TCC83 All Ye Faithful

Hi Friends!!

It’s time for the new #83 {Parisian Postale} Challenge at The Card Concept! I was inspired by the kraft, red, white and black colors as well as the script for a Clean and Layered/Mixed Media card! 

This will be our final challenge for 2017 and we will be back with more challenges on January 10, 2018!

I decided to use the new STAMPlorations™ All Ye Faithful Typografia Christmas stamp for my focal image tag and paired it with a retired Stampin’ Up! (SU!) background stamp.

I am also linking this card to the Dies R Us #86 “Christmas Carols” Challenge ("O Come All Ye Faithful" is one of my favorite Christmas hymns) along with the STAMPlorations “Never -Ending Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to check out the rest of the wonderful Design Team cards at The Card Concept as well as the entries at the other challenge sites- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Using a silicone craft mat, tap Tim Holtz® Festive Berries Distress Ink onto the mat, lightly spritz with water and lay a piece of kraft cardstock into the ink. Dry the panel with a heat tool.

2). With the retired background stamp on the table with the stamp side facing up, ink the stamp with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink and press at random points with your fingers the kraft panel from step #1 into the ink. Lift up and dry with the Heat Tool.  Press a piece of red cardstock (I had this in my stash already die cut with a stitched die) into the script background stamp as well. Die cut the background kraft panel with a stitched rectangle die and mount onto another panel of black cardstock (die cut with a larger stitched rectangle die) and adhere the entire panel onto the white card base.

3). Layer the red script die cut horizontal panel onto a black horizontal panel (again, already in my stash die cut and ready to go).  Wrap the baker’s twine repeatedly over the layer and mount onto the card front.

4). Ink the All Ye Faithful Typografia Christmas stamp with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto another piece of kraft cardstock and heat set with the heat tool.  Die cut with a pierced tag die, lightly press into a bit of the Festive Berries Distress Ink and use a Faber-Castell® Ploychromos™ White Pencil to color the background of the “All Ye Faithful” part of the image as well as the little leaves.

5). Mount the tag onto black cardstock and trim close to the edge.  Add the twine bow and adhere the entire tag onto the card front with dimensional foam.

6). Apply Nuvo™ Festive Berries Crystal Drops to the berries on the sprigs to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: All Ye Faithful Typografia Christmas (STAMPlorations™), French Script background (retired SU!!)

Inks/Mediums:  Versafine™ Onyx Black; Tim Holtz® Festive Berries Distress Ink, Faber-Castell® Polychromos™ White Pencil; Nuvo™ Festive Berries Crystal Drops

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake , Real Red(all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories: Big Shot™,  Dies- MFT Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX 1 & 2, MFT Horizontal Stitched Strips, retired MFT Pierced Traditional Tag STAX; Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine (retired SU!)

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope I have inspired you today and that you will be able to join us for the #83 “Parisian Postale” Challenge at The Card Concept! 

Dove of Peace with All Ye Faithful :-)

Hi Stampers!

Woohoo!   My new Holiday Mini pre-order arrived late last week and I finally had a chance to play :-)  

This card was created with Dove of Peace and All Ye Faithful stamp sets using the Pals Paper Arts PPA263 Color Challenge, the Just Add Ink JAI275 SketchChallenge and the Splitcoaststampers’ CCC15 Christmas Challenge.

This new dove image reminds me of cloisonne jewelry and I thought that the PPA263 Color Challenge was a perfect combination for a festive dove :-)

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites yet, again, I would encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this Mixed Media card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Boho Chic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock,  trim again and mount onto the Rich Razzleberry card base.

Use the AquaPainter™ to apply Frost White Shimmer Paint (mixed with rubbing alcohol) to the Pear Pizzazz panel and heat (carefully) with the Heat Tool to dry.

Stamp the sentiment using Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and cut out with the Big Shot™ and the MFT Horizontal Stitched Strips die.

Mount the sentiment onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock, trim and adhere to the card front.

This was difficult to photograph with the shine on the Dove and background :-)

De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock using the Embossing Buddy®, stamp the dove image only from Dove of Peace with Versamark™ Ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and use the Heat Tool to heat set.  

Use Stampin’ Write markers- Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise and Pear Pizzazz to color the dove and when finished, wipe the excess ink off of the embossed areas with a slightly damp paper towel.

 Carefully cut out the dove, de-static with the Embossing Buddy®, apply Stampin' Emboss® Clear Embossing  Powder, heat set and when cooled, mount onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add a few Rhinestones to the sentiment strip to finish off the card.

 Stamp Sets:  Dove of Peace, All Ye Faithful

Ink: Versamark™, Rich Razzleberry; Stampin’ Write Markers- Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise; Frost White Shimmer Paint

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, - Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Boho Chic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, MFT Horizontal Stitched Strip Die, AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White and Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to visit :-)   I will be sharing the new SUO Challenge in a few hours....so I hope you will visit again soon!