AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #8

Christmas with Peaceful Evergreens/Reindeer Fun/Decorative Trees

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the eighth weekly Art with Heart Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. We started this series in August and will be hopping every week until the end of November. I hope you can check us out each week as I know there will be so many ideas and different projects on display to help you with your Christmas preparations.

This week I have combined products from 3 different bundles and amended a fun fold I saw over the weekend. Here’s my card:

I started creating this card by making a blended background on Pool Party card-stock using Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin’ Inks and White Craft ink. A smaller panel of Pool Party card-stock was embossed with the Painted Trees 3D embossing folder and Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock inks were lightly blended over the trees using Blending Brushes. A splattering of White Craft ink was added to both panels. 

The mid and smaller trees from the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set were stamped in Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon inks respectively and then cut out with the coordinating dies from the Peaceful Evergreen die set. An extra small tree was also stamped and cut for inside the card. A prancing reindeer from the Reindeer Fun bundle was stamped in Early Expresso & Cherry Cobbler inks and then coloured with Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends combos with the Color Lifter and touches of Light Petal Pink Blend. There are coordinating dies for cutting him out but as I was relaxing in the evening he was fussy cut out.

The two sizes of presents were die cut using dies from the Reindeer Fun die set using both Lost Lagoon & Pretty Peacock card-stocks and Cherry Cobbler Glimmer Paper (Festive Glimmer Paper pack). A little shading was added to the presents before attaching the Cherry Cobbler die cut bows. A sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamps was white heat embossed onto Pretty Peacock card-stock. Some oh so gorgeous Iridescent Faceted Gems added a special touch of shimmer.

To talk a little about the fun fold - So far it looks like an ordinary card. I watched Susan Campfield on U-Tube create a fun fold she called a “Flip Window card”. She had designed it around new scrapbooking products that Stampin’ Up! have recently introduced. A support product can be added to a Scrapbook page that opens to reveal extra photos underneath - it’s a flip panel. Susan also cut out a window under the centre panel that opens separately to the card itself. The photo below shows the centre section opening to reveal two scenes - one on the reverse side of the central flip panel and a second scene that can be seen through the die cut window.

The inner flip panel was covered with a Lost Lagoon tree design from the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper. The smaller Lost Lagoon stamped tree was added to the flip panel. It doesn’t show well in the photo but is better in real life. A sentiment from the Decorative Trees stamps was white heat embossed onto Lost Lagoon card-stock and fussy cut out. A window was cut through the card front using a mid sized Countryside Corner die and then frames were cut from Lost Lagoon card-stock using the same die and a second die that was 1 size larger.

When the larger card opens, you see part of the inside flip panel framed by the window and you also see the card inner - as shown above. The ombré blended section that had been die cut out was adhered onto a Basic White card inner. Another sentiment from the Reindeer Fun stamp set was white heat embossed onto Pretty Peacock card-stock. This sentiment and a second reindeer was adhered to the ombre panel. A few more Iridescent Gems were scattered around. 

I have changed the dimensions, format (to landscape) and a number of other aspects of Susan Campfield’s card, however, as this card developed, I thought of a number of things to improve my process so you may see another card in the near future using a variation of this fold.

A Basic White C6 envelope was simply stamped with the prancing deer in Early Expresso ink on both front and back of the envelope. 

Thank you so much for dropping in to check out my Peaceful Evergreens Christmas fun fold card. I hope it has given you some ideas.

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 lovely lady, Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is 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. We would love you to 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 amazing 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 new 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 re any queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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