Sweet Sunday, or I’m calling it Santa Sunday maybe.
This week I have been creating with the new Santa’s Hat stamp set.
This is one of the cards.
This is a really simple 2 step stamp set. It has the Santa hat outline and the “fill-in” stamp that colours the hat. I like how it gets all the right shading in the hat. I couldn’t colour it like this.
It has some fun Christmas greeting stamps too. I diecut this one with the retired Mixed Labels Dies. The Poppy Parade card mat is embossed with the Softly Woven Embossing Folder which is a new one.
This is the Santa’s Hat stamp set. You can see it more -> HERE.
This is available in the September – December 2026 Catalogue. If you need to order it and you are in Australia you can order at the above link.
While you are there looking at the Catalogue, be sure to check out the Hot Foil Catalogues now available if you are interested in Hot Foiling.
What I am liking in the new Catalogue??
Joyful Friends– for our Aussie cards.
For Christmas Paper with those traditional Christmas colours.
Timeless Christmas Designer Series Paper
This paper includes 12 – 12″x12″ Paper sheets. (4 Each of 3 designs). One of the sheets include Tag shapes that can easily be cut to add to a card or to simply create tags.
** Watch out for the Paper Shares coming very soon.
In addition to the Catalogue there are new Online Exclusives. I will talk more on those soon.
SEPTEMBER PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
Also, September brings a new Product of the Month.
The Luxe Specialty Designer Series 12″x12″ Paper. This paper features three leaf and floral designs accented with gold foil. The colours are dark blue, sage green, and caramel brown backgrounds.
You can choose this paper when your order reaches over $125 for an additional $9.
Check it all out in my store -> HERE. And you can order there to OR Contact me directly.
Happy Reading today. It’s always exciting when a new catalogue comes your way.
It’s been a while since we have done Sunday Suites. So let’s have a little Christmas in July with the ‘A Stitched Season’ Suite.
If you like the look of quilting without all the stitching yourself or you are a quilter yourself you will like this suite. Fun shapes and Festive patterns with stockings, holly and trees.
Here is all that is included in the Suite Collection.
The A Stitched Season Suite includes:
Stitched Stocking Bundle
A Stitched Season 12″x12″ Designer Series Paper
Real Red Stitched Ribbon (6.4mm, 1/4″) 9.1m, 10 yards
Adhesive Backed Mini Christmas Buttons (45) 1cm x 1cm, 3/8″ x3/8″
Let’s look at them a bit more closely.
The Stitched Stocking Bundle
This is not just for your Christmas cards but it can create some cute Christmas Stockings and other projects to dress up your Christmas.
Pair classic Christmas sentiments with quilting-inspired designs like holly and pine trees for a warm, nostalgic look. I love how you can make those stockings and dress them up how you like with a patchwork look and add some buttons and ribbon. Make them personalised too by adding some initials or names on them even??
The largest Die in this Bundle measures 8.4cm x 12.1cm, 3-5/16″ x 4-3/4″ which would be the larger stocking.
A Stitched Season Designer Series Paper
Prints for your Christmas projects to with quilt-inspired patterns. And you don’t have to spend all that time sewing them! This paper is a perfect choice for creating seasonal projects that feel warm and nostalgic.
You can dress up the diecut stockings with the patterns or any other Christmas style project. But some of these patterns would work for any occasion not just Christmas.
The colours in this paper are: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Peaceful Pine, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Secret Sea.
Now let’s see some projects that Stampin’ Up! artists have put together with them to really show off this Suite.
Are you a quilter? You would love that you can get the look of quilted projects in paper.
If you are a Cardmaker and not dabble in the sewn quilted world you will love to be able to create these type of projects with little fuss and so much less time.
Only days out to Christmas but maybe you still need some inspiration for your Christmas Tags. These could be added straight to a Card Front too for Cards if you prefer.
These tags we made at our last Christmas Tag Class recently.
I have used a number of different products on these tags. You could use the same or substitute with what you have.
These tags used: the Ornamental Christmas Bundle. The Festive Friends Bundle. Modern Christmas Specialty Paper. Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper. The Patterned Tags Dies.
Here are some more Tag ideas that I have created from past years.
If you are still madly creating for Christmas I hope that you get it completed soon. And if it doesn’t get done don’t stress. All will be Ok.
I was going to film a video to show you how to make this card. But here we are a week out from Christmas…. So I thought I would tell you about it. It’s easy to follow along really I think.
This is the card.
The trees were given a light watercolour. Ink the “pine” type tree with the Classic Ink. I used Garden Green and then with a Water Painter lightly wipe over the branches spreading outward to wash out the colour. You only need a very light touch.
For the other tree I inked this up in Granny Apple Green and used the Water Painter to spread the ink. Start from the outside line and brush inwards. You will need to pick up more ink from the ink pad to spread enough ink but that’s ok. Add as much as you like.
Let the trees dry before you diecut. I used the Ornamental Christmas Bundle but if you don’t have that then try it with other tree stamps you have. This technique could work too with flowers or other images you want to colour. Give it a try.
To finish the card I stamped the sentiment on white card and diecut with one of the larger Arch dies in the Everyday Arches Set. Before I diecut the arch I added a strip of the Modern Christmas Specialty Paper near the bottom.
Now to go and finish the Christmas shopping. I am so behind. Anyone else like that??
Happy Christmas creating. I hope you’re more organised that I am.
Jenny
If you need supplies and you are in Australia you can head to my store -> HERE. OR Contact me directly.
Do you like sparkle for your Christmas cards? On this card I added some red Glimmer Paper for the Ornament to make it sparkly.
The card is using the Ornamental Christmas Bundle. The curvy lines that are in the stamp set I stamped across the top of the diecut ornament for some extra detail. When I diecut the ornament I added a piece of Glimmer Paper with the red card so this would all cut together and would line up with this ornament. You can do it separately though too if you would rather.
The paper is from the Modern Christmas Specialty Paper.
This is one of the cards we made at our Modern Christmas Class last weekend. I realised I hadn’t shown you all the projects yet.
This is the Ornamental Christmas Bundle. It’s an Online Exclusives so not in the Holiday Catalogue. You can see it more -> HERE.
How is your Christmas creating going?? Time to send those cards out so they can get there in time. I so need to do this myself …
Sweet Sunday. It’s a cute blue elf wishing you a Merry Christmas.
This is with the Festive Friends Bundle. The elf was coloured with the Stampin’ Blends and I diecut the trees and the snowflake from the die set. The Misty Moonlight card mat was embossed with the Peaceful Greenery Embossing Folder.
I have been wanting to do more with stencilling too so I pulled out the retired Linked Together Masks to give them a go. Not quite the effect I was going for but I think it works ok perhaps. I was wanting a little more contrast between the light blue and the darker blue highlights.
I added a strip of the Peaceful Garden Paper which I had torn the top edge of and layed it on the White card before diecutting with one of the rectangles from the Textured Notes Dies. Then I adhered the strip down and added it to the card with Dimensionals.
The Festive Friends set is a cute one with this elf and santa and the snowman. I think I haved used it quite a lot this Christmas for those cute cards.
One with the Stampin’ Up! Ornamental Christmas Bundle today.
Do you add texture on your cards? There are different types of texture here. The embossed background, gold detailed star diecut and some soft satin ribbon. And of course add the bling. Adding the texture adds extra dimension and interest on a card so it is not so flat looking.
If one of your cards is not quite looking right or looking a little flat maybe see how you can add some texture as some type of element. It will make a big difference.
This is the Ornamental Christmas Bundle I have used.
More with the Stampin’ Up! Modern Christmas Specialty Paper. I have loved playing with this paper. It is so shiny and so classy for Christmas this year.
I have to say though. It is hard to take a photo with all the shine and glare you get. I used 2 different patterns of the paper together with this one and then a simple sentiment diecut with a circle from the Spotlight on Nature Dies.
I added texture by embossing a strip of Garden Green card with the Soft Waves Embossing Folder. Layering the pieces of paper on a card mat gives some contrast. The Cherry Cobbler piece was diecut with one of the rectangles in the Textured Notes Dies.
This would be a simple design if you have to mass produce your Christmas cards. It still adds a little class and shine but easy to cut and stick together in no time.
Hope your Christmas cards are going well.
Happy Crafting,
Jenny
If you need supplies and you are in Australia I would love to help you. You can head to my store -> HERE Or contact me directly.
Christmas time is certainly the occasion for some gold and shine. This is a simple card with shine using the Modern Christmas Specialty Paper. And the addition of the Ornamental Christmas Bundle.
Initially I stamped the sentiment in black ink on the Garden Green card. It just felt flat. After a couple of days I came back to it and I redid it and heat embossed the sentiment in Gold. That made it extra shiny and classy.
If a card is not working sometimes it’s just a matter of redoing the sentiment to give it a little WOW! especially with some shiny gold.
I’m loving the Ornamental Christmas Bundle and the Modern Christmas Paper. The paper is not your traditional red and green but you can add those colours as well. It gives you extra class.
