Monday, October 23, 2023

Non-Traditional Christmas Card feat. SweetNSassy Stamps

Hello lovelies. Today's card is not your typical Christmas card. I'm creating with products from Sweet N Sassy Stamps, featuring the Christmas Hymn Word Art stamp set and leaves from the Vintage Holly stamp set. If you'd like to know my thought process behind this card, scroll down. There's also a holiday card link up you can join and I'll have details on that further down, as well.




(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)




 
First, I absolutely had to have the Christmas Hymn Word Art stamp set. I'm a church pianist and have a special affinity for hymn songs. The words to this hymn were written by Charles Wesley in 1744. It was actually written as "Come Though Long Expected Jesus" and commonly found in Protestant hymnals. 

I wanted to create a card reflecting old parchment, something out of an old book or old hymnal.

I thought the best way to proceed would be to do some ink smooshing and ink blending which is exactly what I did. This is a mini-slimline card, by the way, and I began by trimming some white cardstock, then stamped my sentiment with hybrid black ink and leaves from the Vintage Holly stamp set using Leather hybrid ink. 

Next, I ink smooshed on all sides using Ranger Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo, heat set it, then proceeded to ink blend around all sides with Ranger Distress Ink in Ground Espresso. It's very dark and just what I was going for.



Lastly,  I adhered some gold half pearls and gold sequins from my stash and dotted on some gold glitter glue for more sparkle. 

My card panel is popped up on adhesive foam with a trimmed piece of black cardstock adhered to my mini-slimline card.



I'll share more inspiration with these stamp sets soon. In the meantime, there's a fun linky party you can join at the BYSHC (Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers) Blog. Click here for more details and to link up. Make sure you join their Facebook group too! Sweet N Sassy stamps is one of the hop sponsors and there are a number of other sponsors as well, with prizes up for grabs.

You have until Oct. 27th to link up.  Thanks so much for stopping by. If you'd like more detail on the products that I used or would like to shop for the supplies, I have affiliate shopping links below.  

See you next time. Terri

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4 comments:

  1. Your card is so very Beautiful!!!!! Thank you for joining us for the BYSHC Falling For The Holidays Linky Party!!!

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  2. Gorgeous card, Terri! I love the sentiment and your vintage style! Thanks for playing along with our Falling for the Holidays 2023 {BYSHC} Linky Party!

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