HEART OF CHRISTMAS WEEK 1: SPRUCED UP TREE CARD

 

I'm very excited to be taking part in the Heart of Christmas weekly blog hops, every Monday until late November.  Stampin' Up! has lots of beautiful new Christmas products, in the July - December Mini Catalogue.  My card features the new Spruced Up bundle.  The colour scheme I've used comes from the Santa's Express Designer Series Paper.

I had a lot of fun making this Christmas card, with a modern, playful, look.  The trees were stamped in Mint Macaron ink on Basic White card.  The presents were stamped in Bermuda Bay, Petal Pink, and Poppy Parade, and were (along with the trees) cut out with co-ordinating dies.  I've used another of the super-cute dies in the set - the string of Christmas lights.  Because it's a fairly delicate die-cut, I put Adhesive Sheet on a piece of Basic White card before cutting two strings of lights.  I used Stampin' Blends markers, in Dark Petal Pink, Dark Bermuda Bay and Dark Poppy Parade, to colour the bulbs.  Taking the backing paper off the Adhesive Sheet meant it was easy and clean to adhere the lights to the piece of Basic White card I'd cut with a border from Blossoming Happiness Dies.

The dotty Poppy Parade paper I've used is from the Brights 6"x6" DSP pack.

Isn't this sentiment label, cut from the Labels Aglow Dies, just beautiful?  The sentiment is stamped in Poppy Parade ink.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Michele Taylor.  If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a full list of all participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon is co-ordinating our Heart of Christmas blog hops every week.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

I am going to try to make an extra card each time I create a card for the Heart of Christmas blog hops.  Tomorrow I will share on my blog the second card made with these same supplies.

Product List

Spruced Up Bundle (English) [159701] $79.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.50	Clear Block A [118487] $8.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.25	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $16.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Santa Express 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159582] $21.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159258] $21.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $14.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $14.00
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $14.00	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $14.00	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $15.75	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.75	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154878] $15.75
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Labels Aglow Dies [159551] $58.00	Blossoming Happiness Dies [158823] $56.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $8.75	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $19.25
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00