AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #5

Christmas with Snowy Delights

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the fifth 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.

This week I am sharing another fancy fold and also featuring a gorgeous die cut snowflake from the Snowy Delights bundle.

I saw this fold at one of Susan Campfield’s Crafteroons - April I think. She is a USA Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, and love’s fancy folds. I have converted the fold to suit A4 card-stock as well as cutting the centre panel into 3 panels. Balmy Blue card-stock was used for the card base and some Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper was used to decorate the sections. The DSP pieces had a little Misty Moonlight ink blended over the outer edges. Some white splattering was added as well. A panel of DSP was also slotted underneath the front pieces. This panel also had some Misty Moonlight blending to give depth behind the pop-up section.

The amazing large snowflake die from the Snowy Delights dies cut 3 snowflakes. One from Balmy Blue, another from Basic White cardstock and the 3rd snowflake from the White All Season Velvet Speciality Paper. They were layered together with the velvet layer on top.

One of the sentiments from the Snowy Delights bundle was white heat embossed on Balmy Blue card-stock, then fussy cut into 2 lines and popped up with Mini Dimensionals.

Iridescent Faceted Gems decorated the snowflake. These gems are on the Last Chance List and have been discounted so if you love them like I do don’t miss out - add them to your next order. Balmy Blue Sheer Ribbon was tied around 3 of the pop up panels and into a bow. It is such a beautiful ribbon.

A Basic White card-stock panel was decorated with a thin strip of the Balmy Blue Beautiful Bokeh DSP and small snowflakes stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, together with another sentiment.

A C6 Basic White envelope was also stamped with the small snowflakes in Misty Moonlight ink. Yes, the card does fold flat to fit in the envelope. The popped up panel can fold either way, however, pushing the fold to the right helps the card slide into the open envelope - see photo below.

Thanks so much for dropping in on your way around the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. 

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

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations Insta Hop that goes live every Wednesday evening on Instagram 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. I’m at @andreaksargent on Instagram.

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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