AWH Heart of Christmas #16

Heart of Christmas Blog Hop: Warm Welcome / Trimming the Tree / Window Wishes

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 sixteenth 2022 Heart of Christmas Blog Hop. I quite a bit of fun creating a card using both Christmas and non Christmas stamps & bundles. Here is my card:

 

Recently, Stampin’ Up! released a bundle from the coming January-June 2023 Mini Catalogue for use at a Stampin’ Up! World Cardmaking Day Event. As I watched the event, I thought of placing a Christmas tree behind the open door and have had the idea bubbling around since then.  

Along with the Warm Welcome bundle, I have also used the Window Wishes bundle and Trimming the Tree stamp set. To gain dimension for the tree sitting behind the open door I thought of the Faux Step Fancy Fold. Some of the card-stock dimensions were adapted to fit the open door with the tree behind. I am sooooo delighted it worked. What do your think?

Here is a side view angle.

Some Thick Very Vanilla card-stock was cut to size and scored, folded and burnished. A subtle Smoky Slate design from the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper (I love this DSP so much) was cut to fit the card front panels leaving a small border. The open door stamp from the Warm Welcome stamp set was stamped in Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ ink. The Christmas tree from the Trimming the Tree stamp set was stamped in Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent Classic inks and then gold embossed to give a sense of tinsel. The tree tub was stamped in Crumb Cake ink. The laurel from the Window Wishes stamp set was stamped in Evening Evergreen and Parakeet Party inks. Presents from the Warm Welcome stamps were heat embossed in gold using Versamark ink, Gold Emboss powder and a Heat Tool. All were stamped on Basic White card-stock.

The door and presents were die cut using the Warm Welcome Dies. I cut 3 extra doors to stick together to give some dimension to the door. The Christmas tree could have been die cut if you had purchased the coordinating Tree Trimming dies during the limited release over previous months or it could easily be fussy cut. The laurel was fussy cut but could have been die cut using the Window dies - I was in fussy cutting mode. The presents were coloured by blending with a Stampin’ Blending Brush - inks used included Fresh Freesia, Rich Razzleberry, Pale Papaya, Polished Pink, Balmy Blue, Blushing Bride Classic inks. The open door was coloured with Pale Papaya and Blushing Bride inks.

The pieces were all assembled and positioned with Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Dimensionals. Some gold embossed scalloped decoration was also added to give a little more interest. Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels were scattered over the tree, laurel and scalloped decorations, as well as for the door knob.  The sentiment from the Window Wishes stamps was straightened from a curve. This could be done as the stamp was photopolymer. It was gold heat embossed onto Very Vanilla card-stock, then trimmed down and added with Mini Dimensionals. A double bow was tied in Gold Elegant Trim and tucked under the sentiment with Glue Dots.

The panel for a personal message can be found by lifting up the decorative panel. A piece of Very Vanilla card-stock was mounted on a slightly larger piece of the same DSP. A stack of presents was added in the corner. A Very Vanilla C6 envelope had a left over stack of gold heat embossed presents adhered to the front.

I hope you like my adaption of the Warm Welcome bundle.  The Trimming the Tree stamps and the Window Wishes bundle were also used to create this Faux Step Fancy Fold card.

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. I certainly won’t. To continue with the blog hop, click the "onto the next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely and 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.

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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