Stampin' Up! Heart of Christmas featuring Hearts Come Home 2

Welcome back for week 17 of the Heart of Christmas cards. This week, I am using Hearts Come Home stamp set and Hearth & Home Thinlets. 
As always, the step by step instructions to recreate my card are at the end of this blog post.


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Step by step instructions to create you own card (inches are in bold)
If desired ink all edges of cardstock/DSP etc. using inkpads and sponge daubers
1. Cut lemon lime twist cardstock 29cm x 10cm (11 7/16" x 4") & score at 14.5cm (5 6/8") and set aside
2. Cut the following cardstock 
- real red 14cm x 9.5cm (5 1/2" x 3 3/4") 
- sahara sand 13.5cm x 9cm (5 5/8" x 3 1/2") 
- whisper white galaxy shaving cream background (I had previously made) or a sky coloured cardstock
- a piece of brown timber designer series paper (DSP) (for the staircase)
- a piece of white timber DSP (for the window)
- black cardstock for trees
3. Die cut the window from white DSP, staircase from brown DSP and 3 trees from basic black cardstock
4. Stamp Santa sleigh/reindeer image in Memento ink towards the top of the shaving cream background piece
5. Adhere the black trees in place under the Santa image and adhere the window on top of sky cardstock
6. Stamp "banister" greenery onto emerald envy cardstock and die cut using coordinating framelit
7. Stamp baubles and colour in using stampin' write markers
8. Adhere the window die cut and the stairs onto sahara sand cardstock and add greenery and baubles onto the top of the stairs
9. Adhere sahara sand cardstock onto real red cardstock and adhere onto lemon lime twist card front

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!

Hearts Come Home Wood-Mount Stamp Set [145413] $50.00	Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Bundle [146056] $103.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] $11.50	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] $14.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $11.50
Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250] $14.00	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $11.50	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [141399] $6.50	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122933] $6.50
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $14.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $17.50
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies [144674] $52.00	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259] $51.00	2016-2018 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [141393] $26.00
2017-2019 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [144033] $26.00

Comments

[Rachel Woollard]

Great combination of stamp set Ros, beautiful card

[Catherine Proctor]

Ros your staircase looks so realistic cut out of the woodgrain paper, and I love the glimpse of santa through the window! So clever!

[Judy May]

Wow Ros, there are so many lovely details on your card. Your galaxy background is stunning!

[monika o'neill]

Ros, your card is just stunning, love all the details you have put into it and your sky is just gorgeous xx

[Sharon Davern]

What a great card Ros, love the sky through the window and the stair case railing is fantastic in the woodgrain paper. xx

[Caroline]

Gorgeous card Ros. I love your sky and how fun is Santa's sleigh being led by Rudolph :)