AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #4

Christmas with Traditions of Christmas & North Pole Delivery

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the forth Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2025. We are sharing Christmas inspiration each Monday evening until the end of November. I do hope you will check us out as often as you can.

I am sharing 2 fun fold cards this week using the same fun fold but different DSP and bundles. I missed finishing a third card - just ran out of time - sorry. I am thankful to Emma Goddard, a very talented UK Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, for her inspiration. I saw her demonstrate this fold at her weekly Card & Cuppa.

CARD 1:

The first card features the Traditions of Christmas suite. The gorgeous Traditions of Christmas Speciality Designer Series Paper was used for the background, cut a tad smaller than a standard 1/4 A4 card-stock base. 

The card base was cut from Pool Party card-stock. A piece of Basic White card-stock was cut at 7.5cm across the width of the card-stock ie 21cm. Another piece of Basic White card-stock was cut to 7.5cm x 10.5cm that formed the easel.

The gorgeous bunch of flowers, leaves & pine from the Christmas Greenery stamp set was gold heat embossed on Basic White card-stock. The image was water-coloured using Old Olive, Strawberry Slush and Pool Party Classic Stampin’ inks. There are coordinating dies to cut the image out. A couple of pine fronds were die cut from Basic White card-stock. A different sprig of leaves was cut from Gold Foil. This die came from the Charming Day dies.

The top front panel was dry embossed using the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder. Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon was tied around the easel base and the top panel was notched to allow the knot of the bow to sit on the card front. Some Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems provide a little shimmer.

As shown earlier in this blog, the easel section stands against the sentiment that acts as a stopper. A sentiment from the coordinating Traditional Labels stamp set, was white heat embossed on Pool Party card-stock and then popped up on Dimensionals. Before adding the sentiment, the poinsettias arrangement from the stamp set was gold embossed on the bottom of the centre section.

CARD 2:

This second card was created in the same way, but Pool Party card-stock was used as the card base together with the North Pole Delivery Designer Series Paper and the Falling Snow large stamp for the background. The base was decorated with one of the DSP designs. Various images were fussy cut and adhered directly or with Dimensionals. 

The sentiment, from the Jolly Delivery bundle, was white heat embossed on Pool Party card-stock. Iridescent Facetted Gems provide some shimmer. They are gorgeous and currently on the Last Chance List with a little discount. The small area inside the card & above the sentiment stopper could be used for writing a brief message. If more space is needed, a message could be written on the back of the card.

Thank you for dropping in on your way around this week’s Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I so appreciate you. 

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

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations Blog Hop that goes live on Instagram 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.  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 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue and or the new September-December 2025 Mini Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact regarding any queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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