Heart of Christmas 2025 - week 1

 

It’s time for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop with the Art With Heart Team. Every Monday evening until the start of Christmas we will be featuring Christmas projects using products from the Sept to Dec Mini Catalogue and the Online Exclusives.

The Sept to Dec Catalogue starts on the 3rd of September.

For today's card I am using the When A Child Is Born stamp set. I stamped the main image on Basic White in Early Espresso ink. I cut this out with one of the Everyday Arches Dies. I stamped the manger and the lamb on a separate piece of Basic White card stock.

I coloured all of the images with Blends Markers. I wanted to keep the colours soft and subtle so the colours I used were Petal Pink, Pool Party, Crumb Cake and Lemon Lolly. Once coloured I fussy cut the manger and lamb and attached them to the main image with Dimensionals.

The background DSP is from the Woven Textures DSP Pack. The card base is Early Espresso card stock.

Please continue along the blog hop to see the beautiful projects the other participants have to share with you. Next in line is Rosa Leyden.

For a complete list of tonight's participants please head to Sharon's Blog, as she is the amazing host of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hops.

Be sure to visit next Monday for week 2 of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

Rachel xx

Crumb Cake Happy Place

 My first card with the Happy Place stamp set from the Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue.

I stamped the HAPPY image in Crumb Cake ink and coloured with Blends Markers and Watercolour Pencils.

BIRTHDAY was stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock numerous times. The Coastal Cabana card stock was embossed with the Soft Waves 3D embossing folder.

The card base in Crumb Cake card stock.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Cherry Cobbler Christmas

 

Hi stamping friends, here is tonight's card for the Art With Heart Instagram Hop. I have used the Jolly Holly Bundle with the Stamp Set and Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies. This clever Embossing Folder embosses and cuts at the same time( when the dies are inside the folder). 

I cut a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock with the hybrid folder and applied Dimensionals to the back of all of the leaves. So that the leaves really popped I applied Tombow Glue behind the berries and the flat/background areas of the embossed piece.

The greeting was stamped on Gray Granite card stock and heat embossed in Gold. I used the Unbounded Dies to cut the greeting in three layers, Cherry Cobbler and Gold Foil. 

The cute berries are from the Cherry Cobbler and Pearl Adhesive Backed Berries. For a final bit of gold shine I added a piece of Season of Elegance DSP behind the embossed piece. If you would like to follow the entire Insta Hop please head to my Instagram page at @handstamped_by_rachel.

Next Wed I will away from internet connection in my caravan but I hope to have my Coastal Cabana project to share with you anyway.

Thanks,

Rachel

Product List

Jolly Holly Bundle (English)

[166120]

$95.25

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$25.00

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

$25.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

[147008]

$25.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$8.75

Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[164144]

$29.00

Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive Backed Berries

[164119]

$15.75

Unbounded Love Dies

[163383]

$63.00

Decorative Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[164275]

$35.00

Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder

[165678]

$37.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$56.00

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Calypso Coral Impressions Abloom

I have another card to share with you that is for our team InstaHop. Every week we have been featuring one of the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. This week we are featuring Calypso Coral.

I have used the Impressions Abloom Bundle for the flowers and the papers from the Mixed Media Florals DSP for the background.

 Thanks for visiting and I will be back soon with some peeks from the upcoming Sept to Dec Mini Catalogue and the September Online Exclusives.

Rachel

Product List

Impressions Abloom Bundle (English)

[165611]

$85.50

Mixed Media Florals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164638]

$21.75

Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock

[124392]

$25.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]

$15.75

Petal Pink A4 Cardstock

[147009]

$25.00

Darling Duckling A4 Cardstock

[165294]

$25.00

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$25.00

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

[150886]

$25.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[166781]

$25.00

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Cajun Craze Rustic Centerpiece

Hi Stampers, the card I have to share tonight was made for the Art With Heart InstaHop featuring Cajun Craze.

I stamped the Sunflower image in Memento Black ink on Very Vanilla card stock and coloured with Blends Markers. The colours I used are listed below. The greeting is from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set. I wanted the two rows of text to be on separate strips so I stamped them separately.

 

The image was cut out with Everyday Arches Dies, and mounted on a larger arch from Cajun Craze card stock. The background DSP is from the Boho Vibes pack. There' a piece of Linen Thread wrapped around the bottom of the image.

If you would like to follow the complete InstaHop please head to my page @handstamped_by_rachel.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Rustic Centerpiece Cling Stamp Set

[166186]

$44.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$14.00

Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147931]

$15.50

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154890]

$19.25

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$19.25

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154894]

$19.25

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

$19.25

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154893]

$19.25

Boho Vibes 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[165144]

$21.75

Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock

[166785]

$25.00

Everyday Arches Dies

[164629]

$51.00

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