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 October Blog Hop Featuring Embossing Folders

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Welcome to another Art With Heart Blog Hop. This month we are featuring Stampin' Up's! versatile range of Embossing Folders. There are new Embossing Folders available in every Stampin' Up! catalogue and they are an inexpensive way of adding WOW! to your projects. Currently there are 24 different Embossing Folders in the range.

Tonight we plan on showing you lots of ideas on how to use these folders.

For best results when using the Stampin' Up!'s 3D Embossing Folders; use the 3D Embossing Folder Plate; it adds a little more oomph to your die sandwich to make those 3D designs pop.

Tonight I will be sharing with you two cards that I’ve created using the Swirls and Curls Embossing Folder which is a standard Embossing Folder. This folder gives you a beautiful instant snow like feel when you create a card for Christmas.

For both cards I’ve used the same bundle Christmas Gleaming including the stamp set and punch pack. I have also used the Beautiful Boughs Dies for the branch and the smaller label die. Just by using different colours for your cards, you can get a totally different look with the two cards.

The Night of Navy card is combined with Copper Foil, Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Celestial Copper Delicata Ink. As per above photo, I’ve used a Stampin' Sponge with the Copper Ink and lightly swirled the ink over the embossed cardstock which gave the card a different dimension and colour to it.

The Smoky Slate, Whisper White card is combined with Silver Foil, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Frost White Shimmer Paint.

I’ve used the same technique using a Stampin' Sponge with the Frost White Shimmer Paint which gives the card a frosted shimmer look.

Which card do you prefer? The Night of Navy with Copper or Whisper White/Smoky Slate with Sliver? 

Thank you for visiting my blog today and now it’s time to see Tina Gillespie creation using an Embossing Folder. 

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



Kate Morgan

Rachel Woollard

Rebecca Jacovou

Sharon Davern

Vicki Boucher

Tina Gillespie

Claire Daly

Catherine Proctor

Caroline Manwaring

Rachel Palmieri

Andrea Sargent

Sujatha Harding

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.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List:

Embossing Folder: Swirls & Curls

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming

Dies: Beautiful Boughs

Punch: Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack

Cardstock: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Copper Foil, Silver Foil and Silver Glimmer Paper

Colouring Tools: Frost White Shimmer Paint, Stamping Sponges, Embossing Buddy, Versamark, Heat Tool, Copper Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Celestial Copper Ink.

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.