AWH Heart of Christmas #13

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop: Boughs of Holly and Celebrate Everything

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2022. 

So glad you are joining us for our thirteenth 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. 

I had fun crafting with a friend on Saturday were we created a pack of Gift Cards. Later I made a stepped up version especially for Christmas. Here is the stepped up Christmas Gift Card Pack using the delightful Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper:

This project is based on a u-Tube by the Paper Pixie where she created a no glue folded card holder for 3"x3" gift cards. As Julie DiMatteo provides a great tutorial, if you want to create something similar, I suggest you watch her uTube (Episode 252). Here are some brief details & photos to give you a sense of the process.

A sheet of 12x12 Boughs of Holly DSP was cut, scored and burnished. Then the card holder is folded into shape. There is no adhesive holding it together. It can be opened fully as shown here - showing both sides of the opened project.

To shape the ends of the top tags on the holder, the Very Best Trio Punch was used. It was also used to punch the slots for the ribbon that will hold it all together with a bow. The tag dies from the Holly Berry dies cut both tags in Basic White card-stock. The small tag was stamped with sentiments from the Leaves of Holly stamp set in Old Olive Classic Stampin ink. A piece of the muted green "B" side of one of the Boughs of Holly DSP sits behind the larger label.

The above photo shows the inside of the card holder. The photo below shows the No Glue Mini Gift Card Holder with its contents - 8 Christmas Gift Cards.

The gift cards end up as 3"x3" cards and can fit in the small square envelopes available from Stampin' Up!. I thought I had a few packs of these envelopes but couldn't find them so ... either they are put away in a "safe place" or I forgot that they were all used. They will be added to my next order. Back to the gift cards. Each gift card is cut to 3" x 6" and scored at 3". A piece of Basic White card-stock, cut to 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" is added to the inside of each card.

Two cards were made using the same DSP design and 4 different designs were used. The smaller tag from the Holly Berry dies was used with Basic White card-stock. The sentiments from the Leaves of Holly stamp set were stamped in inks coordinating with the colours in the relative DSPs, ie Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Shade Spruce or Evening Evergreen Classic inks. 

The die cut holly leaves that are part of the larger label die and were cut from Basic White card-stock and added behind the smaller label. To change the holly leaf arrangement on some of the cards the leaves were cut apart and added in a different way.

A hole was punched in the folded corner of the Christmas Gift Cards using the Label Me Fancy punch and some fine ribbon was looped through the hole. Some retired Stampin' Up! ribbon was used as I couldn't find what I was looking for. The final touch was the addition of some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Here are some photos of the No Glue Mini Gift Card Holder and Gift Cards that were made when crafting with a friend. We used the Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper to create the cardholder and gift cards. Stampin' Up!s DSP is fantastic with designs on both sides. It is wonderful for use where both sides of the paper will be seen. Handmade Wishes stamp set was used for the sentiments and some decorative touches.

Below is a photo of the Gift Card Holder and the set of Gift Cards. Of the 8 gift cards, 4 are Christmas specific and the other 4 could also be used at other times as well.

I have been asked as a guest demonstrator at a craft group in a few days time so we will make the Christmas gift cards shown below (together with another project).

Thank you for dropping in and spending some time with me. I do appreciate it.

It is always a delight to see everyone's creations and I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show so don't miss checking out each blog. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of my friend, the lovely Christine Blain. I always look forward to checking out Christine's creations as well as everyone else's. 

Don't forget the weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop by the Art with Heart Team that launches every Wednesday at 8.00pm AEST. We will be featuring Garden Green this coming Wednesday.

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

Andrea XXX

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 our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop Host, the 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.

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Pease don't hesitate to contact me with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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