TINSEL TIME THURSDAY CARD # 13!

Welcome to week 13 of Tinsel Time Thursday! It is so hard to believe we are less than two months from Christmas! I hope your stash of a Christmas cards is growing, and you will soon have all you need to send  Christmas cheer to all your friends and family!

Today’s card design is quite simple, but the embossing and brushed metallic cardstock make it simply elegant. Here is today’s card:

The stamped focal image is from the Peaceful Nativity stamp set found in the Stampin’ Up!®️ August - December 2020 Mini Catalog. The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas found in the Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalog. 

To make this card you will need the following supplies:

Card base of Whisper White (thick) cut at 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, scored and folded at 4 1/4”.  Whisper White cardstock - scrap that is about 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” and a piece of  gold brushed metallic cardstock that is about 3” x 4”.

Versa Mark ink, gold embossing powder, and a heat tool.

To prevent the embossing powder to clinging where you do not want it to be rub a dryer sheet over the cardstock prior to stamping and adding the embossing powder. If you have an Embossing Buddy, of course you can use that. (Stampin’ Up! no longer offers the Embossing Buddy.)

Stitched Rectangle s Dies - the one that measures 1 7/8” x 3 1/4” for the focal image; the one that measures 2 1/4” x 3 5/8” for the focal image mat. Adhesive of choice.

To assemble the card:

Wipe the dryer sheet over the Whisper White cardstock, then stamp the focal image using Versa Mark. Sprinkle the gold embossing powder Over the image. Flick off the excess. Heat set the image with the heat tool.

 

Die cut the focal image and the mat for the focal image.

Wipe across the front of the card base with the dryer sheet. Place the focal image on the card base to help judge where to stamp the greeting. Stamps the greeting with Versa Mark. Put the focal image aside. Sprinkle the embossing powder over the stamped greeting. Remove excess. Heat set with heat tool.

 

Adhere the focal image to the card base centered over the greeting.

The card is finished. 

*For the inside of this card I used the Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year stamp from Itty Bitty Christmas. I stamped the sentiment using Crumb Cake ink. I find Crumb Cake tends to give the illusion of gold when used on Whisper White cardstock, especially if gold is used on the front of the card.

That is it for this week’s Tinsel Time Thursday. Next week’s Tinsel Time Thursday’s card will feature the Santa image from the Don’t Stop Believin’ stamp set.

Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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TINSEL TIME THURSDAY

 TINSEL TIME THURSDAY

CARD # 7

Welcome to week 7 of Tinsel Time Thursday. Today’s card is a window card made using the Peaceful Nativity Bundle. Here is the card:

The Peaceful Nativity Bundle is found on page 17 of the Stampin’ Up! August - December 2020 Mini Catalog. 

To make this card you will need the following supplies.

A piece of DSP from the Snowflake Splendor collection. Below is a photo of the design I used, and the pattern that is on the opposite side. The DSP is cut at 5 1/2” x 4 1/4”.  A Whisper White cardstock, cut at 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, scored and folded at 4 1/4”. A small piece of Champange foil sheet.

Night of Navy and Memento Tuxedo Black inks, Champange Mist Shimmer Paint, Sponge Dauber, Stitched Shapes Die - largest square.

Stampin’ Seal (or liquid glue), Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Let’s make the card:

Adhere the DSP to the front of the card base.

Using the Stitched Shapes square die to cut a square in the center of the card front.

Using the two star images in the stamp set and the glimmer paint, stamp stars randomly on the card front and the square cut from the card center.

To stamp with the Shimmer Paint, there are a couple of options. First shake the paint to mix it up. Take off the lid, and turn it upside down. Stick the sponge dauber into the lid to pick up some ink. You can then use the dauber to ink the stamp, or use the dauber to sponge the ink on an acrylic block, and use that as your ink pad to ink up your stamps.

Now stamp the greeting on the back of the card (yes, the back of the card) using Night of Navy ink. The star above the sentiment is a die cut, we will get to that later.

Stamp “Rejoice” on the inside near the top using Night of Navy ink.

Stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and use the Stampin’ Blends of your choice to color the images of the donkey, sheep, and the Holy Family.

Die cut the items you just colored, plus two palm trees. (I used Night of Navy for these, but the Champange foil would be a great choice too.)Also cut out two stars.

Put dimensionals on the back of the square you die cur from the card front. Close the card, and place the square back in its spot. Arrange your die cuts on the card. I used glue dots on the largest leaf of the trees to hold them in place. Then I put dimensionals on the sheep and donkey and placed each of them in front of a tree to help secure them. Be careful not to put dimensionals in areas of the animals that hangover onto the center panel. Put dimensionals on the image of the Holy Family, and center this piece on the center of the square. Place a dimensional on one of the stars, and situate it over the image of the Holy Family. Put a glue dot on the other star and center it above the sentiment On the back side of the card. The card is finished!

* The stars stamped using the shimmer paint barely show up in the photos, but in real life the sparkle and shine!

I hope this card provides you with motivation and greatinkspirations for your Christmas Card projects.

Next week’s card will feature the Don’t Stop Believin’ stamp set (page 23 of the mini catalog).

Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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