Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 1

Welcome to The Heart of Christmas for 2025. A group of very talented people from the Art with Heart Team will be joining each other over the next 13 weeks on a Monday night here in Australia to share with you the joy of Christmas through craft. It might be a card that you would like to make, table decorations, tree trimmings or how to decorated and package up those presents. So come along for the journey over the next 13 weeks right up until the end of November and you will have your Christmas all sorted and ready to go!

Today I will be using the new A Child is Born stamp set in the new September - December Mini which is available to everyone starting September 3rd!

Now this stamp set might be a little strange for people as there are no faces on the Nativity and animals but this reminds me of the Willow Tree figurines and I have a few of those.

For my card today I have made a fancy fold that I have slightly changed from a card that I made all the way back in 2021. If you would like to check that one out click here 

In my card today I have a base of Misty Moonlight that is half of our A4 cut at 10.5 x 29.5 cm then folded in half and the half folded back on itself to get the stand. I have lined each of these surfaces with the gorgeous  Peaceful Garden DSP 10 x 14.4 cm and then 2, 7 x 10 cm pieces.

For the focal point of the card I have a piece of Pecan Pie card which is 9.5 cm wide x  26.8 cm I folded and scored this in half and layered another gorgeous piece of the Peaceful Garden DSP on this at 12.5 x 9 cm. 

On another piece of Pecan Pie I stamped the image of Mary, Joseph and Jesus in Early Espresso and then got out the Water Color Pencils pack #1. I used Early Espresso on Mary's hair and the staff, I also used Pecan Pie, Early Espresso and Basic Gray on Joseph's Hair, for the skin colour I used a very pale application of Pecan Pie. As you can see I then coloured the figures in Basic White. I didn't blend them as to give them a carved look. The manger is coloured with Early Espresso and under the hay I have layered Daffodil Delight before cross hatching Pecan Pie to add texture. Oh and don't forget the bling on the star is from the Hues of Blues Flowers!

On the inside I also added the lamb and the cattle on a piece of Vanilla

The little lamb is coloured the same as our Nativity on the front and the cow or cattle has a layer of Basic Gray before Early Espresso with both having a face of Pecan Pie.

I hope you have enjoyed week 1 of the Heart of Christmas please come back next Monday to join us again and remember all these wonderful products go on sale with the September - December Mini Wednesday September 3rd!

The next person on our Heart of Christmas Journey for week 1 is Cathy Proctor: I love her creations and I can't wait to see what she had for us this week. Her cards are always beautiful and elegant. Hit the next blog button and you will go directly there:

If at anytime you have a next blog button that sends you to a place you were not expecting, each week I have the privilege to host our Heart of Christmas blog and I will have the list below for you to continue your hop so come back here and find everyone listed go from there.

Catherine Proctor
Kate Morgan
Claire Daly
Andrea Sargent
Judy May
Vicki Boucher
Rachel Woollard
Rosa Leyden
Sharon Davern  <= You are here

Thank you for spending some Christmas crafty time with me today, take care,