Christmas with Noel Greetings
Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the tenth 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.
This week's card is an alternative to one of the cards in October's Paper Pumpkin Kit. This is a wonderful kit that makes 5 card each of the 2 different designs. Each of the designs are lovely as is. Having said that, it is always fun to create alternatives. I have used a number of the kit's bits and pieces for my card and altered other aspects. Here is the card with the Kit's instruction sheet to show the kit cards.
The background on the card was one of the kit's card bases. I have only used half of the base and mounted it onto Basic Beige and Basic White card-stocks before being mounted onto a Basic Beige card base. The mounting enabled an imperial sized card to be converted to a metric sized card - the latter being the standard size we use in Australia.
The background is a beautiful design, perfect for the oval label. Some light brown jute from the Neutrals Jute Combo Pack was twisted and adhered to the edge of the label with Glue Dots. The tree near the house and trees across the background was cut from a Mossy Meadow background piece from the kit using a pack of dies - the Layered Tags Dies - that are designed to coordinate with this and the next two Paper Pumpkin Kits. The dies can only be purchased by folk who have subscribed for Paper Pumpkin. They are great for alternatives.
The sentiment was White heat embossed onto a scrap of Real Red card-stock and trimmed down. The kit includes a background layer with a decorative edge. Part of the edge of a decorative kit layer was cut away and tucked under the sentiment. Pine sprigs (from the kit) were stamped onto Basic White in Mossy Meadow ink (from the kit) and tucked under the left edge of the sentiment.
A few Basic Rhinestone Jewels were coloured with a Dark Real Red Stampin' Blend before being added as "berries". The stars in the sky and for the large tree were cut from Gold Foil.
A Basic White panel was added inside the card for writing a personal message. The tree stamp from the kit was repeatedly stamped in Mossy Meadow ink across the bottom of the insert. A Basic White C6 envelope was also stamped in Mossy Meadow, but with the pine sprig stamp from the kit.
Thank you so much for dropping in to check out my alternative Paper Pumpkin Christmas card. I hope you have found some inspiration for Christmas creating.
PS. My plan to create 3 cards with a similar layout but different colours and focal points needed to be put on hold. I was starting to create the 3 cards but then realised that I wouldn't get them finished in time to photograph and include in this blog. Here is a sneak peak of the card backgrounds. Come back next week to see the finished cards.
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 amazing Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is so much Christmas 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. This week we are hero-ing Gray Granite, a warm grey. 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 2026 Catalogue, then let me know and I will be delighted to send it to you. Please don't hesitate to make contact with any queries about this project or Stampin' Up!.
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