Stained Glass Nativity

This card is being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – It’s A Blue Christmas – where we are to “show off some Blue Christmas designs.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

It is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics “PR Design Challenge No. 34 – Holidays” where we are to show our holiday creations (any holiday). (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/10/20/prdc-no-34-holidays/)

The stamp I used for this card is “Stained Glass Nativity” by I Brake for Stamps.  I stamped the image on vellum with versamark ink and silver embossing powder.  Then, I turned it over, and colored the image with Copic Markers on the back.  The markers I used were:  B95, B39, B97, E49, E55, E59, and Y17.  The card base is GIna K In the Navy.  I used a spellbinders A2 Matting Basics die to cut out a rectangular window in the card, and attached the vellum panel behind the window on the inside of the card front.  I lined the other half of the inside with white card stock so a message could be included, and also so the stamped image would be more visible (against the white) when the card is closed.  I created a decorative panel for the card front by cutting a slightly larger rectangular window that lines up with the window in the card base.  Before attaching it to the front of the card, I embossed it using the Cuttlebug D’Vine Swirls embossing folder.

When the card is standing on the table, a battery operated tea light can be placed inside to make the “stained glass” image glow.

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Let It Snow

This card is being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – It’s A Blue Christmas – where we are to “show off some Blue Christmas designs.”  The card stock used was “In The Navy” by GIna K Designs. It’s dark, but it’s blue!  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

It is also being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge – It Takes Two, Only Two! – where we are to create a card that can only use TWO colors, and that does include neutrals, on this challenge!  AND NO designer papers!  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

It is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics “PR Design Challenge No. 34 – Holidays” where we are to show our holiday creations (any holiday). (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/10/20/prdc-no-34-holidays/)

The stamp set I used for this card is the Gina K Designs “Merry Little Christmas” set which I stamped with versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder on Gina K In the Navy card stock. White was the other card stock I used.  The embossing folder used for the background panel is Snowflake Swirl (Darice 1218-39).

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Basket of Snowmen

This card is being entered in the Mod Squad Challenge – It’s My Favorite, where we are to create our all-time favorite kind of card, be it a technique, color, layout, or whatever else we may love.  We have free rein to do whatever we want, as long as it’s our most very favorite kind of card. (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)  My favorite type of card is distressed or vintage and country or primitive.  I tend to like warm colors and use a lot of browns!

It is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics “PR Design Challenge No. 34 – Holidays” where we are to show our holiday creations (any holiday). (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/10/20/prdc-no-34-holidays/)

I fell in love with this basket stamp the second as I saw it!  It is by Stampington & Company and is called Snowmen Basket designed by Debbie Mumm.  I stamped it in Mememto Tuxedo Black on white card stock and colored it with Copic Markers (E40, E43, E44, E47, R89, G29 and 0).  The image was masked, and then the background was inked and wood-grained with Memento Desert Sand and Gina K Kraft.  I added some speckles with Gina K Warm Cocoa ink and a Tim Holtz stamp from the Visual Collection – Nature’s Elements.

The greeting came from the Gina K Designs Warm Woolen Mittens set (retired?) and was stamped with Gina K Charcoal Brown ink.  The background was done the same way as the snowman panel.  The edges of both were then distressed with a razor (the Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Paper Distresser) and inked with the charcoal brown.

The card stock I used was Gina K Cranberry Tart and White.  The plaid printed paper was from Basic Grey’s Little Black Dress paper pad, and the brown was on the back of a piece of Joyeux Noel Santa card stock by Glitz Design.  Raffia, jute and metal snowflake charm were from my stash.

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Embossed Gold Tree

This card is being entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge –  STV14MON41 – “Christmas Comes Early” where our card project should be Christmas themed.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

It is also being entered in the Perfectly Rustics “PR Design Challenge No. 34 – Holidays” where we are to show our holiday creations (any holiday). (http://perfectlyrustics.com/2014/10/20/prdc-no-34-holidays/)

The card stock used is Gina K dark chocolate.  The background die is Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight. After cutting out the die, I covered the entire surface with versamark ink and then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  The center oval panel was also heat embossed in gold with stamps from the Gina K Designs “Cheers Mini Stamp Set” and was cut using the oval die also from the Filigree Delight set.  A piece of gold cording was tied along the fold.  I was trying to keep the card easy to duplicate and flat so it is easy to mail.

I tried the card in Christmas Pine and Cranberry Tart as well.  I really like it with the Dark Chocolate, though.

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