Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 8

 

Welcome to week 8 of the Heart of Christmas for 2025. I can't believe we are already at week 8. 2025 is rushing through if you ask me, so I am glad you are here with us and getting all of your inspiration for your Christmas cards, tags and decorations so that you will have it all sorted and ready by the end of November and December will be a lot calmer for you!

Today I have made you some Christmas Tags that you can use for your Christmas presents and packages. I have used the Patterned Tag Dies with the Traditional Labels Stamp set and the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder and Christmas Collage Dies!

For this first tad I have used the one colour to give you an idea of how great the tags look if you only have one colour plus white! I have added a little gold foil where the Mossy Meadow and Gold Trim is threaded and I have heat embossed in Gold WOW the sentiment.

For this tag I have used the Crumb cake as the solid back with Real Red  over lay in the poinsettia tag. I have used the cut outs of the pine fronds from the previous tag to go under the Noel which I have cut out and embossed using the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder and Dies. 

I liked that colour combinations so much I went for it again on this stripey tag and I have cut out the sentiment out with the modern label punch. I shortened it a bit as I thought it was a bit long for the tag!

For this tag I have taken the Peaceful Garden DSP and Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper to create the top tag and added the Hues of Blue flower in between the 2 doves. The tag underneath I have stamped the sentiment in Secret Sea using the Traditional Labels stamp set.

These are only 4 ways to use these dies but there are so many possibilities for creativity and to put your own spin on you tags for your packages and presents this Christmas time!

Now is the time to head to the next person on our list and this week you will be heading to the amazing Andrea Sargent, I can't wait to see what she has created for us. Her creations are so beautiful and inspiring. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there:

If at any time the next blog button doesn't quite go where you were expecting, please come back here so that you can continue your week 8 Heart of Christmas hop from the list below
Andrea Sargent:
Rosa Leyden:
Judy May:
Catherine Proctor:
Kate Morgan:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

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

Heart of Christmas 2025 - Week 3

 

Welcome to Week 3 of the Heart of Christmas for 2025. This week I needed a quick card that used no ink! Yes no ink! I have had issues with ink this week and I wanted nothing to do with it. (I will add a photo at the end of the finished project for the die.) So I have created a card using card stock, embossing folders and dies! Yes if can be done!

So for this card I have used the Traditional Wreath 3D embossing folder, the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder and Die and the Christmas Greenery Dies!

I have used a Crumb Cake Card Base which I have added a layer of Crumb cake embossed in the Traditional Wreath then cutting out the Christmas Greenery in Mossy Meadow and Old Olive, plus the berries in Earthen Tones Metallic Specialty Paper. The Sentiment Joy was embossed and cut out with the Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder and Die set in Gold Foil. The little splash of red is the Real Red Shiny Ribbon which I have cut the width in half. The ribbon and the Traditions Wreath are part of the Traditions of Christmas suite collection but can be purchased individually as well.

Now is the time to head to the next wonderful Art with Heart team member who is participating in this week's Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop. This week you will be heading to Kate Morgan, I can't wait to see her wonderful project. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If for any reason one of the next blog buttons doesn't quite go where you were expecting please come back here and continue your Heart of Christmas Week 3 Hope from the list below:
Kate Morgan:
Judy May:
Andrea Sargent:
Claire Daly:
Theresa Gerrard:
Rosa Leyden:
Catherine Proctor:
Sharon Davern: <= You are here

My daughter turned 24 on Saturday and I make and decorate the cake each year and this year she decided that I would do a cross stitch theme as she likes doing cross stitches. She also likes wisteria so that was the plan. The plan was not to knock over the green food colouring all over my white kitchen and in the drawers. So yes ink was not what I wanted to play with today as my hand are still green!!!

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