AWH Heart of Christmas 2021 #4

Heart of Christmas with Angels of Peace

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart 2021 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

Last week when participating in the Art with Heart Team Colour Creations Blog Hop, which focussed on Cajun Craze, I created two backgrounds - one with water-colour and the other with an alcohol blending technique. I chose the latter for the card created for that blog hop. I loved the water-colour background so decided to incorporate it in the project for this blog hop.

The water-coloured background was created using Petal Pink & Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' ink, Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and a flat Water Painter. I love using the wet-on-wet water-colour technique (though am still needing to perfect this technique). Water-colouring tends to reveal some of the hues that go to make up a colour. As you can see, Cajun Craze is built on pinky tones.

The water-coloured background was dry embossed using the 3D Merry Melody embossing folder. Isn't the embossed music delightful?

The larger angel from the Angel's of Peace stamp set was stamped in Versamark Ink onto Shimmery White card-stock and heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder and a Heat Gun. A sentiment from the same stamp set and the star from the Great Tidings stamp set was similarly heat embossed. The angel was coloured with Light & Dark Petal Pink, Light Calypso Coral and Light Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends for the dress. Her hair was coloured with So Saffron Blends Combo; her wings & most of the bird with Smoky Slate Blends Combo; and her skin with the Ivory Blend. A Colour Lifter Blend was used to add highlights and soften edges. A touch of Light Melon Mambo Stampin' Blend coloured the dove's belly as a foretelling symbol of 33 years later at the first Easter.

The water-coloured background panel was mounted on a piece Petal Pink card-stock together with a thin strip of Gold Metallic Speciality paper. A piece of the oh so gorgeous White Glittered Organdy Ribbon was cut in half (lengthwise) and tied around the front panel ending in a bow. The angel and sentiment were fussy cut, while the star was die cut using the Wise Men Tidings set of dies. These pieces were all added to the card front with Mini Dimensionals.

This front panel was adhered directly to a Thick Basic White card-stock base. Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added as the finishing touch.

The card inner was formed on Basic White cardstock, stamping the angel and another sentiment from the Angels of Peace stamp set in Calypso Coral ink. The card inner was then mounted on Calypso Coral card-stock leaving a very fine mount. A C6 Basic White envelope was also stamped with the angel in Calypso Coral ink.

Thank you for visiting Valley Inspirations with Andrea. I really enjoyed creating this card with the soft & feminine Angels of Peace with the water-colour background from last week. I had a number of ideas of what I would do with the background but they all went out the window when I looked this morning at the Angels of Peace stamp set on my table.

 

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and or the new July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send one to you. Also, please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

There is more Christmas creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "onto the next" graphic to be taken to one of my special friends, Sharon Davern's blog. I am looking forward to checking out Sharon's creation as well as everyone else's. 

Hope to see you next week for another AWHT Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. There is so much Christmas inspiration to share and Christmas in July is a great time to start Christmas card-making.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea XXX

  

It is always a delight to see everyone's creations and the way they use the amazing Stampin' Up! products. I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show. Don't miss checking out each blog. 

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up or you started part way through, please head to the blog of this week’s host for the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all Art With Heart Team members who are participating.

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