Hello, Crafters.
The card I have for you today is an unusually busy card for me, but I think it works well. This was my first play with the Illuminated Christmas Stamp Set. I always feel pleased when I’ve been able to create a card using just one stamp set, although I did use a sentiment from the Wishing You Well Stamp Set for the sentiment. The poinsettias weren’t part of my original plan, but I needed something to decorate the inside of the card, and they fitted the bill brilliantly. I fussy cut the poinsettias, which was amazingly easy to do.
When I first started putting this card together, I chose the Designer Series Paper (DSP) first, and I chose three co-ordinating designs from Under the Mistletoe DSP. My original plan was to have three pennants of different widths and different designs under the main image. By the time all my elements were ready, and I was arranging the images in different positions, I knew the three pennants would look too busy.
I started assembling my Olive Green card base with a layer of Whisper White Cardstock (CS), and a top layer of Old Olive CS. I laid the images on the card and wished I’d dry-embossed the top layer. As it was too late to remedy this, I decided to stamp over the top layer using one of the stamps from the set instead. The Old Olive Ink came out a lot darker than I would have liked, and thought Versamark might have looked better.
Next I adhered the pennant to the card front using Tombow, and then I adhered the main image of the Three Wise Men using Dimensionals. It was at this stage I decided I’d add the poinsettias! There was a lot of colouring to do for the Three Wise Men. I checked the colours that were in the DSP and decided to use them all. They are Real Red, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce, Night of Navy and Early Espresso. I also included Crushed Curry for the centres of the poinsettia, as well as the gifts the Wise Men are carrying.
The main image has been die cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits, and I used the Layering Circles for the Olive Green CS and Whisper White CS layers. A very pleasing card I think! I hope you like today’s card and maybe give it a try! That’s about it from me, and until tomorrow, happy crafting.
JanB.
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Hi Jan do you know where I can buy stampup products in South Australia. NINA TIDMAN
Hi, Nina. If you log onto http://www.stampinup.com you’ll see on the front page, on the left-hand side: COUNTRY – select Australia. Right near the top on the right-hand side you’ll see FIND A DEMONSTRATOR | DEMONSTRATOR LOGIN. Click on FIND A DEMONSTRATOR, and you’ll have two options; either search for a demo who you know the name of, or you can enter your details to find a demo near you. If you go for the latter, check each demo out by clicking on their link. You might like to think about if you’d like to go to the demo’s classes. Therefore check out who run classes. If you just want to shop, it doesn’t matter where your demo lives, because all orders are sent out from the same warehouse. I hope you find this useful. Please let me know if you need more help. Email me at janb@janbcards.com ☺ Have a great weekend and happy crafting, JanB xx
This card brought an “ooooh” when I saw it this morning. Really lovely! Love the colours and the entire arrangement. You have done a wonderful job pulling the image and all the different elements together … brilliant. I wasn’t sure about whether to get this stamp set or not and now I honestly can’t even remember if it was in my last order or not. Guess I’ll find out soon! Now, of course, I’m really hoping so!! Thanks for putting a smile on my face! Have a wonderful crafty weekend!!
Hi, Geraldine. When I had finished this card, I thought it was a bit busy, but every time I look at it now, I don’t think it is………..although possibly borderline! LOL! I hope this stamp set is in your order. Have a great weekend. ☺ Happy crafting, JanB. xx