I am finally getting one more Christmas card done...I will make at least one more of this as I have not perfected the background stars. I was really unhappy with the stamp I used. It was not a large bg stamp and reminded me of a 2-inch amoeba, which made it difficult to place and get a full background of embossed stars! You either had to leave gaping places without stars or get them too close and overlapped.
I am able to enter this card into six challenges:
1. SCSCCDEC17 - Dirty Dozen's December Christmas challenge requiring nativity scenes, Christ, baby, stable, shepherds, etc.
2. CC17JUN - 2017 Christmas Cards challenge: June, which requires a religious card. This is my second and fulfills my quota for June!
3. DD8ABC15O - Letter O = Ornament/ Double Letter L = lightfastness - tell us about your ink. I used Encore Gold Metallic (Tsukineko), which is an oil-based pigment ink. It give a shimmery effect and can replace embossing, but it is slow drying--7 to 10 minutes. I distressed the edges of my gold foil layer, the ornament and the pines on their edges and backs all to cover any white showing. Had to let them dry overnight...boy were my fingers inky!
4. F4A407 - Free for All Challenge: Merry DECEMBER. Create a card celebrating your favorite December holiday. Dessert: Sparkle. My holiday is the birth of Christ, Christmas, and my gold foil is sparkly.
5. WORD1117 - Dirty Dozen NOVEMBER Monthly Theme: WORD = JOYS. My elements are: J = Jesus; O = Ornament; Y = Yule card (archaic for Christmas); S = Sparkle or Shine.
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Fri, Dec 22, 2017 @ 7:11 AM
Carlene, your nativity ornament is so pretty and the ribbon/pine finish it off in a wonderful way. That is the perfect gift wrap, too.
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Fri, Dec 22, 2017 @ 4:29 PM
Carlene, what a beautiful and elegant Christmas card this is! Wowsers! I love this gorgeous starry night and I love the nativity scene placed in this ornament. The silver edged bow is so elegant and tops this card off so beautifully! Well done for all of the challenges. ~Karen.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28936
Sat, Dec 23, 2017 @ 6:19 AM
What a BEAUTIFUL card!! I love that ribbon is perfect for this ornament, your nativity is really special - and love the pine leaves too!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Sat, Dec 23, 2017 @ 11:33 AM
Beautiful card! Love your use of recycled gift wrap!
------------------------------ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)