AWH Heart of Christmas #19

 Christmas with Delicate Baubles

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 19th Art with Heart Team 2021 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. 

Its great you are joining us for this Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I had quite a bit of fun  creating a luminary for this Christmas blog hop. I hope you like it:

I'd been asked to run a class for a local Craft Group and create something different from a card for Christmas. I decided to design a Luminary or Votive and was told they hadn't done anything like that before. After deciding to use the Bright Baubles bundle and especially the Delicate Baubles dies, I started by measuring the dies to calculate the size of the panels that were to be cut. Having been caught previously by cutting the panels too small I wanted to have enough cardstock surrounding the die cut hole.

I initially worked out dimensions with the 4 side panels, a fold back at the top and enough for a base, but...  It wasn't till I went to die cut the bauble shaped holes that I remembered that my Cut & Emboss Machine was only 6" wide and my card-stock was much wider. I then experimented with sizes till I worked out what was needed for a 4" x 4" cube. That was the size I made at class - see the Evening Evergreen Luminary in the first photo above.

The Craft Group made the 4" x 4" x 4" but Christmas Designer Series Paper was added as an extra layer which gave more stability to the sides (not pictured). In creating a project for this blog hop I decided to change the dimensions to improve the overall design of the project.

In this luminary, 2 pieces of Soft Succulent card-stock were cut, scored, burnished with the seams cut and notched. Coordinating pieces of Tidings of Christmas DSP was adhered to the relevant panels and then the two open baubles dies were used to cut holes in the side panels. (I'm hoping to create some decorations with all the bauble die cuts - stay tuned.)

Vellum card-stock was adhered to the back of the panels over the bauble shaped holes. Each of the 4 detailed bauble die cuts were cut out of Gold Foil that had been backed Adhesive Sheets so each die cut bauble would become a sticker. After ensuring all the background die cut pieces were removed, the backing paper was removed and the detailed baubles were adhered to the Vellum.

The two luminary pieces were adhered together to create a long flat piece. Then the remaining side seam was adhered to the other end, forming a tube. The top seam was adhered to the inside over the edge of the Vellum.  The base pieces were folded in across the bottom and adhered in place. Two square pieces of card-stock were then adhered on the base and inside the bottom of the luminary to neaten it off.

The final touches were to add bows tied with Simply Elegant Gold Trim and the White Shimmer Organdy Ribbon. The ribbon had been cut in half lengthwise to give a daintier effect. Then the oh so gorgeous 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels were added to each bauble to add extra glimmer. I so so love these gems. A different colour jewel was used on the different baubles. 

Here are some photos of the luminary at dusk to show you the impact of the light of a battery tea light shining though the vellum around the gold baubles. This tea light changes colour.

Thank you so much for spending time with me on my blog. I'm delighted you did.

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 July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I would love to send them to you. Pease don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

To continue with the blog hop, click on the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Rosa Leyden. I always look forward to checking out Rosa's creations together with everyone else's. 

Hope to see you next week for another AWHT Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. We only have 3 more Heart of Christmas Blog Hops this year, going up to the end of November

Also, don't forget the weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop by the Art with Heart Team that launches every Wednesday at 8.00pm AEST.

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

Andrea XXX

  

As mentioned, it is always a delight to see everyone's creations and the way they each use the amazing Stampin' Up! products. I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show so 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 of the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop, very special Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all Art With Heart Team members who are participating in this blog hop. Check out her beautiful creation while you are there.

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