AWH Heart of Christmas #14

Christmas with a Festive & Fun / Beary Christmas Slimlines

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

This week I have a couple of slimline Christmas cards to share. One was started last week with stamping and colouring trees; the second was born while I was fussy cutting bears and other critters from the Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper.

CARD 1

This slimline card uses the giraffe & tree image from the Festive & Fun Stamp set. The image was stamped multiple times in Versamark ink on Basic White card-stock and then gold heat embossed using Gold Emboss Powder, Embossing Additions Tool kit and a Heat Tool.

A Basic White background that had been cut with a Deckled Rectangle die had some Pool Party Classic Stampin’ ink blended across the panel. By the way, the background was partially die cut and the die was moved to enable a much longer die cut panel. The blended background was also splattered with a Pool Party Stampin’ Write Marker. As you can see the background panel was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Gold Foil.

The images were coloured with Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo, together with my trusty Color Lifter. The baubles were coloured with Fresh Freesia, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Balmy Blue and Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Combos. All the images were fussy cut.

Some Basic White card-stock the width of the background panel was die cut with a die from the Gloriously Made die set to give a sense of snowy hills. A sentiment from the same stamp set was gold heat embossed on to Basic White card-stock. A double bow of Simply Elegant Trim was tucked under the sentiment. It should’ve been a bit smaller so will need to alter it. It’s amazing how flaws within projects can be seen when editing photos and writing blogs. I am again running out of time so will have to fix it later. Wink of Stella was splattered over and some cute Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs were scattered around for a little extra shimmer.

A Basic White card-stock inner was gold embossed with the full image with the giraffe & tree and a thin strip of Gold foil was added at the base. A white slimline envelope was stamped with the same gold embossed image so it coordinates with the card it will carry. Showing the full image indicates where the tree image was from.

CARD 2

I was preparing for creating class projects and was fussy cutting many images from the Beary Christmas DSP. It is oh so cute.  As I was fussing cutting I started to design this second slimline card.

Similar to the first card, a Basic White card-stock panel was lightly coloured with Balmy Blue ink and a Stampin’ Blending brush. Looking at the panel - it needed something else so I added a splattering of Balmy Blue Stampin’ Write Marker and Shimmer Embossing Paste over the snowflake Abundant Beauty Decorative Mask. It’s subtle but beautifully adds shimmer and texture. Another piece of Basic White card-stock also was die cut with a thin curved die from the Gorgeously Made dies. The die cut hills were added to the background with Dimensionals.

Fussy cut images were arranged and either directly glued with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and or Dimensionals. The same sentiment from the Festive & Fun stamp set was gold heat embossed and cut out with the Stampin’ Trimmer. It was added with Mini Dimensionals.

Some Adhesive-backed Sparkle Gems were added near the sentiment and in the centre of the star. I tried adding a bow but with the shimmery snowflakes, nothing else was needed.

A little Balmy Blue blending was added at the side of the Basic White card inner. I hope you don’t think the bear is rude but I thought the back end of a bear with a jumper and rabbit on his back was cute. It was an image that was cut through on the edge of a DSP sheet. A couple of other part bears were adhered to a slimline envelope. Where-ever I can, I love to use the images on the edges of DSP.

Thank you so much for dropping in. I hope you found something to peak your interest. I so appreciate you taking the time to call by.

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

I do hope to see you next week as we continue the weekly Heart of Christmas 2023 Blog Hop series. We only have another 3 blog hops this year. Where has the time gone?

Also, many of us are participating in the Colour Creations Blog Hop that goes live every Wednesday night where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. It would be fantastic if you could join us again then.

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 wonderful 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 2023 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!. 

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