add links to weeks 1 and 2.

I'm showcasing two new products from the Stampin' Up! July to December mini catalogue today. The Spruced Up bundle, and the Celebrate Everything Host Designer Series paper (page 87). This paper is able to redeem with Stampin' Rewards and I have also been giving sample packs to my purchasing customers (and will be again for any orders in July). It's so bright and happy and has some great designs. It's 12x12" in size, and this shows one of the 6x6" 12 sheet sample packs I'm giving (minus the couple of bits I used!).

My first Christmas card uses the black and white Christmas tree design from this paper. I have combined it with some of the bright and happy trees cut from the Spruced Up bundle (I particularly love the outline deigns). I have used Parakeet Party for my base card, and Parakeet Party, Shaded Spruce and Pool Party for the trees. One tip when using these dies; this is one of those instances where the adhesive sheets are super handy, especially for the outline dies.  

Me sentiment from the Spruced Up stamp set is embossed in white onto Polished Pink cardstock. I finished up with some clear Rhinestone jewels and some silver metallic thread (in the Simply Elegant trim combo).

My second card uses the same bundle and another sheet from the DSP, but I have added in the Whimsical Woodland 3D embossing folder and the cute Caravan from the Tree Lot Saleabration dies. These dies are SO awesome and coordinate with the Trees for Sale stamp set (see all the details in my previous blog post).

I have used one of the stitched circles from the Stylish Shapes dies to highlight the trees a bit more. The base card is Pool Party. Is the Whimsical Woodland 3D embossing folder a fun design?

Now it's time to see what the rest of the Art with Heart team have made for this week's Hear of Christmas. Next up we have our lovely Kathryn Ruddick. I'm looking forward to seeing what she has created this week.

If you get lost anywhere along the way, head over to our Heart of Christmas blog hop coordinator Sharon Davern's blog as she has a lit of participants there. You can also find Week 1 and 2 of the blog hop via Sharon's blog. Week 1 is here, and Week 2 is here. 

Thanks for joining us tonight,

Claire

Stampin Up Trees for Sale and Saleabration Tree Lot Dies

Hello stampers!

We are halfway through the first month of our two month Saleabration promotion and it's great to see so many of my customers and team getting free products with their orders. The Tree Lots Dies (one of the Level 2 freebies) has been a popular choice among my customers. It coordinates with the Tree Lot die stamp set, and has some really cute detail dies as well.

Here's a look at the Trees for Sale stamp set and Tree Lot Dies.

The Trees for Sale stamp set is $39 AUD in Australia - find it here in my online store.

The coordinating Tree Lot Dies can only be earned. You can choose these as one of the free level 2 gifts when you spend $180 in one transaction before postage (see all the Saleabration choices HERE).

How cute are the gorgeous little curtains and wreath for the caravan? Plus the dog and so many other bits and pieces. 

Be sure to redeem your Tree Lot Dies while you can. Even though Stampin' Up! forecast to have products available for 2 months, often they are very popular, and Saleabration products are only available while stocks last.

I hope you like today's card. You can find all of the products I have used in my online store, or the paper copy of the Annual Catalogue. You can either order online, or direct with me via email, phone or text (you can read about three ways to shop with me HERE).  When you shop online with me in Australia, and use the monthly Host Code, you also qualify for a small thank you gift mid the month after your purchase. Here's the shop link (individual product links at the end of the post), and this month's host code.

Join my Subscriber Community for free PDF Tutorials twice a month.

or Subscribe to receive all my Blog Posts by Email

See you back here tomorrow night for the Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas blog hop.

Claire

Product List

Trees For Sale Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159785]

Tree Lot Dies

[159938]

Painted Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[156292]

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

Heat Tool

[129056]

Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack

[156457]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]