SUO190 The Light of Heaven

Hi Friends!   

It’s time for the #190 “A Favorite Holiday Image” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges!

I decided to pull out the Star of Wonder stamp set with the coordinating Starlight dies and create a Clean and Simple Christmas card reflecting the true meaning of Christmas.  

I love the sentiments as well as the stars in the Star of Wonder stamp set! Christmas is all about the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and the star reminds us that Jesus is the Light of the World!  

Other than the dimensional star die cut, this is technically a one layer card that was very easy to create  and am also participating in the following challenges:

AAA Cards CAS Game #105 “Sparkle”

CAS on Fridays #123 “CAS Christmas”

International Art & Soul #23 “Make It Sparkle”

If you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team’s samples or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Using the Big Shot™ with the Starlight Thinlits™ and cut out the large scored star from Silver Foil and the smaller ornate star from Whisper White cardstock.  Lightly fold along the score lines of the large star to create dimension and mount the white die cut star to the center.

2). De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with an Embossing Buddy®, stamp the star and scroll images along with the sentiments from Star of Light with Versamark™ Ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

3). Trim the panel, mount onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, trim and mount onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

4). Adhere the die cut/layered star with Stampin’ Dimensionals® to the card front (FYI- I layered several dimensionals together to give the star more height in the center).

5). Add a few Rhinestones to the star centers to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Star of Light

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™

Paper: Whisper White, Extra Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy, Silver Foil

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, Starlight Thinlits™, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and I hope that you will create your own Stampin’ Up! Only project and join us for our “Favorite Holiday Image” challenge! 

May we all reflect on Jesus this Christmas season and remember that the greatest gift of all is free- Salvation in Christ Alone! Acts 16:31a Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved; Ephesians 2:8-9- For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!!

SUO189 Merry Christmas Quilt Card Set

Hi Friends!   

It’s time for the #189 “FavoriteHoliday Colors” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges! I love so many different holiday colors for Christmas- blue with silver, gold and white, pinks and purples but decided that this year I will be designing the bulk of my Christmas cards with the traditional green and red.     

For this challenge, I paired the Christmas Quilt Bundle with the Star of Light stamp set (both from the Holiday Mini Catalog) for this quick and easy card.

I am also participating in the Simon Says Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge along with the FUSION “Red Christmas” Challenge (I was inspired by the colors in the photo as well as the plaid patterns).

If you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only Challengesite to check out the rest of the Design Team’s samples or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

When you design with the quilt dies, you have to cut an entire "quilt" using each color so you are able to use all of the pieces to create a set of four individual "quilts"- what a bonus!!

  

To create this set of cards:

1). Using the Big Shot™ with the Softly Falling Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, emboss four pieces of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount two onto Garden Green cardstock and two onto onto Real Red cardstock.  Trim each again and mount onto the green bases onto Real Red cardstock and the red bases onto Garden Green cardstock.  Mount each to an Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

2). Using the Big Shot™ with the Quilt Builder Framelits Dies, cut four quilts along with the outside frame, one each from Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White and the Garden Green gingham pattern from the Quilted Christmas 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (DSP).  *** Tip- Use Press ‘n Seal® on the back of each die cut (press the sticky side down before you remove the quilt from the die).  This will help keep all of the pieces together as you create each of the quilt designs.

3). Using Whisper White cardstock, cut four pieces 2 ¾” x 2 ¾” square for the “base” of the quilt.  Apply adhesive onto the base and create each of the quilt patterns.

4). Once all of the quilt patterns are completed, mount a quilt onto each card front on the diagonal using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

5). Ink the sentiment from the Star of Light stamp set with Garden Green Classic Ink and stamp onto a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock. Trim, create the fishtail banner by hand ((I used the retired Hexagon Punch), mount onto Real Red cardstock and adhere to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

 

6). Add the Pearl to the center of each quilt to finish off the cards. 

Stamp Sets: Star of Light

Ink/Mediums: Garden Green

Paper: Whisper White, Extra Thick Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red; Christmas Quilt 6x6 DSP

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, Quilt Builder Framelits™, Softly Falling Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder,  retired Hexagon Punch, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and I hope that you will create your own Stampin’ Up! Only project and join us for our “Favorite Holiday Colors” challenge!

SUO188 Star of Light

Hi Friends!   

It’s time for the #188 “Celebrate Winter Holidays!” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges and since I still need a few more Christmas cards, I chose to create a quick card using the Star of Light stamp set with the coordinating Starlight Thinlit™ Dies.    

I have owned this stamp set with the dies since last year and this is the first time I had a chance to create a card- pitiful, I know :-)  I have so many stamps and so little time!! I love the intricate cuts on the inner star and think that this set may become one of my new favorites!! :-)

You know that I love to participate with online challenges so I also incorporated the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #268 Sketch Challenge, the Addicted to Stamps and More #268 Holiday Challenge, the A Bit More Time To Craft #56 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Tic-Tac-Toe #024 Challenge (Greeting, Elegant and Circle) into the design.

If you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team’s samples or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with an Embossing Buddy®, stamp the flourish image along with a few of the miscellaneous small star images from the Star of Light stamp set with Versamark™ ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. 

2). Once the embossing has cooled, use largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits™ to die cut the circle element.  Use the Simply Scored™ Tool to score a few vertical lines along the left hand side of the remaining panel, trim to 4” x 5 ¼” and mount onto a piece of Perfect Plum cardstock. Mount the entire card front onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

3). Die cut a circle from Perfect Plum cardstock using the retired Circle Framelits™ and mount behind the circle cut in the above step.  Adhere the layered circle onto the card front (lining up the flourish image) using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

4). Using the Starlit Thinlits™, die cut the open star from Perfect Plum cardstock and the large intricate star from Silver Foil.  Layer the two together and set aside.

5). De-static a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with an Embossing Buddy®, stamp the sentiment from the Star of Light stamp set with Versamark™ ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.  Trim and create the flag banner points by hand (I used the retired Hexagon Punch). Mount onto Perfect Plum cardstock, trim and adhere to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

6). Add the layered die cut star and finish off the card with a Rhinestone in the center of the star image. 

Stamp Sets: Star of Light, Painted Harvest

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™

Paper: Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Silver Foil, Extra Thick Whisper White

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, Stitched Shapes Framelits™ , Starlit Thinlits™,  Framelits™, retired Circle Framelits™,  Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Simply Scored™ Tool, Rhinestone,

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and I hope that you will create your own Stampin’ Up! Only project and join us for our “Celebrate Winter Holidays!” challenge!