AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #12

Christmas with Jolly Delivery

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 12th Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2025. We are sharing Christmas inspiration each Monday evening until the end of November. Wow, where have the last few months gone??? Our last Blog Hop for 2025 is next week. 

I so missed sharing with you last week but health issues and other commitments made it difficult. Recently, I have been thinking of creating a Joy Fun Fold card so decided to create one this week and also feature the Jolly Delivery bundle and North Pole Delivery Speciality Designer Series Paper.

Time was limited this week so rather than stamp and colour some festive animals from the stamp set I used the pop out images from the DSP to decorate the card. This DSP is brilliant as the pack of pattered paper includes 2 sheets of 12” x 12” of pop outs. The critters are all so happy and make me smile.

Using a Basic White card base, half of the front was cut away on the diagonal. The underneath section of the card was covered with a panel of the Pool Party design of the DSP. The top half front was covered with a triangular panel that had been stamped randomly in Secret Sea ink  using the 4 smaller stamp images. A little Pool Party blending had been added around the edges.

A folded piece of Pool Party card-stock was cut with a Branching Out die. Two smaller die cut labels were prepared in Basic White card-stock. The folded Pool Party label was adhered to the back of the card inner with the fold to the right. This will allow the front section of the card to slot between the folded label. Photos of opening the card come shortly.

The front panel of the label was decorated with some of the pop out images and a sentiment from the Jolly Delivery stamps was white heat embossed on Secret Sea card-stock. A few Traditional Sparkling Sequins added a little shimmer.

The photo below show the card opening by lifting the top section of the label.

And here is the open card ready for a personal message to be added.

Another sentiment was stamped in Secret Sea ink and a couple of extra pop out images were used to decorate. The back flap or a C6 Basic White envelope was decorated with some of the Pool Party DSP.

Thank you so much for dropping in on your way around the Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I know I am a bit of a dog tragic, but I do have fun creating with the happy North Pole Delivery Speciality Designer Series Paper.

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 Insta Hop on Instagram. The hop 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.  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 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 with any queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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