A big congrats to Helen, the newest Featured Stamper! She has a really sweet gallery & I chose THIS to case. I really liked the color combo & mixed media look of the background so I kept those, but I used different images, a different layout & made mine a Christmas card.
To make my card, The strip in the middle is actually part of a large tag I made w/ Distress inks & a little platinum Brilliance for some sparkle (Wrinkle Free Distress technique).
The aqua & lime sparkle layers were die cut w/ curved dies & the largest lime sparkle was embossed on both ends. Though the small manger image was meant to be a postage frame, I wanted to use it on my card so I added the large star from the wisemen image in the center of the postage frame. For the rest of the wisemen, I stamped them on the aqua layer & added some white Prismacolor pencil highlights.
Congrats again, Helen! Thanks so much for looking. Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017 GMT Views: 1031
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Sat, Nov 18, 2017 @ 10:43 PM
What a stunning card, Julie. I love looking at all of the beautiful details you've added.
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Registered: January 14, 2013 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 1257
Sun, Nov 19, 2017 @ 4:27 AM
Julie.... thank you sooooo much for the shout out and featuring me this week!
I would never thought to use that color combo for Christmas card.
Your card is absolutely amazing and love the scene a lot.
Again.... thank you so much!
------------------------------ Helen Gullett
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105268
Sun, Nov 19, 2017 @ 9:54 AM
Yup...gorgeous colors for the bg. I love this Christmas card with the true meaning!! Beautifully done, mf!
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Outstanding, Julie! I love the colors and gorgeous distress BG--I can see a bit of the brilliance and can just imagine how it looks IRL! What a lovely Christmas card!