AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #2

Christmas with Rustic Crate

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the second Art with Heart Heart of Christmas Blog Hops for 2024. This 2024 series runs from August until the end of November. I hope you can check us out each week as I know there will be so many different projects shared with a range of ideas to help your Christmas preparations.

I love creating and sharing Christmas creativity with you. This week I am focussing on a bundle from the current Annual Catalogue that carried over from a previous Catalogue. The Rustic Crate bundle has stamp and dies to create a crate with a number of different contents. Among the images of things to go in the crate are poinsettias, which I’m using this week. To add some extra fun the card is a fancy fold.  There is also a coordinating gift tag.

The crate was created using the Rustic Crate dies and one of a Pecan Pie designs from Nature’s Sweetness Speciality Designer Series Paper together with Pecan Pie card-stock (for the back section). I don’t think one can see that the poinsettias are sitting in a cute little folded crate - ah well at least I know and if its given to a paper-crafter, they are likely to check it out.

A Thick Basic White card base was scored, folded and burnished; then covered with 3 designs of the gorgeous Nature’s Sweetness Speciality Designer Series Paper. The opened card is shown near the end of the blog. The poinsettias were gold heat embossed on Basic White card-stock and coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Cherry Cobbler combo, Light Real Red, Dark Flirty Flamingo, Light Daffodil Delight, Old Olive combo and Dark Granny Apple Green Blends. As I wanted to cut the two poinsettias apart to have 3 sitting in/on the crate, I fussy cut them all. The second separated flower was tucked under the crate on the LHS.

The label was die cut from Basic White card-stock using one of the Countryside Corner dies and then stamped with the willowy plants in 2nd generation Pecan Pie Classic Stampin’ ink.

Some Pecan Pie Centre Stripe Ribbon (an Online Exclusive) was tied around the fun fold card with a little Tear ‘n Tape adhesive tucked under the ribbon on the top layer of the card (the white and distressed gold SDSP). The label was adhered over the ribbon, ensuring the Multipurpose Liquid Glue was only applied to the back of the label where it sits on the top layer of the card. The crate, poinsettias and gold foil die cut foliage (cut using the Layers of Beauty dies) were arranged with Glue Dots and Dimensionals. A different sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set were gold heat embossed, then fussy cut and added with Mini Dimensionals.

Panels of the SDSP were also adhered inside the card. A Basic White panel was gold heat embossed with another sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamps. An extra coloured poinsettia image was adhered on this panel as well. A Basic White C6 envelope was gold heat embossed on the flap with the poinsettia image (not pictured).

While creating the above card a coordinating gift tag was created with the same products. 

Thank you so much for joining us for our second Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. I hope you are enjoying this blog hop and are being inspired for your Christmas paper crafting.

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

Also, many of us participate 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 also check in on us for more creative inspiration.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself.

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 coming September-December 2024 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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