Stampin' Up - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 7

Tonight for week 7 of the Heart of Christmas I have my naughty Mr Morris the Merry Moose for you.  To continue our series of Merry Moose cards, yes I know you didn't think there were so many cards you could get from a moose stamp set but there are and I have still one for you next week. Stay tuned!

So why is Mr Morris the Moose naughty? Well he decided that everyone was having so much fun in the village the he wanted to go see what was happening!

Ok Sharon what are you talking about? See the gorgeous gold foil behind the stitched shaped circle die.  I have used the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder and instead of having the impression indented so it looks hammered, I have it raised so it looks like cobble stones. OH! Now I know what crazy story you are telling Sharon! The naughty Mr Morris Merry Moose is walking on the cobble stones in the village to join in all the Christmas fun!

So for this fun card you will need the Merry Moose Stamp set and Moose punch and you can buy them in a bundle to save 10%, plus the hammered metal 3D embossing folder. Wrapped in plaid Specialy DSP and the Stiched Shaped framelit dies. I have again this week stamped the gorgeous trees in Shaded Spruces behind our moose in the ink once and stamp 3 times. I stamped the scarf in cherry cobbler and cut it out with paper snips. The moose is stamped in crumb cake and then outline stamped in soft suede before being punched and the Happiest of Holidays is stamped in Memento black ink on the strip of cherry cobbler.

This is a fun quick card to make so I hope you have a try!

No please hop on over to lovely Claire Daly to find out the list of the other participants in week 7 of the Heart of Christmas and to find more inspiration for your Christmas cards and decorations this year.

If you have any questions or would like some of the products used in the cards tonight to make your own naughty Mr Merry Moose please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for spending some time with me tonight, have a lovely night, take care,

Stampin' Up - Art With Heart Team Blog Hop September 2019 - DSP

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing amazing projects featuring Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper, most of which is in the current promotions where you can buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper and receive a pack for free! Only available until the 30th of September.

For more information about the promotion, contact any of the ladies on the blog hop and we will be happy to help you.

I have a very special birthday card for you tonight using the Perennial Essence DSP. I know you have been missing my fancy fold obsession so tonight I bring you the Ultimate Pop-Up Card! I found this design by a lady called Sam on mixedupcraft and I thought this would be perfect for our friends daughter's 18th Birthday card. She loves pink and I thought this would be a great surprise card for her. Mind you I haven't made a card for my daughter who just turned 18 Oh dear too busy making lanterns and cake lace for her cake! 

For this card I used the very cute girly bundle I would say of Wish for it all Stamp set and Doily Wishes which you can bundle together and get a 10% savings. Ok now you are saying this looks like a card that is more like an envelope of box to put things in. Well it does kind of look that way but wait!

Open the flap. I have secured the flap with velcro dots. You could also use magnets if you wish.

As you can see it explodes into this big beautiful fan and birthday cake!

The sides are just as beautiful as this Perennial Essence DSP is gorgeous on both sides.

For the inside of the card after I had made the pop-up tiers I layered them with the perennial essence dsp and stamped the cake from the stamp set twice in Rococo Rose as it is a 4 layer cake and cut it up to go on my tiers. I used the candle die from the Doily dies and added the center of one of the flowers behind the flame to make it look like it was flickering.

If there isn't enough room for you to write around the greeting you can always write on the back of the card as that is also a white space,

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, my friend and the very talented Kate Morgan.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:

Christina Barnes

Vicki Boucher

Tina Gillespie

Rachel Woollard

Rebecca Jacovou

Sharon Davern    <=You are here

Kate Morgan

Catherine Proctor

Caroline Manwaring

Sujatha Harding

If you would like to purchase some of the products to make this ultimate pop-up card and get your free DSP before the end of September please do not hesitate to contact me.

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

Stampin' Up - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 6

Welcome to week 6 of the Heart of Christmas. I am loving this weekly hop as I am getting through my Christmas card making. This week I will bring you another in my series of Merry Moose Cards. There is so much you can do with this stamp set.

This week I have stamped the cute Christmas tree is shaded spruce 3 times on the edge of the Whisper White card stock without reinking the stamp. I did this also on the round stitched shaped circle die cut out behind the moose. The gorgeous moose is stamped in crumb cake and then the outline is in soft  suede before it is punched out using the Moose Punch that you can bundle together with the stamp set for a 10% discount. 

Before popping him up on dimensionals on the circle I tied a little scarf of Real red curly ribbon around his neck. The beautiful DSP is from the Wrapped in Plaid paper stack and I have added a little bit of linen thread. All of this is placed on a Cherry cobbler card base.

Make sure you come back next Wednesday for the next card in my series of Merry Moose cards.

My friend the lovely and talented Judy May is hosting our blog hop this week so please head over to her blog to see the fantastic inspiration from the rest of the Art with Heart team that are participating this week.

If you would like a Holiday catalogue or more details on how to make this card or buy some supplies for your own Christmas card making please do not hesitate to contact me.

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

Stampin' Up - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 5

Welcome to week 5 of the Heart of Christmas. Don't you just love Christmas? I do! I am enjoying making these cards each week so I hope you are enjoying hoping along with everyone of the ladies each week too!

Tonight I have chosen to use the beautiful Toile Christmas Stamp Set and the Christmas Cardinal Die Bundle. I just love birds and sitting looking out my window as I work I get to see beautiful King parrots, rosellas, red and yellow wattle birds, kookaburras just to name a few that I am blessed with on a nearly daily basis. I live in a gorgeous part of the world.

For this card I have used a garden green base and cut some of the gorgeous Toile Tidings DSP to go over the base and then softened it slightly with some vellum. I added a strip of double stitched garden green ribbon to the DSP and Vellum layer before adhering to the card base. I have a little rectangle layer over this and I have stamped in Soft Suede bot the branch and the verse that come with this lovely Toile Christmas stamp set on  the very vanilla card stock. I adhered this straight to the front of the card with snail.  I then cut out the larges stitched shape circle and stamped the branch again in very vanilla and popped it up on some dimensionals.  The beautiful bright red cardinal is stamped in memento black ink and cut out with the Christmas cardinal dies and then I used my Stampin' Blends to colour him in. I used light and dark Real Red and Soft Suede and light Crumb cake.  Christmas wishes is also stamped in Soft Suede and there is a die in the Christmas Cardinal Dies to cut it out as well. So good to have matching dies as it makes it so easy to make a quick card. I popped the cardinal on some dimensionals and the Christmas wishes too. There your card is done. Quick and easy and fun to make.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you would like any information on how to make this card or to purchase your supplies.

Please now head over to my dear friends Claire Daly's Blog as she is our host for tonight's Heart of Christmas blog hop and see all the other Christmas inspiration this week.

Thank you for spending some time with me today. Take Care,

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 4

Wow the year is just flying along. Can you believe we are at week 4 already. Ssh! it will be Christmas before you know it.

Well tonight I have made a really quick card as I am in preparation for my daughter's 18th in 2 days and we are having a murder mystery dinner  party so we are in full swing organisation mode for that.

My card tonight feature the Merry Moose stamp set but this time no moose! I know what could I be thinking. I wanted you to see that you can make a gorgeous elegant card using other stamps in the set without using the moose if you so choose.

I have chosen the gorgeous colour of crumb cake and the beautiful ribbon from the come together combo pack and it is just so soft and gorgeous to touch and feel. You need to get some and just hold it and tie bows with it!

I have cut out a crumb cake, very vanilla and a polka dot circle using the stitched shape dies and I have stamped the images from the Merry Moose stamp set in Memento ink. You could choose to do it in Crumb Cake, Early Espresso or even soft suede, but if you only had black ink I wanted to show you that it works well. I have backed them in vellum circles cut from the layering circle dies. These were all popped up on dimensionals

The tree is topped with a copper star designer element to match the copper foil layer that I have embossed with the new hammered metal 3D embossing folder. The DSP comes from the Night Before Christmas DSP, I am just loving this pattern in that stack of gorgeous Christmas DSP.

I hope you have liked this idea of using the other stamps in the Merry Moose stamp set to make a different card other than a moose card and that you like the more mooted non-traditional colours for a Christmas card.

As always don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this card or any of your stamping up needs, I will be happy to help.

Now please head over to my lovely friend Claire Daly's Blog as she is hosting our hop tonight.

Thank you for spending some of your time with me tonight, now I am off to do some more preparations for murder mystery party. How good was it that Sarah's Birthday fell on Friday the 13th and she loves playing Cluedo?  Take Care,

Stampin' Up! - Heart of Christmas 2019 - Week 3

Tonight for the Heart of Christmas I have decided to use the gorgeous Christmas Gleaming Bundle. This includes the Christmas Gleaming stamp set and the Gleaming Ornaments punch pack. I have also used the Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP!

This is a great Bundle as you get 2 punches and who doesn't like punches.

I made the card to open by flipping it up rather than the normal opening of cards and I have used the Thick Very Vanilla card stock as my base as that is one of the colours in the gorgeous DSP.

I have stamped Merry Christmas and Deck the halls from the stamp set in Memento ink. Deck the halls has been cut out with the stitched shaped dies and backed with a 2 inch punch of DSP and then the starburst punch of Night of navy card stock. The little strips of the gorgeous DSP are all mounted on a piece of Night of Navy DSP. I have also punched out an ornament using the new Gleaming Ornament Punch and then a little bit with copper foil to top it off. Now our holly was stamped on very vanilla and coloured in with our lovely Stampin' Blends and hand cut out. The woodgrain DSP is also from a new DSP paper pack in the New Holiday Catalogue and it I chose it because we are decking the halls. It comes from the Come to Gather DSP.

Thanks for joining me today now my lovely friend Judy May is hosting our Heart of Christmas hop tonight so please hop on over to her blog for the list of participants and see all the Christmas inspiration this week. 

Don't hesitate to contact me if you would like information on creating this card or if you would like a copy of the New Holiday catalogue or any of your Stampin' Up needs.

Take Care,

Stampin' Up Merry Moose Christmas Cards Class By Mail

Stampin’ Up!  Christmas Cards September Online Class by Mail featuring the Merry Moose Bundle.

I have had so much fun putting together my first Christmas card Online class for 2019 featuring the Merry Moose Bundle. It is such a cute stamp set and to have a punch with it is fantastic! This is a great way to get your Christmas card making started for the year. So if you live in Australia and would like to purchase the class just let me know.

Class sign up closes on September 18^th and class will ship around September 27^th

Sign ups: Email me and specify which option you would like and if you would like to add anything to your class kit. I will then respond to make payment arrangements (you will be able to pay either by direct deposit or paypal)

The class makes 6 Christmas cards and all the layers are pre-cut or die cut for you so all you have to do is stamp and assemble your cards.

The Projects are based on the Merry Moose Bundle (cost $54.75) which is found on page 27 of the new Holiday Catalogue and you save 10% by buying the punch and stamp set together. Separately they would cost $61. The project also uses the new Hammered Metal 3D Embossing folder which you can purchase as an add.

There are 2 options to purchase this kit and supplies

Class Option 1:  Basic $88.50

Includes:

·       Merry Moose Stamp Set and Punch Bundle.

·       The card kits cut up and die cut pieces,

·       Dimensionals

·       Ribbon and stars

·       Extra card stock to stamp and punch your images

·       Printed instructions for each card

·       Quality Envelopes

·       Postage to you

Class Option 2: Complete $166.50

Includes:

·       Merry Moose Stamp Set and Punch Bundle

·       The card Kits cut up and die cut pieces

·       Dimensionals

·       Ribbon and stars

·       Extra card stock to stamp punch your images

·       Printed instructions for each card

·       Quality Envelopes

·       Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder

·       Memento Ink Pad

·       Crumb Cake Classic Ink Pad

·       Soft Suede Classic Ink Pad

·       Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink Pad

·       Shaded Spruce Classic Ink Pad

·       Postage to you

You will need to supply:

·       Snail adhesive or Multipurpose glue

·       Acrylic stamp blocks D and C

·       Stampin’ Piercing mat

·       If you chose option 1 you will need to supply the ink and embossing folder of your choice as well.

If you have some of these products, we can switch them out for similar supplies, such as different colour ink pads.

Don’t’ forget to email me to register for this online class to get started on your Christmas cards this year. Just hit the contact me button

Registrations close on of September 18^th and then I will order the supplies and get them to you as soon as I have them packaged up for you.

Take Care