AWH Heart of Christmas - #6

Christmas with Welcome Noel

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the ninth Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2026. 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.

Again being time poor I decided to re-create a fun fold I had used the day before as I thought it would be quicker. Having said that, I found some of my choices didn't gel as well as I had hoped and having run out of time I have just photographed the open view of the card and not the closed aspect.

Here is a couple off close ups of the open card:

Here is the back of the card including the panel for writing a personal message.

Here is a top-down view:

Thank you so much for dropping in to check out my Christmas card. I hope you have found some inspiration for Christmas creating.

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 Sharon Davern. I always look forward to checking out Sharon’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is so much inspiration.

Also, many of us participate in the Colour Creations InstaHop that goes live every Wednesday night on Instagram where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. We would love you to 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 regarding any queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas - #5

Christmas with A Little Christmas

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the fifth Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2026. We are sharing Christmas inspiration each Monday evening until the end of November. I do hope you will be able to check us out as often as you can.

With health and time issues, I again needed something that would come together easily. My choice this week was to fussy cut images from the Oh so cute A Little Christmas Designer Series Paper. There is so much cuteness in this DSP, but I couldn't go passed the carolling mice and some of the critters on the same sheet of DSP. There was some time fussy cutting the images out and being careful not to cut mice tails but I had so much fun in creating a scene on a mini slimline card.

The background was built on a Basic White panel that, once blended and stamped was mounted onto a slightly larger piece of Basic White cardstock. Pool Party ink was lightly blended near the top of the background panel using a Blending Brush. Also, it was stamped with snowflakes in Pool Party Classic Stampin ink.  Te panel was then adhered to a Pool Party cardstock base. Some torn pieces of Basic White cardstock were layered near the base of the card to give a sense of snow drifts/ground.

As mentioned, images were fussy cut with Stampin' Snips and then arranged over the background panel. Both Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals were used to adhere the fussy cut images in place.

A sentiment from the coordinating Christmas Mice stamp set was white heat embossed onto Pool Party cardstock and then fussy cut out. A White Twine double bow was tucked under the sentiment and adhered with Glue Dots. The final touch - some Basic Rhinestone Jewels were coloured with a Pool Party Blend and scattered around the sentiment and over the card to add a little sparkle.

A Basic White panel formed the card inner. I little blending and some stars were added at the top of the panel. A leftover fussy cut mouse and bits of holly were added together with a sentiment from the same stamp set.  A little blending and some stars were added to a Slim Line envelope to provide a little coordination.

Thank you so much for dropping in to check out my Christmas card. I hope it gave you a smile.

There is more Christmas creativity, so do continue with this blog hop to the Art with Heart Team Leader, the amazing Claire Daily. 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 InstaHop that goes live every Wednesday night on Instagram where we showcase one of Stampin’ Up!s colours each week. We would love you to 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 2026 September-December Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact regarding any queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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CASEing the Catty #590 - CASE All Wrapped Up Colours

CASE Stampin’ Up!s ALL WRAPPED UP Colours meets 

Hello, welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea & #590 Challenge with CASEing the Catty.

I am so glad you have dropped by. You may have come from Peta Stephen, as you take this week’s Blog Hop or perhaps arrived directly here; either way I am delighted you are here. At the end of my blog, I have linked to Julia Quinn so you can continue with the Blog Hop.

At CASEing the Catty we love to use the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues and OnLine Exclusives as inspiration and each week we have a different theme to guide our CASEing. To CASE is to "Copy And Selectively Edit" or some say "Copy And Share Everything". This week we are CASE-ing the colours of the All Wrapped Up suite found on pages 22 - 23 of the 2026 Stampin' Up! September-December Catalogue.

This week we are CASEing the colours of the All Wrapped Up Suide, that includes Cloud Cover, Misty Moonlight, Lost Lagoon, Peaceful Pine, Real Red and Secret Sea. It is a lovely colour combo. As I thought of the colours I decided to also feature one of the bundles in the suite - the Elegantly Wrapped bundle with the beautiful bows. Each colour is shown on a different bow. The feel of card reminds me of Berdien, a fellow Artisan this year. I adore her creations.

Starting with a Thick Basic White cardstock base a panel of the All Wrapped Up Speciality Designer Series Paper (SDSP) forms the background. Basic White squares were die cut using a small Tile Garden die and then they were mounted on slightly larger pieces of Basic White cardstock.

The mid and smaller sized bows from the Elegantly Wrapped stamp set were stamped in Classic Stampin' inks - Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Secret Sea, Real Red, Peaceful Pine and Cloud Cover. They were each coloured in a Light Stampin' Blend of the same colour with highlights added with a Colour Lifter. To add some extra highlights/texture, the Stampin' White Gel Pen was used to add lines or dots.

A Peaceful Pine Shimmer pen was used to add fine splatter and a little shimmer. The in colour Shimmer Pens are so much fun.

The Opal Foiled sentiment was found in my stash, together with tiny candy canes. Previously I had created a set of sentiments using my new Stampin' Up! Hot Foil machine and the Magical Christmas Hot Foil dies. I love this product as you make a number of sentiments in one process and can then have them sitting on your creative space waiting for the right project. Together with the sentiments you also get the candy canes and a number of stars.

I was going to use some Basic Rhinestone Jewels as embellishments but they were hiding under another project so I found a retired embellishment - the Faceted Snowflakes. You could also think of them as stars - either way they add a bit of silver shine to coordinate with the SDSP.

Thank you so much for dropping in to check out my project.

Don’t miss any of the inspiration from this creative CASEing The Catty Crew. The next blog in the hop is by the wonderful Julia Quinn. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to her blog. I wonder how she has CASEd the colours - I am sure her project will be something special.

Join In The Challenge: We would love you to share a project that you have created for this Challenge which has been inspired by the the beautiful colours of the All Wrapped Up suite. To share, all you need to do is go to the CASEing The Catty Challenge Group on Facebook. If you aren't a member, it’s easy to request to join and once anpproved all you need to do is upload a photo of your project that was created for this challenge to the main section. You can click on the graphic below to be taken to the group on Facebook. We would so love to see your creation.

 

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