Heart of Christmas 2026 - Week 3 - September Paper Pumpkin Christmas Card Alternatives

 

Welcome to week 3 of the heart of Christmas for 2026. A group of creative friends from the Art with Heart team are back with our Annual Heart of Christmas blog hop. Follow through the blogs each Monday night until the end of November for Christmas card inspiration.

This week for you I have had a little play with the September Paper Pumpkin Kit! As soon as I opened it I thought we could have Christmas alterntive cards with this for sure. I went over to my dear Friends Claire Daly's house for a crafting day and we had a little play with the idea! I loved her cards you might like to check them out on her facebook page. I tell you it was just what the doctor ordered after Birthday and Cake week to have a nice day of crafting with friends. That is the lovely thing about Stampin' Up! the friendships you make while being creative!

Here are the cards if you make them straight from the Paper Pumkin Kit for September.

There are a couple of different sentiments in this kit but as I have a couple of friends going through some tough medical issues right now I thought this sentiment was perfect.

Now for the Christmas variations.

I thought it was time I had a little play with the Hot Foil system and it was a lot of fun.

This first card I kept simple with Hot Foiling the deer on Pecan Pie in Gold with the Evergreen Deer Hot Foil Dies and that little Early Espresso Deer I borrowed the stamp from my friend as I don't have that set yet of the Welcome Noel Stamp Set. Hot Foil again on Cherry Cobbler with the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies with a little Linen Thread and your first Christmas alternative.

For this card I have added the rest of the deer that I hot foiled, added a star to one of the trees and another of the sentiments that you get when you cut out all the Magical Christmas sentiments at once.

For my 3rd Christmas card alternative of the September Paper Pumpkin kit, I stamped the large Evergreen Tree from the Evergreen Graceful Deer stamp set in Mossy Meadow and the little dots in the set I heat embossed over the tree before fussy cutting the tree out. Another sentiment and star from the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies was also used and I hot foiled another set of deer as well. I was having so much fun with the hot foil I couldn't help myself.

It was fun using the Hot Foil system to create these Christmas Alternatives. Have you thought of some other alternatives with the stamp sets that you have?

Now is the time to head to the amazing Kate Morgan to see what gorgeous creation she has for us today. Hit the next blog button and you will go straight there.

If you get lost at anytime please come back here and you can continue your Heart of Christmas week 3 hop from the list below of those participating this week.
Kate Morgan:
Theresa Gerrard:
Cathy Proctor:
Judy May:
Claire Daly:
Andrea Sargent:
Helen Reeve:
Sharon Davern: You are here

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