AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #6

Christmas with Snowy Delights & Traditions of Christmas

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the sixth 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 two projects that were started recently as extra projects for different hops but not finished in time for the hop. Here they are:

The first card, top left, was started for last Colour Creations Wednesday’s Instahop (a hop on Instagram) where we were showcasing Fresh Freesia. I created 2 large snowflakes using the Snowy Delights Masks were the first two layers were Fresh Freesia Classic ink. The third layer was Pretty in Pink and the fourth Petunia Pop. I love the detail of the snowflakes using the masks. They can then be die cut with corresponding Snowy Delights dies.

I had a card fold in mind that was similar to this one and then I saw Krista in this month’s Crafty Carrot Co session create a card with this fold. As I was watching her, my mind was planning this card. Thank you Krista for your inspiration. As you can see in the close-up below the largest die cut snowflake from the Snowy Delights dies is the central feature. Two die cuts were adhered together to give strength. A belly band was created using the white Snowflake Speciality Paper. A ribbon was tied around the belly band and into a bow. The snowflake was adhered on top with Mini Dimensionals and some Iridescent Faceted Gems strategically added. A sentiment from the Snowy Delights stamp set was white heat embossed, cut in 2 and fussy cut out.

To open the card, the belly band with a large snowflake is slid off the card. This enables the beauty of the blended snowflakes to show. They had been scored and the smaller section adhered to the back of the card.

The two blended snowflakes are lifted to reveal the next layer with the second section of the sentiment and some small snowflake stamping in Petunia Pop ink. The background is a panel of the Snowflake Speciality Paper that has some Fresh Freesia blended over the edges.

The centre panel is lifted to reveal the personal message. A panel of Basic White card-stock was stamped with more small snowflakes in Fresh Freesia and then another sentiment in Petunia Pop.

I do love this style of card with the numerous reveals, and yes, it still fits into a standard A6 Basic White envelope. The envelope was simply stamped with more small snowflakes in Petunia Pop.

CARD 2

I created 2 cards using this fold 2 weeks ago. At that time I had started to cut the card-stock and Traditions of Christmas DSP. I was so pleased with it when I finished the card this week that I wanted to share it with you. The background uses one of the Traditions of Christmas DSP designs mounted on Cherry Cobbler card-stock.

The bunch of flowers stamp from the … stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Gold Wow Embossed Powder. The flowers were water-coloured with Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Pretty in Pink inks. There is a coordinating die that can cut it out. The Basic White background panel was embossed with the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder.

If you don’t want to embossed and colour this bunch of flowers you can die cut similar bunches out from the Traditions of Christmas DSP. The Easel Fold section uses Strawberry Slush card-stock as the base. Cherry Cobbler card-stock was gold heat embossed with the sentiment.

As you can see, 2 Basic White card-stock pine fronds cut using the … dies were poked behind the floral arrangement. A gold die cut sprig of leaves was also tucked behind.  Gorgeous Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink gems were sprinkled around with a couple coloured with a Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend.

Here you can see underneath the Easel panel. A white panel was gold heat embossed with the poinsettia stamp design and the Cherry Cobbler gold embossed piece was popped up with Dimensionals so it can act as a stopper for the easel. It can be used for writing a personal message at the top, however, I also added a Basic White panel on the back of the card (with a strip of DSP) for a more verbose personal message. A Basic White C6 envelope was gold heat embossed using the poinsettias stamp design to tie it in with the card it will hold.

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 every Wednesday night where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. We would love you to also check in on us on Instagram 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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