AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #5

Christmas with Reindeer Days

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 5th Art with Heart Team Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. We are hopping each week through August until the end of November. I hope you can check us out each week as I know there will be so many ideas and different projects on display to inspire your Christmas preparations.

I do love creating for Christmas and sharing creativity with you, hoping you will be inspired in your preparations for Christmas. This past week has been full so was thinking of something more simple to create and decided to CASE a card I made last year, ie a slim line card that features fussy cut images from Designer Series Paper to create a scene. This time I am featuring the wonderful Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper. Here is my card:

When I first saw the Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper with all the happy reindeers I thought of fussy cutting and rearranging them into a scene.  My plan today was to share 2 slimline cards that would be similar but different using different designs of the Reindeer Days DSP. It’s probably is no surprise that I couldn’t resist stepping it up a little with dry embossing, blending and layers so I ran out of time to complete the second card. There is a photo at the end of this blog to give you a sense of the images/layout of the second card, but I will try to finish it over the weekend and upload a photo.

I fussy cut numerous different images from a sheet of DSP, noting that the background was a gorgeous snowy Pool Party, so I couldn’t resist gently blending Pool Party Classic ink over the background panel. 

The panel was embossed with the gorgeous Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder, before mounting the panel onto a slightly larger piece of Pool Party card-stock. The mounted panel was adhered to a Thick Basic White card base. An extra piece of Basic White card-stock was cut with dies from the Delicate Forrest dies to form little sloping hills.

The fussy cut images were arranged to form a story and adhered in place with Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue. A sentiment from the Peaceful Season stamp set was white heat embossed onto Pool Party card-stock and then fussy cut, removing the second line of the sentiment. 

Two partial images on the edge of the sheet of DSP were fussy cut and added to inside edges of the card. A different sentiment from the Sentimental Wishes stamp set was added in Coastal Cabana ink. I will be creating an envelope from coordinating DSP for this card or perhaps stamping on a DL envelope when I find my stash.

Card 2: I also fussy cut reindeer from a different sheet of the DSP. Some trees were cut from a third sheet. See below, a rough layout of the second card. I will finish the second card in a similar but different way to the first card.

Thank you so much for spending time with me on my blog. I hope my card(s) brought a smile.

There is more Christmas creativity, so do continue with the blog hop. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a lovely lady, Christina Barnes. I am looking forward to checking out Christina’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always 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. It would be wonderful if you could 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.  She is a special lady. 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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the new September-December 2024 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 other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

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AWH Heart of Christmas Blog Hop #3

Christmas with Reindeer Days 

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the third Art with Heart Heart of Christmas Blog Hop for 2024. We are hopping every week until the end of November. I hope you can check us out each week as I know there will be so many ideas and different projects on show to help your Christmas preparations.

I love sharing Christmas creativity with you and hope that you will be inspired in your crafting. This week I needed a simple-ish card as my body has been playing up and creative time has disappeared. I had in mind a different card, but then was inspired this morning by Kayla Renee, an amazing Australian Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and past Artisan. She had created a fancy fold card using the Double Diagonal Fold. Also, I have only just received a paper share of coming Designer Series Papers from the September - December 2024 Mini Catalogue and when I saw the oh so cute Reindeer Days DSP, I immediately thought of fussy cutting the cute little deers, etc to create various card designs. Putting the happenings together I came up with this card:

The Double Diagonal Fancy Fold is usually shown in portrait form so for something a little different, the fold was flipped on its side to create a landscape card. 

This card used 3 of the designs from the Reindeer Days DSP, ie one to fussy cut the images, one on the triangle that flips down and the 3rd on the triangle that flips across. Oh, I should also mention that the card base uses a full piece of Thick A4 Basic White card-stock. It is scored in quarters and then sections are cut away. See below for a photo of the open card. One could create a second card from the card-stock. I ran out of time this week.

Two Thick Basic White labels were die cut using 2 mid sized Countryside Corners dies. The labels will be layered together with Dimensionals after the smaller one has been decorated. The smaller label was lightly coloured with Pool Party and Granny Apple Green Classic inks and Blending Brushes. The fussy cut reindeers and trees were arranged, with the reindeers popped up on Dimensionals.

I found a gold heat embossed ‘Happy Christmas’ sentiment on my desk and thought it would be perfect for this card. It had been stamped using the Greetings of the Season set. It was fussy cut out and then adhered in place with Mini Dimensionals. 

A little splattering was added using a Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Write Marker. The final touch to add to the scene and give a little gold bling was the addition of a few birds from the Adhesive-backed Dragonflies and Birds embellishments. They are so cute and I love the way there are different birds that fly in opposite directions.

The card inner had a little green blending and a couple a fussy cut trees, positioned so they complimented the card design. A different sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was also gold heat embossed. 

A C6 Basic White envelope was simply decorated with a left over triangle of DSP.

Thank you so much for calling in. I hope this cute reindeer fancy fold card gave you a smile.

There is more Christmas creativity, so do continue with the blog hop. Just click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a beautiful friend, Kate Morgan. I am looking forward to checking out Kate’s creation(s). I do love seeing everyones' projects - there is always 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. It would be wonderful if you could 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.  She is a special lady. 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 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue and or the coming September-December 2024 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 other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

#heartofchristmas  #heartofchristmas2024 #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards #stampinupdemonstrator #papercrafting #artwithheartteam  #papercrafter  #valleyinspirations   #reindeerdays