Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Christmas is only a month away and I’m still working on my Christmas cards. I am sharing My Merry Penguins Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using the digital stamp called Penguin Holiday Set.
For this super-fast card, I decided I wanted a winter scene for these cuties. And what better way than a slimline card to fit all the penguins on it. So, I pulled out my Frozen Whimsy Stamps Paper Pack! These cute penguins are such a fast colour with my Copic Markers! All I needed to finish off my card were a few snowflakes die cut from some glimmer paper and my sentiment. Easy-peasy!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Stack of Christmas Gnomes Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Gnome Stack. They come with 6 stamps including sentiment Sending Christmas Wishes and Merry Christmas in PNG and JPG.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers in reds, greens, and blue/greens to match my paper choice which you can see poking out from beneath the Holly border. The sparkle on my star was achieved by colouring it first and then using a technique of dots and White Gelly Roll Pen. To continue the sparkle, I die cut a flourish of stars with some metallic sparkly paper that I layered behind my sentiment. I used the leftover from this die cut to add some solid glittery stars to my card. To carry to poinsettia theme of the gnomes, I added a handmade one beside the sentiment with some gold metallic pearls in the centre to match their poinsettias. As a finishing touch, I added some red rhinestones to add even more sparkle to my card.
Card Recipe for My Stack of Christmas Gnomes Card:
Christmas Gnome Stack, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink North Pole Trading Co. 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Photo Play Gold and Rose 6’ x 6” Metallic Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up! Holly Card Band Precision Die, Frantic Stamper Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Floral Punch Poinsettia, Nellie’s Choice Label Me Fancy Punch, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Metallic Pearls, Stampin’ Up! Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Mossy Meadow, Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 3.5” x 6”
Close Up of Bottom Two Gnomes
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Nature is an Adventure Card using the Reflected in Nature Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Card
The inspiration for my card is the prints that you see which have one pop of red in amongst a black/white scene. To create this, I pulled out my Blender Pen once I had stamped the image. I took the pen and dipped it into my Real Red
Ink Pad to pick up some ink. I started in the shadow areas, like under the roof line, and moved out from there. As you use the pen, the ink gets lighter and lighter until there is no more ink on it. I love this softer look that suited the stamped image! As the ink runs out, you get lots of dimension with the shadows, mid-tones, and highlights. I haven’t done this technique in a long time.
To match my rustic cottage in the woods theme, I distressed the edges of my stamped image and the Real Red mat with my Paper Snips. The Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper is gorgeous with its unexpected silver accents and perfect for my theme! I thought that adding a flag of the Cork Paper behind my focal point would add a bit of colour and interest. To match the silver accents on the DSP, I added a Silver Foil die cut tree from the Cabin Dies. For embellishments, I used Linen Thread wrapped around my sentiment and a scattering of Red Rhinestones to add some colour.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Reflected in Nature Stamp Set (156437), Cabin Dies (156404)
Inks: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084), Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad (131202)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Cork 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper (156393), Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper (156394), Silver Foil 12″ x 12″ Specialty Pack (156457)
Accessories: Blender Pens (102845),Linen Thread (104199), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Close Up of the Cottage on My Card
Measurements:
Real Red: 3 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
3 ½” x 3 ¼”
3 ½” x 5/8” (Sentiment)
Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
Basic White: 2 pieces:
3 ¼” x 3”
3 ¼” x ½” (Sentiment)
Cork Specialty Paper: 2 7/8” x 4 ½”
Silver Foil Specialty Pack: scrap
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Happy Christmas Presents Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cute Christmas Present Gnome and Sentiment Bundle. This bundle comes with 9 stamps including Christmas Present Gnome PNG JPG format, Christmas Present Gnome with Tree JPG format, Christmas Tree PNG/JPG format, Sentiment May Your Christmas Be Filled with Peace and Love PNG/JPG format and Sentiment Season’s Greeting PNG/JPG format.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring this sweet gnome with my Copic markers that I coloured him twice. Once with him and the tree separately and then him with the tree. Stay tune for a card with my second colouring later.
My Coloured Christmas Present Gnome
I love the Tulla & Norbert’s Christmas Party paper! If you look closely, you will see gnomes with presents and Christmas trees driving in convertible cars! So fun and perfect for my card! Since the paper had a lot going on, I made my layers simple for the card with the pine branches and the pink snowflake paper. The only embellishment that I used was the wooden present under the tree since you need presents under a Christmas tree!
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! Have you started your Christmas cards? This is my one first since Christmas in July. I am sharing my Sending Christmas Wishes Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design using the cuteChristmas Mailbox Gnome. You receive the stamp and the sentiment Sending Christmas Love in PNG and JPG. I used the sentiment from the Christmas Gnome Stack since it suited my letter shape.
Details of My Card
I had so much fun colouring these cuties with my Copic markers in traditional greens and reds, but I added a pop of unexpected blue in the presents and bows. I love paper since it has a robin with a Christmas letter in his mouth. You can see him in the lower-right corner. I thought it would be fun to have an opened envelope with my sentiment tucked inside in one of the corners. A couple of punched snowflakes with some sparkly Kraftin’ Kimmie Dots tied in my blue. I used a lot of glitter with Star Dust stickles on their hat trim, pompoms and snow, Glossy Accents on the red Christmas baubles and Clear Wink of Stella on all the bows.
Christmas Mailbox Gnome, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink A Robin’s Christmas Paper Pack, Wild Rose Studios Snail Dies, Stampin’ Up! Snowflake Punch, From my Stash Kraftin’ Kimmie Dots, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Ranger Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Garden Green, Real Red and Pacific Point Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished cards size: 6” x 6”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my You’re my Gingerbread Card using the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle by Stampin’ Up!
For my card, I wanted to use the Gingerbread Dies to die cut the images out of the Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper. I love that you can do this to create your cards! Great for mass producing your Christmas cards!
Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper with Gingerbread Dies
I thought the Kraft paper would tie in nicely with the brown cookies in the DSP. Once I die cut it with the largest scallop die, I stamped the peppermint swirls all over it in Versamark. This tone-on-tone look adds a subtle bit of interested without taking away from the delicious cookies.
I also stamped in Versamark the sentiment on a piece of Real Red that I die cut using one of the Stitched Rectangles Dies. This I embossed in white using my Heat Tool. I added the gingerbread trim in Basic White under my sentiment trimming it to fit the rectangle. I added a fun Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shape and a scattering of Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to tie in my colours and theme.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (156807), Scalloped Contours Dies (155560), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820)
Inks: VersaMark Ink Pad (102283)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159276), Kraft 6″ x 6″ Paper Pack (156325), Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper (156313)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Gingerbread & Peppermint Acrylic Shapes (156322), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Heat Tool (129053)
Close Up of my Card
Measurements:
Real Red: 2 pieces
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
3 ¼” x 1 ¼” (Sentiment)
Gingerbread & Peppermint Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
2 Die cut Cookies and one peppermint swirl
Basic White: Scrap
Kraft: 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Penguin Wonderland Card using the Penguin Place Bundle which includes the Penguin Place Stamp Set and the Penguin Builder Punch by Stampin’ Up! Isn’t this penguin just the cutest!
For my card, I decided that I wanted to use the punch to create my penguin rather than stamp and punch him out. This allowed me to use Basic Black to make him pop off the card. However, I did stamp his eyes and beak from the stamp set. I also knew that I wanted to use the Giving Gifts Dies in relation to the snowflakes on the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper. This paper is gorgeous with its specialty silver foil!
Since the Giving Gifts Dies create a fun peek-through effect only and are to be use in correlation to other dies, I used the Stitched Rectangles Dies with them to create my winter wonderland. I used the Snowy White Velvet Sheets to add a soft wintery texture to my card. Here is a tip if you need to make the same card multiple times such as for Christmas cards. Position the dies how you want them to cut and then use washi tape to keep them that position.
Tip for Die Cutting Multiple Times
To continue my wintery wonderland, I stamped snowflakes in Balmy Blue on opposite corners of the Balmy Blue mat. The DSP was cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies as well. To tie in the silvery accents on the DSP, I die cut a single snowflake from the Silver Foil Specialty Pack using the snowflake in the Giving Gifts Dies. The finishing touch was three Subtle Shimmer Sequins placed on the snowflakes from the Giving Gifts Dies.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Penguin Place Bundle (156789), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820), Giving Gifts Dies (156563)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105), Pumpkin Pie (147086)
Paper: Balmy Blue (146982), Basic White (159276), Basic Black (121045), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Snowy White Velvet Sheets (156405), Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper (156394), Silver Foil Specialty Pack (156457)
Accessories: Subtle Shimmer Sequins (156407), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips (103579)
Close Up of My Card
Measurements:
Basic White: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Balmy Blue: 2 pieces
4” x 5 ¼”
½” x 3” (sentiment)
Snowy White Velvet Sheets: 4” x 2 5/8”
Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper: 4 3/8” x 3”
Basic Black: 2 ¾” 1 ½”
Pumpkin Pie: scrap
Silver Foil Specialty Pack: scrap
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! One last Christmas in July card before July is over! I am sharing my Slimline Interactive Christmas Besties Card as my Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using Christmas Besties digital stamp which comes with 3 stamps including Snowy the Penguin – Christmas Besties with tree, without tree and without background. I used Snowy the Penguin – Christmas Besties with tree for my card.
Details of My Card
For my card, I coloured Snowy Penguin and his sweet friend with my Copic markers. I knew that I wanted to create a slimline card with the aurora borealis filling the night sky above these cuties. One of these days, I hope to see the aurora borealis in person! It is on my Bucket List of things to do.
For my aurora borealis, I created a mask to go over my colouring using Tombow Liquid Glue. I printed out an extra image on copy paper. Once I fussy cut out the image including the star and the Christmas baubles, I applied Tombow to the back of them and let it dry.
Creating a Mask with Tombow Liquid Glue
How to Create the Sky
For my colours of the aurora borealis, I used my Blending Brushes and the Stampin’ Up! Inks of Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry and Night of Navy with Crushed Curry for the glow of the star on their tree. While the mask was still in place, I splattered Frost White All-Purpose Ink with my Splatter Brush all over the panel.
Getting Ready to Create Aurora Borealis Sky
Another reason why I went with a slimline card is that I wanted to make it interactive and add lights. The Ez-Lights from Pear Blossom Press come with 3 lights and the mechanism to make them work. I adhered with scotch tape one behind the star and the other two on either side of the sentiment. Then I used a ton of black dimensionals that were doubled high so that they cleared the mechanism.
Light Placement on Back of Card
To finish off my card, my sentiment was die cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper along with the die cut star and punched stars. I used Glossy Accents on the Christmas Baubles and Star Dust Stickles on the star, pompoms, and snow.
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Copic Markers:
Snowy: C9/C7/C6/C5 and C3/C00/0/R20 Snowy’sBeak: Y35/Y38 Polar Bear: C3/C00/0/R20 Greens: G21/G94/G99 Reds: R32/R35/R37/R39 White on Quilt: C3/C00/0 Star: Y13/Y35/Y38 Tree Branches: E35/E33/E31 Snow/Pompoms: B0000/B000/Star Dust Stickles
Close Up of My Design Team Card
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Card Recipe for My Christmas Besties Card:
Christmas Besties, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up! EZ-Light, Pear Blossom Press Large Slimline with Sliders Dies, Lawn Fawn Sue Wilson Festive Warmest Wishes Craft Die, Creative Expressions Stitched Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Confetti Stars Border Punch, Stampin’ Up! Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up! Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Up! Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush, Ranger Frost White All-Purpose Ink, Stampin’ Up! White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ranger Scotch Tape Copy Paper Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 3.5” x 8.5”
Video of My Christmas Besties Card All Lit Up
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SNEAK PEEKS! Time for another Christmas in July card! Today I am sharing 2 cards instead of one that are using a Sale-A-Bration product that you can earn for free starting in August! My Chilly Willie Cards features the free Penguin Playmates 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper. This DSP has the sweetest critters all over it and coordinates with the Penguin Builder Punch that will be in the new Mini Catalogue starting on August 3, 2021.
Card #1 Using the Penguin Playmates 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper
For my cards, I created one card and I used the leftover pieces to create my second card. For the first card, I decided that I wanted the cute penguins popping out of the circular frames from the Picture This Dies with different backgrounds. So, I fussy cut them from the DSP. Then, I stamped the snowflakes that come with the Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set in Balmy Blue on a piece of Balmy Blue card stock. Once done, I then die cut it and two different pieces of the Penguin Playmates DSP. One had pink snowflakes and the other had green trees on one side and the critters on the other. This allowed me to mix and match pieces for the circles.
Card #2 Using the Penguin Playmates 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper
The embellishments that I used are also from the upcoming Mini Catalogue. They included the Subtle Shimmer Sequins and the beautiful iridescent Wonderful Snowflakes. Don’t you just love how delicate are the Wonderful Snowflakes! I wanted some smaller snowflakes to scatter on my cards. So, I ended up using the snowflake die from the Giving Gifts Dies.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Penguin Place Bundle (156789), Picture This Dies (155559), Giving Gifts Dies (156563)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), VersaMark Ink (102283), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105)
Paper: Balmy Blue (146982), Misty Moonlight (153081), Basic White (159276), Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper (158420)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (155554),Wonderful Snowflakes (156340), Subtle Shimmer Sequins (156407), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Heat Tool (129053)
Close Up of My Chilly Willie Card #1
Measurements:
Balmy Blue: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (Card base #1)
Misty Moonlight: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (Card base #2)
Balmy Blue: 4” x 5 ¼””
Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼” (2 pieces)
Basic White: scraps (sentiment/snowflakes)
Balmy Blue: scraps (sentiment)
Close Up of My Chilly Willie Card #2
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Molly’s Christmas in July Card as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. My card is using Molly’s Christmas Digital Stamp which comes with 3 stamps including Molly without dog, Molly with short ear dog and Molly with long ear dog. I used the short eared dog for my card.
Detail of My Card
For my card, I coloured Molly with her wagon of Christmas goodies and her sweet puppy with my Copic markers. Since the stamp seemed to have a country vibe, I decided to create a homey feel to my card. I brushed Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges and corners of my coloured image. The papers from Simple Stories really added to the country feel with the quilt design and shabby look.
I gave some dimension to the poinsettia die by cutting out the poinsettia 3 times. Once for the green base with the holly and twice in the red velvet. I snipped the unwanted pieces of red velvet away from my poinsettia. Then, I glued together the red velvet flowers and added some Metallic Pearls before I popped it up to overlap my focal point. I positioned the red poinsettia so that the green poinsettia below peeked out looking like the green leaves before they turn red. Since I die cut the poinsettia in the red velvet, I had the red berries left over to place in amongst the green holly leaves to add a bit of colour.
I knew that I wanted to use the wooden tree embellishment that I had in my stash but decided that it needed more to it. So, I created a tag with the Simple Stories paper that tied in my colours perfectly. However, the tag was too long. So, I die cut it once and then moving the die up and cut it again to create a smaller die. The red bow was fashioned from some fiber blends that I had in my stash. Star Dust Stickles, Gold and Clear Gelly Roll Pens add some sparkle with the red rhinestones.
Molly’s Christmas, Conie Fong Art & Design Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Handmade Holiday 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Simple Stories Red Velvet Paper, Stampin’ Up! Poinsettia and Holly, Festive Collection, Sue Wilson Dies Tailor Made Tags Dies, Stampin’ Up! Ho, Ho, Ho Blend Fibre, Busy Box Blends Tree Embellishment, The Mercantile At The Crossroads Vintage Photo Distress Inks, Ranger Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up! Metallic Pearls, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Clear Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Star Dust Stickles, Ranger Real Red and Mossy Meadow Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5.75” x 5.75”
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing My Winter Sweethearts Card as my last Guest Design Team Card for Conie Fong Art & Design. I am so excited that I have been asked to become a permanent Design Team Member with them starting in March! Yippee!
For my card, I used Winter Sweethearts and coloured them with my Copic markers to match my paper in purples and taupes. I coloured the girl in purples since it is one of my favourite colours. I coloured the boy with matching hat/jeans and boots/sweater since my hubby is all about matchy-matchy! LOL! Wouldn’t they make a great Valentine, Anniversary, Christmas, anything love card, but I made them my winter sweethearts!
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Copic Markers:
Girl Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20 Hair: E39/E35/E34/E33/E31 Sweater/Leggings/Scarf: V20/V22/V25/ Clear Gelly Roll Pen on Flower Centre Dress/Leg Warmers: V12/V15/V17 Hat: V20/V22/V25/ V12/V15/V17/B000/0/Star Dust Stickles on Pompom Boots: E37/E35/E33/White Gelly Roll Pen on Buttons
It’s Laurie here with Our Friendship is Tweet Card for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios using her cute ‘Tweet Friendship’ Christmas Digital Stamp. I have been a big fan of Rachelle Anne Miller’s for a long time. In fact, I used my rubber stamp that was in my stash to create my card, but you can get the digital version in her store.
I love this sweet little girl with her tweet friends! I though she made a perfect card for a winter birthday and I have a lot of them coming up in January and February. So I have plans for her!
For my card, I coloured her with my favourite BG and YG colour combinations of Copic markers. I then created a frame by laying down the die that I used to cut her out and sponged Pool Party Ink with my new Blending Brush from Stampin’ Up! When I lifted the die up, I was left with a white frame to set off my image. I love the Frostyville Wreath in the Sparkle Glimmer Paper, but it was too small for my image. So, I cut it apart and draped it along the frame. To balance the “wreath” of snowflakes, I placed another larger snowflake opposite them. I thought that the Metallic Mesh Ribbon looked like cracked ice creating a subtle texture to the card. A scattering of Adhesive-backed Snowflakes added to the Winter Wonderland theme of my card.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here sharing my Jingle All the Way Card for the Design Team of Paper Nest Dolls. I used the updatedSanta Ellie with Gift which is only $1 right now! Make sure you get yours at such a great deal!!
I coloured Ellie with my Copic Markers in Santa red and white colours. Isn’t she just the cutest in her Santa outfit! I knew that I wanted to create a shaker card and use some Christmas foil accents. There have been some awesome shaker cards by the PND Design Team, and I was inspired by them to give it a try! Since the Jingle All the Way die cut had bells, I used mini bells from the dollar store for the shaker part. I had to double up my adhesive strips to give the bells enough room to jingle when you shook the card. To tie in those bells, I die cut some from the Sounds of the Seasons Dies in the red and green foil and then tied 3 bells with linen thread.
Santa Ellie with Gift, Paper Nest Dolls Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring Paper Jingle All the Way Frame, Taylored Expressions Sounds of the Seasons Dies, Stampin’ Up! Holly Flourish Die, Cheery Lynn Designs Red & Green Foil Sheets, Stampin Up! Window Sheet, Stampin’ Up! A Robin’s Christmas Paper Pack, Wild Rose Studios Crafts Noel Card Making Kit, Dollarama (Bells) Clear Wink of Stella Stardust Stickles Glossy Accents Linen Thread, Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Garden Green Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5½” x 5 ½”
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here again! I am sharing my Let’s Rejoice Christmas Card as my Guest Design Team Inspiration for Conie Fong Art & Design using the beautiful Angel Prayers. I created a slimline card for my Holy scene.
The Details of My Card
This digital stamp is perfect for so many occasions like birthday, sympathy, get well and thinking of you. However, for my card, I wanted her to be the Christmas Angel from the Nativity. So, I coloured her with my Copic Markers in Christmas colours.
I use the Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on her wings and smooshed the lines with my finger before they dried. This gives the lines a softer look, but still allows a flowing movement of her wings. I also used the same pen on all the gold accents to make them shimmer. Finally, I added Clear Wink of Stella on her wrap. You can never have too much sparkle where an angel is concerned!
Instead of a night scene, I decided to create a sunrise with the dawning of the birth of Jesus Christ. For my sunrise, I used my Distress Oxide Inks and my Mini Blending Tool starting with Fossilized Amber at the base of the watercolor paper, followed by Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, Broken China and Faded Jeans.
Distress Oxide Blending of Sunrise Sky
Once the colours were blended, I used my Splatter Tool dipped in Frost White Shimmer Paint and then in water to create the sky.
The Final Sunrise Sky with Shimmer Paint and Water Splatter
For my Nativity scene, the die I used comes as border. So, a few snips here and there and add my Sahara Sand dune to create my layered scene with lots of dimensionals between the layers.
The Gold Foil stars were from the Silent Night Dies from Creative Expressions. The North Star was snipped from the largest die in the set.
To finish the card, I used a Gold Foil mat followed by a Stitched Cherry Cobber mat.
It’s Laurie here with My Christmas Nativity Scene as my Design Team Inspiration for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios. This time I wanted to create something a little different than a card! So, I made a multi layered shadowbox that lights up using the beautiful Nativity Christmas Digital Stamp.
My Christmas Nativity Scene Lightbox
The Details of My Scene
I had so much fun colouring the Holy Family with my Copic Markers! Once I did that, I created my scene using a number of dies from my stash. I ended up with 4 different layers. I love my focal point of the Family and the manger behind them! The In Good Taste Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up has photographic images of wood. Perfect for my manger.
TIP: Since the inside of the frame is smaller than the outside, I made my largest layer 5 5/8″ x 5 5/8″. All layers were 5 5/8″ wide with varying heights depending on their position.
The Different Layers of My Christmas Nativity Scene
The next step was to attach the lights. The wire from the lights was very malleable allowing me to position them exactly where I wanted. I even added a couple of lights behind Jesus’s head to give him a glow. I ended up using a ton of scotch tape to secure the lights.
The Lights Adhered on the Back
Once the lights were in place, the next step was to add Foam Adhesive Strips between the layers.
Dimensionals on the Back of The Layers
Here is a photo of all the layers adhered together. Now that is a lot of layers!
All the Layers Adhered Together
Not everyone is into home decor, but this project could easily be made into a card. If I remove the frame and lights, you get a good idea of how a card would look.
Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios, Nativity Christmas Digital Stamp Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Nativity Dies, Stampin’ Up! Bethlehem Edgelits Dies, Stampin’ Up! Bethlehem Edger Cutting Die, Frantic Stamper Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn Angel Garden Pick, MultiCrafts & Gifts Tiny Treasure, Christmas Celebrate It Mini Lights, Michaels Arts and Crafts Studio Decor 6” x 6” Shadowbox, Michaels Arts and Crafts In Good Taste Design Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up! Scotch Tape Shimmery White, Sahara Sand and Crushed Curry Card Stock Finished size: 6” x 6”
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One Final Photo of My Christmas Nativity Scene All Lit Up!
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Hope you like My Christmas Nativity Scene with the Nativity Christmas Digital Stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios! Thank you for stopping by!
