Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the second Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase.
We are now half way through August and Christmas still seems quite a way off, however, the next few months will disappear quickly, so I really appreciate the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase to help me focus on creating in readiness for the festive season. Stampin' Up! have released their August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue with gorgeous products to help us make lovely projects. Leave me a message if you would like a copy of the new Mini Catalogue, if you are in Australia. I'd be delighted to help you.
I've created two projects this month. The two cards feature wreaths with poinsettias. Some aspects of the cards are the same or similar but the cards are different. I hope you like them.
CARD 1: Long thin cards appear to be "in" at present so I thought I would give one a go. The size aligns with a standard DL envelope. I plan to make an envelope for this card but haven't created it as yet.
The card base is cut out of Thick Whisper White card-stock and the card front is made with a light wooden-like sheet from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper (DSP) mounted with a thin boarder of a Brass Foil sheet. I so love this colour of foil - it is rich and delectable.
The card front was embossed at the top and bottom with one of the Meadow Moments embossing folders. The wreath was based on a luscious Gold Hoop embellishment. These hoops are soooo gorgeous. The hoop appears to be hanging on the Forever Greenery Trim Open Weave ribbon that is tied with the Gold trim from the same Combo Pack. The ribbon is tucked to the back of the card front before the card front was adhered directly to the base.
The poinsettias, a few leaves and some berries were fussy cut from one of the sheets of the Flowers for Every Season DSP. Holly leaves were fussy cut from one of the sheets of the Poinsettia Place DSP. This is great for those who aren't into colouring. Larger berries were die cut from Brass Foil using the Poinsettia dies. These elements were arranged with the poinsettias raised on Mini Dimensionals.
A sentiment from In The Pines stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed using Gold Emboss powder on a small piece of the same DSP as was used for the card front. A little Wink of Stella was added to the poinsettias to give a little extra shimmer. This isn't picked up by the camera, but is great in real life.
To coordinate with the card front the card inner had thin strips of the Brass foil added at the top and bottom with extra fussy cut holly leaves.
CARD 2: As mentioned, my second card features a wreath (but a different type of wreath) with poinsettias (but different poinsettias). The size of this card is standard rather the long thin style. The card base was the same Thick Whisper White card-stock and the card front was made from the same wood-like DSP from the In Good Taste DSP, that had been embossed with the Pinewood 3D embossing folder and was mounted on Brass Foil with a thin boarder showing. The card front was popped up on Dimensionals to give some dimension and to adhere the front to the card base.
The wreath was created using the Wreath Builder dies. In the set there are two wreath dies, one with little twigs and buds the other with leaves. The first was cut out of a Brass Foil sheet while the leaf die cut a Garden Green and an Old Olive card-stock layer. The Garden Green and Old Olive leaves were sponged with Whisper White Craft ink using Sponge Dauber. Each single wreath was layered one on the other ensuring part of the lower wreaths showed.
The poinsettias were cut using the poinsettia die (from the same die set) with two pieces cut from Calypso Coral card-stock for each flower. As you can see there are three flowers. Six tiny flowers were cut from Whisper White card-stock. The poinsettia pieces also were sponged with Whisper White Craft ink and the tiny flowers were daubed with Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Up! ink and the edges with Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Up! ink.
The flowers were arranged with the poinsettias adhered with Mini Dimensionals. Two extra brass foil twigs also were added. The sentiment from the Arrange a Wreath stamp set was stamped on a little off-cut of the DSP with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold Emboss powder. This was fussy cut and positioned in the centre with Mini Dimensionals.
The card inner was stamped with part of the wreath from the Arrange a Wreath stamp set in Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Up! ink and a die cut Brass foil bow from the Wreath Builder dies was added. The same wreath was similarly stamped onto a Whisper White envelope.
A bow using the Vanilla Open Weave ribbon and the Gold Twine from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack was adhered in place with Mini Glue Dots. Five tiny Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added to the centre of each poinsettia and one to the tiny flowers to finish off the wreath.
I love wreaths and the Arrange a Wreath bundle provides so many creative opportunities.
I had fun creating two similar, but different Poinsettia Wreath cards. I hope you like them too.
Thank you for sharing the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase. I hope you are enjoying the blog hop and finding inspiration. We are always excited to see each others creations and are always inspired by one another.
Judy May is our talented host this year for the Heart of Christmas 2020 Showcase each month as we head up to Christmas. If you haven't finished looking at all of the teams Christmas creations, you can visit/revisit Judy's page at Just Judy Designs, where she hosts all the links to the Showcase participants.
Members of the Art with Heart team are conducting other regular blog hops including:
- Every Wednesday we are holding the Colour Creations Showcase where we feature a different Stampin' Up! colour each week. This coming Wednesday, members of the Team will share projects that hero a neutral colour - "Crumb Cake".
I do appreciate you dropping by and visiting Valley Inspirations.
As mentioned, please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue or the newly released August - December 2020 Mini Catalogue; or if you have any queries that I could help with. If you are interested in buying Stampin' Up! products, I would delighted to help you.
I hope you are coping in these difficult times. Look after yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe, stay healthy and know you are special - even though you may not feel that way.
Andrea 😘
List of Products used to create these projects:
Stamps, Dies & Punches
- Arrange A Wreath stamp set - #152587
- Wreath Builder dies - #152722
- In the Pines stamp set - #153448
Inks & Applicators
- Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' ink pad - #147101
- Petal Pink Classic Stampin' ink pad - #147108
- Whisper White Craft Stampin' ink - #147277
- Sponge Daubers - #133773
- Versamark ink pad - #102283
- Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder - #109129
Paper
- Whisper White card-stock - #106549
- Thick Whisper White card-stock - #140490
- In Good Taste Designer Series Paper - #152494
- Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper - #149612
- Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper - #153487
- Calypso Coral card-stock - #124392
- Garden Green card-stock - #108605
- Old Olive card-stock - #106576
- Brass Foil sheets - #153057
- C6 Whisper White envelopes - #106589
- Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack - #152475
- Gold Hoops Embellishments - #152474
- Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels - #151193
Adhesives
- Multipurpose Liquid Glue - #110755
- Mini Glue Dots - #103683
- Tear & Tape Adhesive - #138995
- Mini Stampin' Dimensionals - #144108
- Stampin' Dimensionals - #104430
- Pinewood 3D Embossing Folder - #152320
- Meadow Moments Embossing Folder - #153126
- Take Your Pick Tool - #144107
- Bone Folder - #102300
- Paper Snips - #103579
- Paper Trimmer - #152392
- Stamparatus - #148187
- Block C - #118486
- Block D - #118485
- Block E - #118484
- Block H - #118490
- Grid Paper - #130148
- Silicone Craft Mat - #127857
- Sponge Daubers - #133773
- Stamping Sponge - #141337
- Simple Shammy - #147042
- Heat Tool - #129056
- Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine - #149653
- Magnetic Cutting Plate - #149656
Wow, your cards are jaw-droppingly gorgeous, Andrea! The hoop/wreath looks amazing on the Slimline card, and the wreath on the regular side card is so lush! Stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Andrea, I love the touches of gold!
ReplyDeleteAndrea, I just love your cards. They are both stunning! You have used my absolute favourite foil colour, and I totally agree with you - it is lush! I love both of your designs, they are beautiful. Thank you for such lovely inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, Andrea. I especially love how you've embossed the DSP. The sponged poinsettias on the second card look like velvet!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning Andrea! I love the soft backgrounds and the texture you've added. Think I might be adding this bundle to my next order.
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards, Andrea. Love the slimline card; it is very elegant and using Calypso Coral for the Poinsettia's is a lovely choice. Thanks so much for being part of Heart of Christmas this month!
ReplyDeleteLike them? Oh my goodness I loooooooove them both! So elegant and understated and simply superb!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Wreath cards Andrea, the wood grain background really pushes the red out and makes it pop in the poinsettia's
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these are outstanding, Andrea. So elegant, rich and smart with the gold hoops; absolutely amazing job.
ReplyDeleteBoth of your cards are just beautiful Andrea. Absolutely love how you've used those gold hoops!
ReplyDeleteBoth are beautiful cards.
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