Blessed Christmas wishes

I had a special Christmas card request with a religious theme.

I have two sets I always turn to called

Night in Bethlehem

and

His Light

Both these sets are invaluable. They contain the most beautiful sentiments

which perfectly capture a religious feel.

I started with a base of Under the Mistletoe dsp.

I cut a large oval shape and then created a background scene

on some watercolour card using real red ink pad and water.

I flipped the paintbrush to create some white stars.

I then stamped the town scene from Night in Bethlehem

in black memento, repeat stamping without inking to add layers.

I stamped the figures in memento and cut them out.

After placing the scene behind the dsp I add a white oval layer.

I stamped the figures directly on top of these layers as it's very hard

to cut round some of the smaller pieces, like the staff and reins.

So when I cut out the individual figures I could raise them up to covering the flat stamping.

I added a white base which I had embossed using

Pinewood Planks embossing folder

and wrapped some red ribbon around it before sticking to card.

The sentiment was stamped in real red and added over ribbon using dimensionals.

The top sentiment was stamped in real red as well and I then rounded the corners off.

I added the recipients names via the computer.

The final piece was the star, stamped in pineapple punch and glittered

using wink of stella.

I really enjoyed making this one.

I would like to enter it into:

Merry Little Christmas - anything goes

Christmas Card Throwdown - Sketch

Cupcake Inspirations - spectacular background

Dragonfly Dreams - anything goes

Jingle Belles - Peace on earth or something peaceful

Thanks for dropping by today and leaving a comment.

Enjoy £130 worth of craft goodies of your choice for £99