AWH Heart of Christmas #12

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop: Decorated with Happiness

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2022. 

So glad you are joining us for our twelfth 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I had fun playing with a new technique to create moving elements on this card:

 

Check out the position of the baubles. You will see that they are in different positions in the various photos. They swing to and fro, each pivoting at points under the pine branches. I recently had seen a video on uTube by Susan Campfield, a US Demonstrator, where she made a card with Santa's feet swinging underneath his body. It got me thinking about how the technique could used. I also wanted to try stamping on misted cardstock so the stamping had a water-colour look. ... And this card came into being. While a little of the stamping can be seen in the photos, sadly much of the stamping has been hidden by the die cut pine boughs.

A panel of Shimmery White card-stock was misted with water in a Stampin' Up! mister and then stamped with the pine boughs that had been coloured with Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' inks. I then water-coloured the lower section with Balmy Blue ink, using the medium Water Painter. The panel was put aside to dry while pine boughs were die cut from Shimmery White card-stock using the coordinating Decorated Pine dies. They were coloured with Evening Evergreen and Parakeet Party inks.

The water-coloured panel was embossed with the pine embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders set. This was mounted to a slightly larger piece of Evening Evergreen card-stock. The baubles were die cut from Gold Metallic Speciality Paper. Some of the pieces within the baubles were pushed out and a strip of the same Speciality paper was adhered to the top loop of each bauble. A hole was punched in this strip using a retired 1/2" punch. The baubles were positioned and a Dimensional was adhered within the hole in the strip, ensuring the bauble was able to move. More Dimensionals were added across the top and a 2cm strip of Evening Evergreen card-stock was adhered on top. The water-coloured pine boughs were positioned and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue over the top strip of card-stock. This enabled the baubles to swing freely.

A piece of Lights Aglow Speciality Designer Series Paper was adhered to a second 2cm strip of Evening Evergreen card-stock which was adhered over the adhered pine bough ends. Vanilla & Gold Satin Edged Ribbon was wrapped around the card front and a bow was tied with ribbon that had been slice in half lengthwise. A sentiment from the Hope and Peace stamp set was heat embossed onto a piece of Evening Evergreen card-stock with Versamark ink, White Stampin' Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. The sentiment was fussy cut with my trusty Snips and added in place with Mini Dimensionals. Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels were coloured with a Dark Cherry Cobbler Alcohol Blend and they were scattered around.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was mounted to a slightly larger piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. A fine strip of the SDSP was adhered at the base and a couple of small pine boughs were added. A pine bough was stamped in Soft Succulent ink on the front of a Soft Succulent Slimline envelope.

Thank you for dropping in to check out my Christmas card using the Decorated with Happiness bundle. I do love this bundle.

It is always a delight to see everyone's creations and I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show, so don't miss checking out each blog. To continue with the blog hop, click the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely Caroline Manwaring. I always look forward to checking out Caroline's creations together with everyone else's. 

Don't forget the weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop by some members of the Art with Heart Team that launches every Wednesday at 8.00pm AEST. 

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea XXX

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up or you started part way through, please head to the blog of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop Host, the special Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all Art With Heart Team members who are participating in this blog hop. Check out her beautiful creation while you are there.

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Pease don't hesitate to contact me with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas #7

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop: Decorated with Happiness

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the first Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2022. 

I am so glad you are joining us for our 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I had fun creating a card using the Decorated with Happiness bundle. Here it is:

 

Last week I noticed that the CASEing the Catty theme was to CASE a card that had a Christmas Tree. I was thinking of participating and decided to CASE the card shown below on page 27. My card was to use die cut pine branches and baubles rather than stamped and has a die cut background instead of adding rectangular panels. I ran out of time to create and upload my card by the deadline so decided to use the card for this week's Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. Stampin' Up!s catalogues are wonderful sources of inspirations.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was colour blended with Balmy Blue and Mint Macaron Classic inks using a lovely Stampin' Up! Blending Brush. The coloured panel was dry embossed using the pine folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folders packet. Then this panel was sprinkled with water splatters and splattered with White Craft Pigment ink.

The card front was die cut using the Picture This dies and splattered with both Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent Stampin' Write Markers. Three pine branches were cut from Soft Succulent card-stock using the Decorated Pines dies. Touches of Evening Evergreen ink and White Craft ink were daubered onto the branches to give the effect of light and dark. Each of the die cut baubles were die cut from Gold Foil. I had also tried die cutting the Festive Foils Speciality paper but they didn't seem right in this instance. However, they really are delightful.

The pine branches were arranged either over or under and through the die cut holes and the gold baubles were added. A sentiment from the stamp set was heat embossed on Evening Evergreen card-stock using Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool. It was fussy cut and the words separated. A bow was tied using Gold and Vanilla Satin-edged Ribbon (that had been split in half) and Gold Simply Elegant Trim. Some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels were scattered over the card front to add a little extra shimmer.

A Basic White card inner was stamped with pine branches using 2nd generation Soft Succulent ink. Two of the Gold Festive Foil die cut baubles were added as well. A Basic White C6 Envelope was also 2nd generation stamped with a couple of pine branches.

Thank you for calling by for this week's Heart of Christmas Blog Hop.

It is always a delight to see everyone's creations and I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show so don't miss checking out each blog. To continue with the blog hop, click the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely & talented Michele Taylor. I always look forward to checking out Michele's creations together with everyone else's. 

Don't forget the weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop by the Art with Heart Team that launches every Wednesday at 8.00pm AEST. This week we are focussing on Crushed Curry.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others.

Andrea XXX

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up or you started part way through, please head to the blog of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop Host, the very special Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all Art With Heart Team members who are participating in this blog hop. Check out her beautiful creation while you are there.

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Pease don't hesitate to contact me with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas #2

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop: Decorated with Happiness 

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the second Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2022. 

So glad you are joining us for our 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I have enjoyed creating a card using Christmas products from the new July - December Mini Catalogue. Here is my card:

I am still trying to include water-colouring into my projects created during July, to acknowledge Water-colour Month. A piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was cut in half to create 2 long thin pieces. One of the pieces was wetted all over with water. Using the wide Water Painter, Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' ink was applied at the bottom of the panel using side to side swipes across the panel working upwards and lightening the colour as you go. Then Soft Succulent Classic ink was applied at the top of the panel with the same painting action. Extra water was added so Soft Succulent ink could drip down the panel. This water-colouring was  subtle and dried even lighter. Before the panel had fully dried, it was passed through a Cut 'n Emboss Machine with a pine embossing folder from the Wintry 3D Embossing Folder set.

The water-colour panel was mounted on strips of Gold Foil with a thin edge showing on both long sides. The panel was similarly mounted on strips of Evening Evergreen card-stock allowing some to show on either side. A piece of Lights Aglow Speciality DSP was mounted directly onto the Soft Succulent card-stock base. The centre water-coloured panel was mounted on Dimensionals.

Pine branches (large and small) were die cut from Evening Evergreen card-stock using dies from the Decorated Pines dies. A little White Craft Pigment ink was daubered onto some edges of the pine branches. Two baubles were die cut from a Gold Foil sheet using dies from the same set. These pieces were arranged and adhered with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and a couple of Mini Dimensionals.

A bow was tied using Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon that had been sliced in half lengthwise. A bow of Gold Simply Elegant Trim was tied around the knot of the ribbon bow. This layered bow was adhered in place with Glue Dots. A sentiment from the Hope & Peace stamp set was heat embossed on Evening Evergreen card-stock using Versamark, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. The sentiment was fussy cut. Some Festive Pearls were added for a touch of shimmer.

Two strips of the same Lights Aglow Speciality DSP were added down the 2 long edges of a Basic White card inner. An extra Evening Evergreen Pine branch was adhered and a sentiment from the coordinating Decorated with Happiness stamp set was stamped in Soft Succulent ink. A pine branch from the same stamp set was stamped on a Basic White C6 Envelope in Soft Succulent ink and a tad of the Evening Evergreen ink.

Thank you so much for spending time with me on my blog. I'm so glad you joined us for a Heart of Christmas Blog Hop in 2022. We will be back next Monday and every Monday until the end of November, going live at 8.00pm AEST.

It is always a delight to see everyone's creations and I am sure there will be gorgeous Christmas projects on show so don't miss checking out each blog. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the talented Michele Taylor. I always look forward to checking out Michele's creations together with everyone else's. 

Don't forget the weekly Colour Creations Blog Hop by the Art with Heart Team that launches every Wednesday at 8.00pm AEST. 

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. Hope to see you next week.

Andrea XXX

If at any time you find a broken link and the next blog doesn’t come up or you started part way through, please head to the blog of our Heart of Christmas Blog Hop Host, the very special Sharon Davern, and she will have the list of all Art With Heart Team members who are participating in this blog hop. Check out her beautiful creation while you are there.

If you are in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue and or the July - December Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you. Pease don't hesitate to contact me with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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