Valley Oak Paper

Welcome to the Sharing Winter All Year Card Hop Challenge ❄️Hosted by .

We are thrilled to announce this month’s theme: Something Never Opened/Used (SNO)! ✨

This is the first time I'm using my Liquid Watercolors! I had fun coloring these ornaments with them. The art deco frame die is also brand new. Blog post https://valleyoakpaper.com/2026/never-opened/

If this theme has ignited your creative spirit, we invite you to join in the winter fun! Pull out something new from your stash and create away.

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Welcome to the Sharing Winter All Year Card Hop Challenge 12! ❄️�Hosted by []. We are thrilled to announce this month's theme: Snowflake Wishes! ❄️

I got messy with some Pearl Powders for this snowflake card.
📝 Blog post https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/snowflake-kisses/

If this theme has ignited your creative spirit, we invite you to join in the winter fun! Share your Snowflake Wishes creations using the hashtag and tag [] so we don’t miss it! We can't wait to see your wonderful designs!

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The shapes in this heart practically beg to be filled in. On a previous card I added gems to some of them. On this one I used red glitter glue instead. I'm liking the result.

Blog post https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/clean-and-simple-love-songs/
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🎞️ A perfect blend for a 5 by 7 card! New video of how this XL holiday card came together.

It's using all , including this month's stitching die set.

The video is part of the monthly YT hop. Winter ❄️ Holidays is the theme for December 2025.

Here are the participants:
https://youtu.be/d-8-63ZEfls ☕️☕️☕️
https://youtu.be/akm5pf-irpg
https://youtu.be/xv6e-fcLaEY

I enjoyed watercoloring 's Woodland Wildlife stamps from last year and turning them into infinity shaker cards. They're based on .gaspar first class in .

You can read about how I created them on my blog at https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/jaycees-infinity-shakers/

The December cardmaking YouTube hop is next weekend! Winter ❄️ Holidays is the theme for December. If you want to participate, get in touch with our intrepid host, .

Save the date for Sunday, December 14th, when we’ll post our edited cardmaking videos on YouTube. I can’t wait to see everybody’s take on this month’s theme!��

If you missed last month’s theme, here's the play list for the hop, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo7RqJ0XJ1i1B1V7JKxBBX9PTLtpFKEDL

Red ♥️ isn't a color I reach for often, but I wanted to create an all-in Valentine's card with BetterPress Kit for December. For the background I used the Embossing Folder of the Month on red cardstock with dark red ink. I love the tone-on-tone effect!

In my tutorial I go into detail about how I cut out the heart and created this card.

📝 https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/id-pick-you-again/
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Welcome to the Sharing Winter All Year Card Hop Challenge 11! ❄️�Hosted by . We are thrilled to announce this month's theme: Festival of Lights! ✡️

I took the theme literally this time. My card uses Stress-mess Christmas Stamp for both the feature and the background. Read more on the blog at https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/festival-of-lights/

If this theme has ignited your creative spirit, we invite you to join in the winter fun! Share your Festival of Lights creations using the hashtag and tag so we don’t miss it! We can't wait to see your wonderful designs!

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📝 For inspo, here are all my Kat Scrappiness card blog posts https://valleyoakpaper.com/?s=Kat+Scrappiness

These are the cards I created following 's batch stamping class for . I had run out of A2 card bases, so I created 5-by-7 cards instead. That gave me more real estate to really showcase the beautiful florals in this stamp set.

It's funny because this is one of my most used stamp sets. Despite it being an add-on for another stamp set, that I don't own. 😂

📝 https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/kristinas-wreath-stamping/
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It's getting to be time again to untangle the light strings. I'm enjoying humorous take on holiday preparations, so I added some watercolors and gold to make it my own. Hopefully you're laughing too.

This pampered pup is probably not eating 🌮 Bell. He's part of the November Stitching Die Set from . I had fun stitching the quilted bag he travels in.

The sentiment is from the BetterPress Kit of the Month and the background is the Embossing Folder of the Month.

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📝 Read about my process https://valleyoakpaper.com/2025/doggone-style/