Heart of Christmas Blog Hop Week 1

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today, I'll be sharing with you a Christmas card I made for our first Christmas blog hop with the Art with Heart Team. They will be held on Monday at 8pm each week until November 24th. I'm so excited to see everyone's beautiful creations, so make sure you hop around. The link for the next person will be at the end of my blog.

The new mini Stampin' Up! catalogue and online exclusives for September are nearly here. Among the upcoming items is the Festive Friends bundle, which includes both a stamp set and coordinating dies. The images are so adorable, featuring an elf, a snowman and Father Christmas, of which they have matching dies for easy die-cutting.

For my card, I selected the traditional Christmas colors: Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce, and Pool Party. These colors, along with black and white, have been used consistently used throughout the card. The elf has been coloured in using Stampin' Blends.

I created a custom plaid background using Basic White cardstock Stampin' Blends, grid paper and a plastic ruler. Utilizing the grid paper as a guide for the lines, I began with dark Pool Party brush tip to achieve a thicker appearance. Next, I used the fine tip for Poppy Parade and Shaded Spruce to complete the design.

Keeping the plaid theme, I used the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder and embossed the strip of Basic Black cardstock and Poppy Parade cardstock panel. 

The cute holly is from the Jolly Holly bundle and I added a few Pool Party embellishments to finish off the card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

Now it's time to visit Rachel Woollard blog, I can't wait to see her beautiful Christmas project.

If the link is broken Sharon is our host for the Heart of Christmas blog hop with all of the list of the participants, click on Sharon Davern's name to see the list.

If you live in Australia and don't have a demonstrator, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my Stampin' Up! online store here.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher