Heart of Christmas Week 16 Christmas Blog Hop with the Heart Of Art Team

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It’s time for week 16 of the Heart of Christmas blog hop with my friends from Art With Heart Team and sadly this is the last hop for the year. We are now in December and I have so enjoyed creating cards each week for these hops. I might do a blog later in the week showcasing all of the cards that I’ve created, so watch out for that one too.

Today’s card I wanted a very vintage look using Crumb Cake, Seaside Spray (a favorite colour of mine), Early Espresso and white giving that snow look about the card.


I’ve used the Peaceful Boughs Bundle which includes the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set and Beautiful Boughs Dies. This set would be the one I’ve used the most with all of my cards. I just love it!

I’ve started off using a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock, ran it through the die cutting machine with the Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder. I’ve used the Versamark Ink Pad, smudged ink onto the Embossed Cardstock and randomly sprinkled White Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto the Cardstock. Then heat set with the Heat Tool, once it's cooled down I added a little colour of Seaside Spray with the Sponge Dauber onto the White embossing.


Using the medium size branch from the Beautiful Boughs Dies, I’ve die cut out three branches in Whisper White Cardstock and sponged colour onto the foliage in Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso. 

The two pine cones have been die cut out in Crumb Cake, sponged with a Sponge Dauber in Early Espresso for the bottom layer and White Craft Stampin’ Ink for the top layer. The cute bow attached to them is Linen Thread.

The bottom layer of the two labels is sponged in Crumb Cake on Whisper White Cardstock. I’ve attached the stamp to my fingers and stamped the sentiment randomly so not all of the ink touches the Cardstock. This idea/technique is called “hand stamped” which came from a Demonstrator Rebecca Hall who did a presentation at the Stampin’ Up! On Stage event in Sydney in November, so I just had to try it out.


The top layer for the Season’s Greeting stamped image is stamped in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake Cardstock, die cut out with the smaller label and sponged ink in Early Espresso. 

To finish off the card I’ve used a piece of Whisper white Cardstock, lightly sponged the three inks with the Sponge Dauber onto the edge of the Cardstock which gives a nice finishing touch to the card. Then I layered all of the pieces together and placed them onto Crumb Cake Cardstock base.


This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Judy May to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here. I’m sure they are all amazing creations not to be missed!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting,

Vicki Boucher

To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.

If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please send me a message here.

Product List

Ink: Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

Cardstock: Crumb Cake and Whisper White

Stamps: Peaceful Boughs

Dies: Beautiful Boughs

Embossing Folder: Swirls & Curls

Colouring Tools: Versamark, Heat Tool, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Craft Stampin’ Ink Pad and Sponge Dauber

Ribbon: Linen Thread

Art With Heart ~ Heart Of Christmas Blog ~ Week 15

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It’s time for week 15 of the Heart of Christmas blog hop with my friends from Art With Heart Team, this is the second last hop and we are almost in December. I just know you'll love all the wonderful ideas you'll see on this hop, so make sure you click on the link at the end of my blog.

Today’s card I’ll be showcasing different products from the Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue and 2019 - 2020 Annual Catalogue that I just love to use when making Christmas cards. Who likes shades of blues combined with shimmer and glitter? I know I do! 

I wanted to use the So Many Stars Stamp Set and coordinating Stitched Stars Dies with the gorgeous Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP. Don't you think they go so well together? I just love all the different sizes of stars and you can really layer them up when making a card.

I stamped the delicate star stamp in Versamark Ink onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder covered the image and heat set with the Heat Tool. I sponged Night Of Navy Ink with a Sponged Dauber until I was happy with the shades of blue. Using a baby wipe to wipe away any ink on the White Stamped Image. The star images and the swirly star image are from the Stitched Stars Dies as pictured above.

To create a frosted look on the swirly star image using the Night Of Navy Cardstock, I used Shimmery Crystal Effects and Ice Stampin’ Glitter. The adhesive dries quickly so it's best to apply the Ice Glitter quickly. 

The Night Of Navy card base has been spritzed with Frost White Shimmer Paint and Rubbing Alcohol mixed in a Stampin’ Spritzer. Giving the card a nice shimmer.

The layers of Cardstock and DSP have been die cut out with Rectangle Stitched Dies and layered on the Night Of Navy card base. I’ve used Stampin’ Dimensionals to layer the stars this gives more depth to the card. I finished off the card with a little more sparkle with Rhinestones.

This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Michelle Taylor to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting,



Vicki Boucher


To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.

If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please send me a message here.

Product List

Stamp Sets: Itty Bitty Christmas and So Many Stars

Dies: Stitched Stars and Rectangle Stitched Dies

Colouring Tools: Sponge Dauber, Emboss Buddy, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Versamark, Heat Tool, Frost White Shimmer Paint and Stampin’ Spritzers

Ink: Night of Navy

Other Stampin’ Products: Basic Jewels Rhinestones, Ice Stampin’ Glitter and Shimmery Crystal Effects

Other Products: Rubbing Alochol and Retired Big Shot

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 12

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It’s week 12 with the Heart of Christmas blog hop and today I’ll be sharing my card using the Christmastime Is Here Suite. This suite is here for a limited time for the month of November and you can order this product today! The suite is available to purchase from my online store link at the end of this blog.

This suite is exclusive to Stampin’ Up! It’s just so stunning with the gorgeous festive floral Christmas Rose Stamp Set and coordinating Roses Dies which the die cuts out the Rose stamped image.

For the card I’ve stamped the large floral image onto Whisper White Cardstock. I wanted to use some different colours for the Rose and I’ve used my Stampin’ Blends. I just love to colour with the Blends they are just so magical to create with! 

I started off with colouring in the rose using both light & dark Mint Macaron and blending in with the Color Lifter. The bigger leaves I have used light & dark Soft Sea Foam. The spikey thin looking leaves, I started off using the light Mossy Meadow, but then I decided I wanted to use the dark Smoky Slate. The grey always goes so nicely together with these colours. The pinecones are in light & dark Crumb Cake and the berries I have used light & dark Flirty Flamingo.

For the card base I’ve used Thick Whisper White Cardstock, stamped the greeting off in Mint Macaron and then stamping randomly on the Cardstock.


The card front has been lightly sponged in Mint Macaron with the Sponge Dauber to give the die cut some lift as well as colour to the card. Before adding the Rose die cut image to the card I’ve placed Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon under the Rose. 

The Merry Christmas greeting is from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set, stamped in Memento Black and die cut with the smaller label from the Beautiful Boughs Dies. I just love it when Stampin’ Up! products can be used so well together and then you have a completely different card. 


To finish off the card I’ve layered the die pieces with Stampin’ Dimensionals and I’ve placed three Frosted Epoxy Droplets which balances nicely with the soft colours.

This week's Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Claire Daly to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.

If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please send me a message here.

Product List

Stamp Set: Christmas Rose and Perfectly Plaid

Dies: Roses and Beautiful Boughs Dies

Colouring Tools: Stampin’ Blends :- Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam, Flirty Flamingo, Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate and Color Lifter. Sponge Dauber

Cardstock: Whisper White

Ribbon and Embellishments: Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and Frosted Epoxy Droplets

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 11

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It is week 11 with the Heart of Christmas blog hop with the ladies from Art with Heart Team and we are showcasing Stampin’ Up! Products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue.

This week’s card I’ve created using the Peaceful Boughs Bundle which includes the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set and Beautiful Boughs Dies. Purchasing the two items together as a bundle is a great saving as you can save 10% when you purchase the two products.

The colours I’ve used for the card are Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Whisper White. I wanted to keep the card clean and simple.

I stamped the second largest branch three times in Garden Green Ink on the Whisper White Cardstock. I’ve used a piece of Garden Green Cardstock and die cut out a branch using the second largest branch die. The pinecones are in Early Espresso and I’ve used the two smaller Pinecone dies. Then I lightly covered them in Snowfall Accents Puff Paint and heat set with the Heat Tool.

For the bow I’ve used the Linen Thread and coloured it in with the Dark Suede Stampin’ Blend giving the bow a darker look. I’ve also coloured in the Silver Metallic Pearls with the Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Marker.


The greeting is stamped directly onto the Whisper White Cardstock using Cherry Cobbler Ink and the card base is in Garden Green.


Thank you for visiting my blog today and to view everyone from the Art with Heart Team blogs please click here as Tina Gillespie is hosting week 11.


Happy Crafting


Vicki Boucher

To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.

If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please send me a message here.

Product List:

Stamp Set: Peaceful Boughs

Dies: Peaceful Boughs Dies

Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green

Cardstock: Garden Green, Whisper White and Early Espresso

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: Linen Thread, Silver Metallic Pearls, Snowfall Accents Puff Paint, Stampin’ Blends in Cherry Cobbler and Soft Suede

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 10

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Today I will be sharing a card that I’ve created for the Heart of Christmas blog hop with the lovely ladies from The Art With Heart Team.

This week’s card I’ve used the Yummy Christmas Stamp Set this is such a cute set and good thing is it coordinates with the Cuckoo Clocks Dies. 

I’ve used my Stampin’ Blends in the following colours Purple Posy light & dark, Highland Heather light & dark, Seaside Spray light & dark and Color Lifter. Using the blends gives you just the right amount of colour by either using the fine tip end or brush end.

Once I had completed colouring in the house, trees, holly and die cut out the images. I then applied Shimmery Crystal Effects to parts of each die cut image and sprinkled Ice Stampin’ Glitter. The glitter gives you an icy snow look for your creation and some added sparkle.

The card base is the beautiful Purple Posy, layered with Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP. I’ve used the side with the Silver Foil and white dots which looks like snow falling. The greeting is from So Many Stars Stamp Set and I’ve stamped on a piece of Basic Black Cardstock, Versamark Ink, applied White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Then fussy cut out around the greeting with my paper snips.



This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Claire Daly to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.



Happy Crafting


Vicki Boucher



To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.


If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please send me a message here.

Product List:


Stamp Sets: Yummy Christmas and So Many Stars

Dies: Cuckoo Clock Dies

Papers: Purple Posy Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Basic Black Cardstock and Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP

Colouring Tools: Stampin’ Blends – Purple Posy light & dark, Highland Heather light & dark, Seaside Spray light & dark and Color Lifter. White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Versamark Ink, Embossing Buddy and Heat Tool.

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: Ice Stampin’ Glitter and Shimmery Crystal Effects.

Other Products: Die cutting machine.

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 9

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Tonight the ladies from the Art With Heart Team will be sharing their Christmas creations using Stampin’ Up! products from the 2019 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue. We are now up to week 9 and it’s only 10 weeks until Christmas. Have you started on your Christmas cards yet?

I wanted to use the cute snowman Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper which comes in 20 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs, 12” x 12”, one side has basic patterns for year round use and the other side has glittery winter images. I just love the colours in the DSP and the gorgeous glitter which is already done for you.

Let It Snow DSP

I’ve made a card and three gift tags for our family business YV Hampers which will be part of the hamper collection when giving out to our customers. This is just one of the gift tags with the hampers shown here.

The colours for the card are Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Whisper White which all follows through nicely throughout the card. The snowman is from the DSP which is die cut with Stitched Shapes Circle Die and layered with Stampin’ Dimensionals on Real Red Layering Circle Scallop Die.

The branches are in Shaded Spruce die cut out using the Beautiful Boughs Dies and I applied the Snow Accents Puff Paint which gives the leaves a 3D effect. You apply the paint to your project and heat set using the Heat Tool.

The white pinecones are also from the Beautiful Boughs Dies, I’ve used Whisper White Cardstock die the pinecones out and lightly sponged with Frost White Shimmer Paint on the top layer.

The greeting is from the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set, the image is White Heat Embossed on a strip of Real Red Cardstock and layered over a strip of the Let It Snow DSP. I just love all the different layers I’ve used to make this Christmas card.

To make the three gift tags I’ve used the Delightful Tag Topper Punch with Real Red Cardstock, layered with the striped Let it Snow DSP and die cut the snowman using the Stitched Rectangle Die. I’ve used the same greeting to match the card but this time using Vellum with White Heat Embossed Powder. To finish off the gift tag I’ve used the Real Red Curly Ribbon, looped it around and tied the ends in a knot.


This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by Claire Daly to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.


Happy Crafting



Vicki Boucher



To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.


If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019-2020 Catalogue please contact me here.


Product List:

Papers/Cardstock: Let it Snow DSP, Real Red, Whisper White, Costal Cabana, Shaded Spruce and Vellum

Stamps: Peaceful Boughs

Dies: Beautiful Boughs, Layering Circles, Stitched Shapes and Stitched Rectangles

Colouring Tools: Shimmer Paint – Frost White, Versamark, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy and White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: Real Red Curly Ribbon, Delightful Tag Topper, Multipurpose Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals

Other products: Cutting machine

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 8

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Tonight I will be hoping along with the ladies from the Art With Team and we are showcasing Christmas products. It’s week 8 and I recently received the beautiful So Many Stars Bundle and the Beautiful Boughs Dies in the mail which I have used for my card.

Beautiful Boughs Dies

So Many Stars Bundle

There are 23 gorgeous dies in the Stitched Stars Dies, I’ve only used a few of them in Night of Navy and Seaside Spray Cardstock. I wanted them to sparkle so I added Shimmery Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter. 

The JOY image is White Heat Embossed on Night of Navy Cardstock, die cut out with the smaller frame from the Beautiful Boughs Dies. I’ve used a piece of DSP from the stunning Feels Like Frost 6” x 6” DSP and die cut with the larger frame also from the Beautiful Boughs Dies. 

Underneath all of the dies, I’ve used the Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder, embossed with a piece of Whisper White Cardstock and layered over the base of Thick Whisper White Cardstock.

This week’s Heart of Christmas blog hop is hosted by the lovely Tina Gillespie to see her creation and the rest of the team please click here.



Happy Crafting



Vicki Boucher



To purchase any of these products I’ve used today you can click on my direct links above or visit my Online Store here.


If you would like a copy of the current Stampin’ Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue or the Annual 2019 – 2020 Catalogue please contact me here.

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 7

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Today I will be sharing my creation with the team from the Art With Heart and it’s week 7. We will be showcasing Christmas projects using products from the 2019 Holiday Catalogue and 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue. 

I just love the Itty Bitty Stamp Set you get 18 Cling Stamps of Christmas and Holiday greetings and it comes in a bundle with the gorgeous Christmas Layers Dies with 10% off now that’s a great saving! I’ve paired them with the Stitched Labels Dies. The detail of the stitched dies makes any project a wow factor about them.

I’ve used Celestial Copper Deliocatta Ink, lightly sponged on the larger Stitched Die and on the Vellum branches. This gave the branches different shades of Copper the more ink I put on the vellum the stronger the colour. This gave the card a softer look with the creamy/coffee coloured Vellum.

The greeting is stamped in Versamark Ink, heat embossed with Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and finished off using the Heat Tool.

For the background I’ve used Early Espresso Ink and mixed it with White Embossing Paste. I applied the paste over the Brick - Pattern Party Decorative Mask, sprinkled Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder before the Paste dries and heat set with the Heat Tool. I’ve created a card with this technique a couple of years and I just loved how it turned out.

I used my Paper Snips and ran the blade along the Early Espresso Cardstock edges. Giving it a different finish to my card.  When layering the pieces on the Copper Embossed brick wall I’ve used Stampin’ Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.


To see everyone’s creations, please visit Claire Daly’s blog. They are amazing and I hope we have inspired you to start creating Christmas projects too. 


To purchase any of the products that I’ve used please click here and visit my Online Store.


Happy Crafting


Vicki Boucher



Product List:

Cardstock: Early Espresso and Vellum

Ink: Early Espresso and Celestial Copper Deliocatta Ink

Stamp: Itty Bitty Christmas

Dies: Christmas Layers and Stitched Labels

Colouring Tools: Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knives, Heat Tool, White Embossing Paste, Embossing Buddy, Versamark and Sponge Dauber

Stampin' Up! 2019 Holiday Catalogue Art With Heart Team Blog Hop Week 6

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It's week 6 of the Heart of Christmas 2019 blog hop, showcasing Stampin' Up! products to create Christmas creations. I've chosen the Perfectly Plaid Bundle with Crumb Cake and Pretty Peacock for my card this week.

I've used the tree stamp from the Perfectly Plaid Stamp set and stamped the images in Pretty Peacock Ink onto coordinating Cardstock. Punched them out with the Pine Tree Punch and the third image I've used the gingham In Color 2019-2021 6"x 6" Designer Series Paper in Pretty Peacock.

Perfectly Plaid Bundle 

                                                         
To make the three Christmas Trees pop I've used Crumb Cake Cardstock and die cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies, adding another layer in Pretty Peacock and the third layer in gingham Pretty Peacock DSP. I just love the stitching on the cardstock it gives you that quilted look. The base of the card is also in Pretty Peacock.

The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set and it fits perfectly inside the smallest Stitched Rectangle Die. I've cut the Pretty Peacock Scalloped Linen Ribbon in half, so just the edging of the scallops is only showing and layered onto the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I found this card nice and quick to complete. You could also change up the colours by using any of the New In Colors for 2019-2021, using the DSP and Scalloped Ribbon.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you'll visit all the other ladies blogs by clicking on the link here at Judy May's Blog.

If you would like to purchase any of the products that I've used in today's card, please click on my Online Store click here.

I will be back tomorrow with another blog with the ladies from The Art With Heart Team for more inspiration.

Happy Crafting,

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Stamps: Perfectly Plaid and Itty Bitty Christmas
Punch: Pine Tree
Dies: Stitched Rectangle
Ink: Pretty Peacock
Cardstock/Paper: Pretty Peacock, Crumb Cake and 2019-2021 In Color 6"x 6" DSP
Ribbon: 1/2" Scalloped Linen Ribbon