AWH Heart of Christmas #10

Christmas with Magical Meadow

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

This week I am again showcasing the delightful Magical Meadow bundle for a couple of Christmas cards. This week I was creating with the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper and one of the designs inspired these 2 cards. They are similar with different colour combos. The blues are reminiscent of a snowy winter’s scene where as the greens are representative of a Southern Hemisphere Christmas. 

When I first saw this bundle, this layout came to mind. Rather than adding a little shading behind the trees, one of the Winter Meadows DSP showed a soft background with subtle hills and trees, so I decided to rip some Grid Paper and use it to create mountains and shadows. I used a Blending Brush and lightly rubbed the inked brush over the torn paper. The torn paper was moved down and sideways along the Basic White panel. Boho Blue Classic Stampin ink was used for the background on one card and Soft Sea Foam ink on the other card. On the green card the smaller trees stamp from the Magical Meadow stamps was stamped in Soft Sea Foam ink over the paper mask in some of the “valley” areas.

The small trees stamp was also stamped two thirds way up in either stamped off Misty Moonlight or Shaded Spruce inks. On a separate piece of Basic White card-stock both the small trees and the larger trees stamps were inked with either Misty Moonlight or Shaded Spruce inks.

The background panel was embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder before being mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Basic White card-stock and then onto the card base of either Misty Moonlight or Shaded Spruce card-stocks. Some splattering was added in either Misty Moonlight or Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Write Markers.

A thin strip of either a B side of the Winter Meadows DSP or the Joyful Speciality Designer Series Paper was added. Either a piece of Snowflake Splendour Ribbon or White Iridescent Ribbon was folded in half and a piece of Simply Elegant Trim, either Silver or Gold, was wrapped around near the loop end and tied into a bow. This was positioned over the strip of DSP with Glue Dots. The stamped images were die cut with coordinating dies from the Magical Meadows dies. The smaller image was adhered a little lower and on the other side of the card front. The larger group of trees was fussy cut around the tops of the trees and then added with Mini Dimensionals.

A sentiment from the Magical Meadow stamps was white heat embossed onto both Misty Moonlight and Shaded Spruce card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder, the Embossing Accessory Tools kit and a Heat Tool. The words “season of sparkle” was fussy cut and added with Mini Dimensionals. Some Wink of Stella was splattered over the card and either Adhesive-backed Sparkle Gems or gold Festive Adhesive-backed Pearls were added for final touches of sparkle.

The full sentiment was stamped inside the card together with the small trees. A strip of DSP was also added at the base of the Basic White panel. Basic White C6 envelopes were also stamped with the small trees stamp in coordinating colours.

Thank you for calling by for some Christmas prep inspiration. I so appreciate it.

There is more Christmas creativity so do continue with the blog hop. Just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Kate Morgan. I am looking forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always so much wonderful inspiration.

I do hope to see you next week as we continue the weekly Heart of Christmas 2023 Blog Hop series. In a couple of days, on Wednesday evening, many of us with be blogging for the AWHT Colour Creations Blog Hop featuring Fresh Freesia. It would be wonderful if you could join us again.

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

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or would like to view the full list of participants go to Sharon Davern’s blog @ Rhapsody in Craft. Sharon is our brilliant Art With Heart Team Heart of Christmas Coordinator.  She is a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the September-December Mini Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!.