Faith Card

I had a request from my elderly neighbour to make a faith based Christmas card, fairly flat as she is mailing it abroad. She didn't want bows or anything too "frou, frou". I didn't know what I was going to create when I agreed, but I knew I had some angel stamps. Well, I found a stamp in my craft cupboard that must be at least 8 or 9 years old, which  I had forgotten about.
I seem to be giving love to a lot of my older stamps this season...LOL...however, I think it fits the request perfectly!

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I created the background with TH distress inks by patting Wild Honey, Chipped Sapphire and Dusty Concord on a silicone mat, spritzing ever so lightly with water, then placing the cardstock on top to absorb the colour.  I had pre-planned where I wanted the colour to be such as yellow mostly where the stars were located, and each angel a different colour. The first one came out too wet and the colours too diluted. The second one was exactly what I was going for! Then I spritzed again lightly with  Glimmer Mist Heritage Gold. After the background was totally dry, I swiped the stamp with Versamark, and heat embossed the image with fine black powder.

I added a Northern Star cut from sparkly gold paper. Image is layered on gold paper.

I will give my neighbour the card tomorrow and hope it meets with her approval.  Thanks for stopping by!

Products Used

- Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper
- Tim Holtz Distress Inks
- Tin Can Mail wooden stamp
- The Frantic Stamper die "Northern Star"


Sharon
Dec.13,2015

Challenges:

Our Creative Corner - Stars

Craft Stamper - Take a technique and Share the Season
              (distress ink "marble effect" background)





6 comments:

  1. Gorgeous you did a wonderful job with the marble technique ,I think your neighbor will be very happy .

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  2. Beautiful card, Sharon! I love the stamp image and the North Star. I've been trying to get that star die but it's out of stock--maybe after the holidays.

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  3. Wow gorgeous Sharon!! I have yet to master the one layer card, but you have really nailed it here with this one! I love that image, it has almost a stained glass effect to it. Beautiful colours! Nicely done. hugs :)

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  4. LOVE your creation for our challenge! The background is gorgeous!
    Thanks for joining in with the TIMI challenge...

    xxx Ellie Knol xxx

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  5. Thank you so much for playing along with my challenge 'Wish Upon A Star' over at Our Creative Corner! Gorgeous purples and golds, beautiful! Trish x

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  6. Beautiful card ..... Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper Challenge. Linda xx

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