Night in Bethlehem

I had another play with Night in Bethlehem set,

this time incorporating the dies into the card as well.

This time I went with yellow for the stars

and used silver and white for the city scape.

Mary and Joseph was stamped in azure afternoon ink

and die cut.

I inked the sand area soft suede and built up my scene

and stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder.

It looks crooked in the photo but it's fine in real life.

before placing Mary and Joseph in the front.

It was layered onto silver and azure afternoon card to finish.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Everybody Art - houses/homes

The Sisterhood of crafters - Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

Blessed Christmas wishes

We lost our only living uncle this year and I wanted to send out

a special card to my Aunt and cousins this Christmas.

This set get pulled out every year. It's called

Night in Bethlehem.

So I started by created the background by stamping the large and

small stars using versamark ink and then embossing them with

clear embossing powder.

Next I inked the background using Azure Afternoon ink (SU).

I inked down so far, leaving space for my city scape and land.

I added some heavier lines where the star was shining.

Next I stamped Bethlehem and gently inked around it.

I used black soot distress ink to created the silhouette

land and mountain then stamped the shepherd on the top.

I added some yellow to the houses and finished

with a star in the centre of the white star.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the black

then white embossed.

It has then been matted onto silver and azure afternoon card.

Nice and flat for posting.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

The Sisterhood of crafters - Christmas

Allsorts - Christmas or anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas

Sparkles Christmas - Christmas song or carol

(while Shepherds watched their flock by night)

We went to watch one of our Grandson's with his school choir

in the Shopping Centre this morning.

Kids singing definitely makes Christmas special.

It was such a joy to watch.

He was super chuffed when he spotted us in the crowd

as his parents both had to go to work.

Night in Bethlehem

Happy Monday!

It's time to share my midway post for

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is at least one thing stamped plus option 'favourite colour.'

We have a two lovely prizes up for grabs so I hope

you get time during this busy month to join us.

I have gone with a traditional theme but not in traditional colours!

The name of this type of card is called an Eclipse card

and it's been a few years from my last one!

I used a stamp set called Night in Bethlehem

and the colour is called Fresh Freesia.

As this card is for my Mother-in-law I went ahead

and finished the inside using the same colours and stamps.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Papercraft Challenges - Christmas

Crafty Gals Corner -  Tis the Season 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Cardz 4 Galz - a Christmas card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

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Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock

[155614]

Blooming Pearls

[162238]

Christmas on the farm!

It's the second week of Michele's theme

Farm Animals

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

I have gone with a donkey, very appropriate animal for Christmas

I am sure!

I stamped some Christmas words in the background along

with the Christmas star.

Then I inked it up.

The donkey was stamped, coloured and cut and put in place

and I then made a faux fence to keep him safe lol.

It's like he is peeping into the nativity scene.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - farm animals

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - festive creatures

Moving along with the times - winter animals

 

I think there is a problem with the linky tool at Tag Tuesday,

but hopefully fixed soon.

Choose your theme!

Our December challenge at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is

CHOOSE A THEME AND STAMP IT!!

Our prize this month is a brilliant one from Stix2 with about £30 worth of very

useful items for crafters!

For my card I have chosen a Christmas theme and made a card

for my Mother-in-law.

The stamps and dies are all from Stampin' Up! but retired ones.

I stamped the town and stars then inked up my background.

Added some stamped silhouettes and a sentiment.

The star has been die cut from the same bundle.

I hope you get time to join us during this busy month!

I would like to enter this into

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes Christmas option toys

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - anything Christmas

Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas

I am finally beginning to see light with my stomach!

It's been a tough week lol, couldn't concentrate on much

but have watched a lot of Christmas movies 😂

Hope everyone is keeping well.

 

Night in Bethlehem Christmas card

My card today is for a special lady and we always exchange Christmas cards every year.

She is a very religious person so I like to go down that route for her card.

This one uses a retired set called

Night in Bethlehem.

Definitely a set I will hold onto forever.

I used night of navy, daffodil delight and soft suede inks

I water coloured the yellow areas for a washed out effect

and finished with some stars and sparkle.

I would like to enter this into

Dream Valley - Christmas

Incy Wincy - Christmas without red or green

Everybody Art - anything goes

The Paper  Funday challenges - anything/option Christmas

Tales from the Craftroom - Christmas

Product List

Night In Bethlehem Clear-Mount Bundle

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£43.00

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

[150429]

£13.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

£7.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

£7.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

£7.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.50

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Night in Bethlehem

My card today is a Religious themed Christmas card.

I had the stamp set from way back in February but had not got the matching dies,

so I treated myself.

I do love them! They really open up the possibilities with this stamp set.

I started with a piece of water colour card and after cutting the town setting

in gold and navy white, I worked out where I should stamp the navy town layer

for the background.

Having sponged my sky background I stamped the navy scene

and then built the next two layers on top using dimensionals.

I used my daffodil delight blender markers to shade the windows and sand areas.

I stamped Mary and Joseph and cut using the dies.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed in white onto navy card.

After added it, I trimmed it with some gold card.

The star was stamped and cut to finish it all off.

I would like to enter this into:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - embossing heat or dry (2)

Dragonfly  Dreams - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything option getting ready for Christmas

Crafting with an attitude - anything goes

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Travelling to Bethlehem

I bought myself some Shimmer Paint and wanted to challenge myself

to mix it with inks and make some backgrounds.

So this is what I made!

It really does shimmer (you probably can't see that unfortunately).

I just wanted a clean and simple card.

I started by putting some ink on an ink block and mixed with the shimmer paint.

I used Bermuda Bay ink for the sky and Daffodil Delight for the sand.

On some watercolour card I painted over with water first,

then dipped into the colours and created the background.

Using the Night in Bethlehem stamp set I stamped in

Memento ink, the image and sentiment.

I matted it all onto black card then stuck to my base card.

I used a gel pen to add some twinkling stars.

I'm pretty pleased with my first attempt and will definitely

be trying the Shimmer paint on other items!

My sentiment is looking a bit wonky! Opps!

 So I will stamp again and layer it up!

We have a family bereavement at the minute so head is elsewhere.

I would like to enter this into:

Addicted to Stamps and more - clean and simple

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - anything Christmas option plaid/check/gingham

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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

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