AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #10

Christmas with Beach Day for an Aussie Christmas

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the tenth Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. We have been blog hopping since early August and will continue every week until the end of November. I hope you find time to check us out each week as I know there will be many, many ideas and projects on display to inspire your Christmas prep.

I love creating for Christmas and hope that you will like my project for this week. It is an Aussie Christmas box card and can double as a luminaire and or a box card that also holds a special present. There are lots of photos this week so you can see different aspects of this box.

Here are the other 2 facades of the box card.

While I changed measurements, I must acknowledge Mikaela Titheridge, a current Stampin’ Up! Artisan and UK Demonstrator, for sharing how she created a gorgeous Christmas box card. I love her mechanism for attaching the roof in such a way to enable the box to fold flat and fit into an envelope.

This box card also has a base so that it could also be used as a box & card that holds a special gift.

Aussies love to spend Christmas at the beach and so I thought I would create an Aussie Christmas card featuring the Beach Day bundle and Country Birdhouse dies. Also used are the Reindeer Fun bundle and Christmas Friends dies.

The box was created with Pool Party card-stock and Basic Beige card-stock was torn to be reminiscent of sand. The roof and under roof were cut from Country Woods DSP. Most stamping was added to Basic White card-stock apart from the sand castle, that was stamped on Basic Beige card-stock.

The Country Birdhouse die was used to cut out 4 birdhouse facades. Each one was scored with straight lines reminiscent of weather-board beach houses. Under roof pieces were die cut from Country Woods woodgrain Designer Series Paper and Basic White card-stock. One of the pieces was coloured with a Dark Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blend.

Stampin’ Blends were used for the colouring of Surf boards, beach ball, sand castle umbrella, beach chair and seagulls, ie Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Summer Splash, Pool Party & Smoky Slate Blends Combos. The die cut wreath (from the Reindeer Days dies) and garlands (from the Christmas Friends dies) were coloured with Granny Apple Green and Soft Sea Foam Blends Combos with a touch of Pool Party. Splattering over the box was added with a Summer Splash Stampin’ Write Marker.

Grasses were stamped in Granny Apple Green Stampin’Classic ink, and the sandcastle with Crumb cake ink. Tiny seashells were stamped directly on the box with Crumb Cake ink. All of the die cut of fussy cut pieces were added with Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals.

The wreath and garlands were all decorated with Iridescent Pearl Jewels. They are so gorgeous. The die cut bows were cut from either Gold Foil or Basic White card-stock.

Here is a photo of the card folded flat. To fit into an Basic White C6 envelope the bottom flaps are folded up inside the card.

The Basic White C6 envelope was stamped with a sentiment from the Country Birdhouse stamps and Reindeer Fun stamps. “Merry Christmas” was also white heat embossed on the woodgrain Country Woods DSP as the sentiment on the box card. Some extra pearls were scattered around the sentiment.

You may notice a scored flap on one side of the box, which can lift up for a brief personal message. It is supposed to be reminiscent of a roller door into the beach house.

I did mention that it can also be used as a luminary. Circular holes were cut in each side that were each covered with Vellum from an online exclusive, the Graceful Greenery Vellum Speciality Paper. I was hoping to photo the card at night but was called away yesterday and so didn’t complete this card till this afternoon, so you don’t get the full luminary effect.

Thank you for dropping in. I hope you like my Aussie Christmas Box card.

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, Judy May. I always look forward to checking out Judy’s wonderful 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 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 this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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