Handstamped by Rachel

Monday, 12 September 2022

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop week 11- Evergreen Tree Trimming Dies

Hi stamping friends, welcome to week 11 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Every week until the end of November, the Art With Heart Team will be bringing you Christmas inspiration on a Monday evening.

For this week's card I have used the very versatile Tree Trimming Dies which co ordinate with the Trimming The Tree stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. These dies are one of six special release dies sets that are only available during the Perfect Partners Promotion for the month of September.

I cut the smallest tree from the Tree Trimming Dies from one of the sheet from the Boughs of Holly DSP. I used my Stampin' Pick Tool to poke out the foliage to give the tree some dimension.

The mottled greens in this sheet of DSP make a lovely Christmas tree.

The card base is Evening Evergreen card stock and this has been layered with another sheet from the Boughs of Holly DSP pack.

I cut the oval frame from Distressed Gold Specialty paper using one of the Fabulous Frames Dies, then used the same die again to cut an oval to go behind the Christmas Tree in Soft Succulent card stock.

For the greeting I first had to cut the small oval from Sift Succulent card stock using a die from the Tree Trimming set and then stamp the greeting from the Trimming the Tree stamp set. Usually I stamp the greeting first then cut it out but because the small oval die does not have a hole in the center to allow accurate positioning over the greeting it was necessary to reverse the process. Luckily the stamp set is clear so it was easy to see where I was stamping.

The final embellishment was a star cut from the Very Vanilla Glimmer paper from the Glimmer Specialty paper pack.

Now it's time to hop to the next blog for more Christmas inspiration from Sharon Davern.

Sharon is also the host of our Heart of Christmas blog hops so if you encounter any issues moving between links please head to her blog for a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Tree Trimmings Dies

[160256]

$60.00

Trimming The Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158972]

$32.00

Boughs Of Holly 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[159600]

$21.00

Fabulous Frames Dies

[159163]

$54.00

Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[159237]

$8.75

Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[159537]

$17.50

Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad

[155576]

$14.00

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

$16.25

Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock

[155777]

$16.25

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Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 19 - Evening Evergreen and Gold Holly

Hi friends, it's time for week 19 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. Every week the Art With Heart Team are featuring one of the beautiful Stampin' Up! colours and this week we are up to Evening Evergreen which is a lovely deep, rich green that is one of the 2020-2022 In Colours.

I started with a piece of Evening Evergreen card stock and randomly stamped the holly leaves from the Christmas Season stamp set in Versamark Ink. I heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.

I also stamped the Merry Christmas from the Christmas to Remember stamp set in Versamark Ink and heat embossed in Gold. I cut out the greeting with one of the Seasonal Labels Dies.

I cut numerous circles from red glimmer paper and adhered them with Glue Dots to the card front. This piece was layered on to Cherry Cobbler and then onto a Soft Succulent card base.

I used a couple of Gold Holly Leaves and two smaller circles of Red Glimmer paper to highlight the end of the greeting. All of the products used on this card are listed below, with links to my online store.

Make sure you head to the next hop on our blog hop, my fellow namesake in the team, Rachel Palmieri for more Evening Evergreen inspiration.

If you have any issues with the links on our hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog for a complete list of tonight's participants as she is the host of our Colour Creations hops.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

Product List

Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set

[156293]

$39.00

Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English)

[156300]

$41.00

Seasonal Labels Dies

[156299]

$67.00

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

$16.25

Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock

[155777]

$16.25

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

[121681]

$16.25

Gold Holly Leaves

[156311]

$13.25

Real Red & White 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper

[159578]

$8.75

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$32.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.75

Heat Tool

[129056]

$53.00

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Monday, 5 September 2022

Heart of Christmas week 10 - Leaves of Holly Distressed Gold

Hi Stampers, Welcome to week 10 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Every Monday evening until late Nov the Art With Heart Team are participating in a Christmas blog hop to kick start your Christmas inspiration.

This week I have used the Leaves of Holly Bundle and the Boughs of Holly DSP.

I cut three of the leaves from Distressed Gold Specialty Paper and the berries from Evening Evergreen and Cherry Cobbler card stock.

The greeting is stamped in Evening Evergreen ink on Soft Succulent card stock and was cut with one of the Leaves of Holly Dies. The last thing I added is a piece of gold twine from the Simply Elegant Trim pack.

This card was very quick and easy to make and I love the Distressed Gold paper on the Boughs of Holly DSP.

All of the products used to make this card are available from my online store, the links are listed below.

Now it's time to hop over to Rosa Leyden's blog to enjoy her amazing creation.

If you encounter any problems with the links in this blog hop please head to Sharon Davern's blog as she is the lovely host of these Christmas blog hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

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