Stampin' Up! Australia: Claire Daly Independent Demonstrator Melbourne

Stampin' Up! Eden's Garden Christmas Card for Heart of Christmas Week 17

October 25, 2021

Hello stampers. Today I have a new Christmas card for you, as part of my Stampin' Up! Australia Art with Heart Team's weekly Heart of Christmas blog hop. Can you believe we are up to week 17 already? Today I am using some new products which will be released for customers on November 3rd. These are the Eden Dies (which coordinate with the Eden's Garden stamp set, although I haven't used that today), Ever Eden Specialty Designer Series Paper and Garden Gems. I'll have more about these products and the Eden's Garden promotion later in the week.

I love the beautiful soft pattern in this paper, and the gold foiling is perfect to add a bit of festive wow. Soft Succulent is fast becoming one of my favourite greens, My base card is Evening Evergreen, another new favourite from the 2021-2023 InColors. The little gold bits peeking out from under the labels, are the ends of a die cut in the Eden Dies. I really like how they work here. The cork and Shimmery White labels are from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and are a perfect fit for my sentiment from Merriest Moments stamp set. To embellish my card, I have used some gold metallic trim from the Simply Elegant Trim pack (you get silver and gold in one pack). You can view and purchase any of the supplies used in today's card, using the links at the end of the post.

Now it's time to see what the rest of the participating Art with Heart Team ladies have come up with for this week's Heart of Christmas. Next up we have the lovely Christine Blain. Looking forward to seeing what Christine has made (I really love following the blog hop week too to see what everyone has made).

If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s host of The Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop, Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all those participating.

Thanks for checking in today. Have a fabulous week and I hope you get some creative time in.

Claire

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Two Stampin' Up! Gray Granite Christmas Cards for Colour Creations.

October 20, 2021

Hello stampers! I'm playing along with my team Colour Creations blog hop today. We are using one of my very favourite neutral colours, Gray Granite. This is a beautiful 'griege' shade - a little bit grey, a little bit beige.

Since I'm right in the swing of Christmas cards right now, I have two Gray Granite Christmas cards to share with you today. The first one uses Merriest Moments bundle from the Stampin' Up! Australia July to December Mini Catalogue.

I have used the Merriest Moments embossing folder on the Gray Granite cardstock layer, and then used my sponge dauber to sponge on a little more Gray Granite ink to the embossed bit to highlight it some more. I've stamped the Poinsettia's in Blackberry Bliss, and added some gold embellishments. Both of these colours work great with Gray Granite.

The next card is a case of one of the free tutorials I sent my subscribers a few weeks ago. I love how the design of that one turned out, that I recreated it in Gray Granite too.

For this one I have used some of the new Ever Eden DSP, coming to customers along with coordinating embellishments and an early release bundle from the January to June mini catalogue. I have used the Evening Evergreen jewels from the 2021-22 InColor Jewels pack, some gold twine from the Simply Elegant Trim Combo and the sentiment, deer and coordinating punch are from the Peaceful Deer Bundle. That's the Timeworn Type embossing folder on the background Gray Granite piece. Such a GORGEOUS folder!

Before we move onto the next card, here's a fun blooper for you. Our lovely Simba likes to get in on the photo love sometimes when I am trying to take photos of my cards. He even looks like he is posing in this one.

Now it's time to move on and see what the next Art with Heart team member has made with Gray Granite. Next up we have the lovely Theresa Gerrard. I really enjoy her creations.

If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Catherine Proctor, and she will have the list of all participants.

Remember, if you are looking to be part of an amazing online crafty community that loves to inspire and share with each other, to save $$ on your craft supplies plus get all the goodies first, we would love you to consider joining our team (you can join just for yourself without selling as well) from anywhere in Australia. You can find all the information HERE, or ask any of the ladies along our blog hop.

Thanks for checking in today. I hope you enjoy all the Gray Granite creations.

Claire

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Posted at 07:58 PM in 2021 July to December Mini (Holiday Mini), Art with Heart Team, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Bundles: Punches and dies with matching stamp sets., Christmas cards and other papercraft projects., Colour Challenges, Colour Combinations, Colour Creations Blog Hop, Embossing Folders | Permalink | Comments (8)

Stampin' Up! Whimsy and Wonder 2021 Christmas Cards

October 18, 2021

Today I have a Stampin' Up! Whimsy and Wonder suite Christmas card for you as part of the Stampin' Up! Australia Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas blog hop Week 16. It was quick to whip up 3 of these cards on the weekend, using this beautiful suite of products.

I was really pleased how these turned out. I really love the Whimsy and Wonder Designer Series Paper, and the pop of Polished Pink is fresh and bright. I also like the contrast of the Shaded Spruce stamped tree with the die cut Mint Macaron trees, both in colour and form. I've used a sentiment from Peaceful Deer.

Measurements:

Base DSP piece: 10.1cm x 14.5cm
Pink DSP piece: 8.2cm x 5.0cm with the top left corner rounded.
Patterned DSP piece: 12.5cm x 5cm with top left corner rounded.
Diameter of stamped circle = 6.8cm (2 & 5/8")
Silver metallic trim length = 35cm

Supply list at the end of the post.

Now let's see what the rest of the girls have posted for Heart of Christmas this week. Next up we have the lovely Rachel Woollard.

If at any time you find a broken link, please head to the blog of this week’s Host of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all who are participating.

Thanks for visiting today. Have a happy week.

Claire

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Posted at 07:58 PM in 2021 July to December Mini (Holiday Mini), Art with Heart Team, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Christmas cards and other papercraft projects., Heart of Christmas 2021 | Permalink | Comments (10)

Stampin' Up! Peaceful Deer 2021 Christmas card for Heart of Christmas Week 14

October 04, 2021

Welcome back to another week of the Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. This week I have a card using Peaceful Reindeer bundle. I am in love with this bundle! I have used the beautiful Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper. You can view all of the products I have used today, using the links at the end of the post.

My colours are Soft Succulent, Crumb Cake and Evening Evergreen. I have stamped off some of the trees in the background and love how that creates the look of a forest. The Holiday Rhinestones add just the right amount of festive bling.

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the Art with Heart team have made for this week's blog hop. Next up we have the very talented Rachel Woollard.

If you get lost anywhere along the blog hop, head over to Tina Gillespie's blog as she has a full list of all the blog hop participants.

Have a great day,

Claire

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Posted at 07:58 PM in 2021 July to December Mini (Holiday Mini), Art with Heart Team, Art with Heat Blog Hops, Bundles: Punches and dies with matching stamp sets., Christmas cards and other papercraft projects., Heart of Christmas 2021 | Permalink | Comments (12)

Happy Holly Days Stampin Up Christmas Card

September 27, 2021

Hello friends. Time for another Christmas blog hop with the Art with Heart team. How is your Christmas card making going? There is plenty of time to get started and I hope the ideas we present each week are inspiring you.

Today's card features the cute little bird from Happy Holly Days stamp set, which is in the Stampin Up July to December mini catalogue. This stamp set also can be purchased in a bundle with a coordinating Holly Border Punch, but I have just used the stamp set today. View the punch and the products I have used today using the links at the end of the post.

I have watercoloured the bird, holly and berries using water painters, ink from the inside of my ink pad lids, and Fluid 100 watercolour paper. This set doesn't have any dies, so I fussy cut which was pretty easy using my paper snips. I attached some of the gold fabric holly leaves to the underside of the coloured holly, and then attached that all to the bird with a Dimensional, and the bird to a die cute Ornate Layers shape (in Very Vanilla). My base card is Garden Green, followed by a Crumb Cake layer which has been embossed with the Timeworn Type embossing folder.

My sentiment is from another set in the mini catalogue called Peaceful Deer. With all that has happened in the world this year, I really love this sentiment. Here's a closer look at the Happy Holly Days stamp set.