Heart of Christmas 2020 - September by the Art With Heart Team Australia

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Tonight the Art With Heart Team will be showcasing their Christmas projects with you for the month of September. The lovely Judy May is the host for our monthly hop, so make sure you click on her name at the end of this blog.

For my card today I decided to use the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set and Dies which is on page 57 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and I've combined new products from the August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue.

I really love this set and using different products gives this Christmas card a new look. I had a light bulb moment and I wanted to use the Gold Hoop Embellishment as a starting point for my card.

Using the Beautiful Boughs Die images with the 12"x 12" Brushed Metallic Cardstock which comes in Bronze, Copper & Gold. They work well together and with the Gold Hoop Embellishment. 

The card base is in Shaded Spruce Cardstock adding another panel in the same colour, using the larger pine branch inked up in Shaded Spruce Ink and stamped around the edge of the Cardstock. I just love this colour so much and the richness of the Shaded Spruce Argyle Satin Ribbon adds another layer to my card.

The sentiment is heat embossed in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder onto Whisper White Cardstock and die cut with the smaller label from the Beautiful Boughs Dies.

Adding a little sparkle to the card, I've used the Just Jade Gems from the Flowers for Every Season Gems. It's hard to tell from the photos, but when the light shines on the card it gives a nice shine to the gold and the gems.

Now it's time to visit Judy May's blog and the rest of the participants for this month's Heart of Christmas Showcase. 

Need a catalogue? Please send me a message here or visit my online store here to purchase any of the above products that I've used in today's project

Happy crafting 

Vicki Boucher

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

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

Colour INKspiration Challenge #66

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Today I will be sharing with you a card that I’ve created for the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge #66 and the choice of colours are Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana, Poppy Parade, Pineapple Punch, Mint Macaron and Lovely Lipstick. How gorgeous is the photo and choice of colours? You can choose any three colours for your creation, plus you can use Basic Black, Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Metallics. This challenge will run for 3 weeks and will end at 7pm (AEDT) on Monday 11^th November 2019. 

Did you see Nicole Wilson’s beautiful creation for this challenge? I just love the colours and technique she has used, so be sure to hop all the way through for more inspiration using these colours.

The colours I’ve used for my card are Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana and Mint Macaron. I wanted to create a non-traditional colour scheme for my Christmas card.

This card was so fun to create and I just love the colours. I’ve used the Pigment Sprinkles in Gorgeous Grape onto Fluid 100 Water Color Paper. I randomly stamped the snow falling stamp (Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set) with Versamark Ink onto the Water Color Paper, sprinkled White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set the snow.

I’ve used just one of dies from Beautiful Bough Dies to create the wreath in the colours that I mentioned above. I've applied the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint and Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush onto each die cut piece before adhering to the layered Water Colour Paper with Multipurpose Glue.

The greeting is from the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set, stamped in Versamark Ink onto a piece of Basic Black Cardstock, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set. Then I fussy cut out the greeting with my paper snips.

I layered the Water Color Paper onto Gorgeous Grape Cardstock, added a few Noble Peacock Rhinestones in Gorgeous Grape to the wreath, made a bow in Gorgeous Grape ¼” Mini Striped Ribbon and added the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

Make sure you visit our Facebook group to enter your creation, we would love to see which colour combination you choose and it’s so much fun to share too!


Click to join Colour INKSpiration Facebook group to partake in the challenge. All you need to do is up load a photo and if you have a blog you can link it back to your personal blog. Share with your crafty friends so they can join in with the challenges too.


Hope to see you there!

Now for more inspiration please click on the next button to see Jan Clothier to see her beautiful card.


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.

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