Handstamped by Rachel: Merriest Trees Bundle

Monday, 19 August 2024

Heart of Christmas week 3 - Pretty Peacock Merriest Trees

It's time for week 3 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Are you warming up to the fact that it's time to think about Christmas? I hope that this week we can inspire you further.

For tonight's card I have used the Merriest Tree stamp set and dies. I actually had this card ready for last week in case my new goodies didn't arrive in time, but they did I saved this card for tonight.

I started with one of the sheets from the Nature's Sweetness DSP pack. The newsprint sheet I chose has splats of gold on it that I thought looked a bit Christmassy.

I cut the 5 pieces of the Christmas tree from the DSP and then shaded the top of each piece with Pretty Peacock ink and a Blending Brush. I adhered each piece of the tree with Dimensionals to give the tree some depth. I embossed the white background and then heat embossed sporadically with gold embossing powder.

I stamped the Pretty Peacock background with the tiny stars in Pretty Peacock ink. This piece and the white embossed background was cut with the Deckled Rectangle Dies.

Now it's time to see what Christmas beauty my stamping buddy Theresa Gerrard has to share with us.

If you have any issues with the links in our blog hop please head to Sharon Davern's blog as she is the wonderful host of our Christmas Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Unfortunately, or maybe luckily I will not be participating in the blog hops for the next few weeks as I will be cruising home from Singapore. I will return in mid September. I'm hoping to be able to show you some more sneak peaks of the new catalogue, it will depend on my internet connectivity.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[162043]

$44.00

Merriest Trees Dies

[162047]

$65.00

Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[162616]

$29.00

Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder

[162189]

$17.50

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

[150886]

$20.25

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$15.75

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$27.00

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

[133686]

$20.25

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$32.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$53.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

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Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 29 - Highland Heather Artistic Roses and Merriest Trees

Welcome to week 29 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every week we have been featuring one of the beautiful Stampin' Up! core colours. This week we are featuring Highland Heather, a lovely soft purple from our Subtles Colour Family.

I have two cards tonight.

Firstly a birthday card that I made for a stamping friend who loves purples.

I used the Artistically Inked Bundle. The other colours on the card are Gorgeous Grape, Lost Lagoon and Soft Sea Foam.

I've stamped some leaves behind the die cut leaves to add extra dimension.

I really love the Happy Birthday greeting in this set, it's a beautiful font. I've used white embossing powder on Gorgeous Grape card stock.

For the second card I have used the Merriest Trees Bundle. I used a Blending Brush to apply Highland Heather to the card front behind the tree. This piece was then embossed with one of the 3D Basics Embossing folders from the Online Exclusives.

To make the tree I used Blending Brushes with Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green ink. I then splattered water and a Wink of Stella pen over the card stock for added interest.

The decorations are from the Silver Glimmer Paper, Adhesive Backed. The greeting was stamped in Highland Heather ink.

Now it's time to see what my lovely stamping friend Andrea Sargent has to share with us.

If you encounter any problems with the links in our hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the host of our Colour Creations Blog Hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

We'll be back next week to feature..