Thank you Shirley for the great challenge!
This week we're to make a religious Christmas card. I made 4 of these for my September Christmas Card Challenge.
First, I stamped an ornament onto a sheet of vellum and cut it out, using the vellum sheet to reverse mask. The first image was stamped and embossed with white ep, and then I overstamped my second image with silver encore ink. The sentiment and star flourishes were stamped and embossed with silver ep, and I ran the torn edge of the violet cs through the encore pad.
Thanks for looking, and Happy Weekend Sistahs!!
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Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 6:44 AM
Wowzer! Love how you embossed this but I'm not sure I follow the vellum part. I must still be in a fog, we got rain last night! About a 1/4 inch but that is more than we had before it rained! Beautiful scene of Jesus Christ. I can hear them singing oh little town of bethlaham! Beautiful.
------------------------------ Ich bin Klein. Mach mein Herze rein Soll niemand anderen drin wohnen Als Jesus allein. (I am little. Make my heart clean. Don't let anyone else live in it but Jesus alone.)
Registered: April 22, 2006 Location: SCS in NC Posts: 20914
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 9:04 AM
This is very pretty Darla. I love the silver and VV together. What great colors for a holiday card. I really like your silver encore. That ink always smears for me. Really nice job. I love this image for Christmas.
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Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 10:31 AM
Busy girl! Good for you getting a head-start on Christmas! This is great - love the way you masked the ornament shape...
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Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 12:07 PM
Oh Darla! Completely beautiful, and meaningful too! What a great job. Love the torn edge, and the silver cord and beads. Gorgeous. LYMI
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Registered: June 14, 2008 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 6675
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 1:35 PM
Darla this is beautiful!! I love the vellum and the masking - a gorgeous look! The tearing adds so much...and you know I love tearing on cards....your eye for detail is lovely....with the silver embossing - totally gorgeous! This is one gorgeous TSC card - well played my friend!! Thanks for sharing!! {{{hugs}}}
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Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44975
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 5:11 PM
Darla......wow....this is amazing!!!!!! I love your torn edges and your heat embossing and vellum and masking and EVERYTHING!!!!! So, so beautiful.......Just like you, sistah! Great work!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.
Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 6:46 PM
Wow, Darla, this is so exquisite! yikes, girl, the cards you're turning out lately are of a totally different caliber. I love your creativity on this one. That embossing is stellar, and the design...ooooh the design... is out of this world outstanding.
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Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 7:20 PM
Darla! this is gorgeous.. lovin the white and silver embossing. your little pearls tucked at the top and the single thread add just the right finishing touch to this beauty! tfs.. I love it!
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