Nativity Christmas Card for Erin Lee Creative

Hello cardmakers. The new Christmas release from Erin Lee Creative went live yesterday. I couldn't wait to ink up this card that features the Thrill of Hope stamp set. Scroll down for creative details, plus my clickable shopping supply list at the end. Also, shopping through these ELC links will get you a 10% discount!

(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.)

I started by taking an A2 sized card panel and doing some ink smooshing along the bottom edge with Ranger distress oxide ink in Vintage Photo. This involves pressing your ink pad onto a craft mat, spritzing with water, then dabbing your card panel into the wet mixture. I let a lot of the ink run and pool, then dried with my heat craft tool

Next, I stamped my image and colored it with OLO Markers.  I also did some ink blending for my sky and around the image using Ranger Prize Ribbon distress ink and Catherine Pooler Drive-In ink, with my blender brushes.

For my stars, I splattered some water droplets onto my sky, blotting with a paper towel, and also used my Spellbinders Splatter White. The best way I find to use the Splatter White, is to grab an acrylic block, use a paintbrush to dip a tiny bit of the thick paint onto the block then mix with a bit of water. Swipe and flick the mixture off the edge of the acrylic block with the paintbrush to splatter the wet mix. It's quick and easy to do.

For my rays of light shooting out from my star, I laid down two pieces of non-tacky tape and blended some white pigment ink in the space in between, using my tiny detailer blending brush. If you use any other tape, such as washi tape, I highly recommend you prep your tape first by laying it across your arm and rubbing. This picks up the oils from your skin and will prevent the tape from sticking to your inked surface and peeling off bits of paper. You don't want to destroy your pretty creation and start over, right?

Lastly, I used a white gel pen to accent a light effect on some of my images, as if beams of light were hitting that spot.

 

There are 7 different sentiments with this stamp set, in a variety of fonts, including one scripture verse.

Check out the entire new release, here, as there are some other amazing products! I'll be sharing more in the coming days and weeks, stay tuned!

Thanks so much for popping in. If you decide to shop, please use my affiliate links. Clicking this affiliate link, will get you a 10% discount on your entire purchase, not to be combined with any other offer. Have a great day!

Terri

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Woodland Tales Card for Spellbinders

My favorite season is just getting started and I was so inspired to create this card for Spellbinders, featuring the new Woodland Tales collection! I used several products to bring this beauty to life and you can scroll down for brief details. I'll have my clickable supply list at the end, 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.)

I used 6 different products from the Woodland Tales collection. My focus was to choose a backdrop and work around it, so I selected that gorgeous Fall scene. It's one of the printed vellum selections included in the Woodland Tales Foiled Acetate & Vellum pack. These are 8.5 x 11 inch sheets and come in 6 designs, 3 acetate and 3 vellum sheets.

There are some really cute foxes included in the Woodland Tales Die Cut Shapes. These die cuts have a small white outline. However, I wanted my fox to blend in more seamlessly with my background, so I trimmed off the white outline with my scissors, taking care to follow some of the lines of the fur for a realistic effect. He's such a majestic little guy!

I used four more products from this collection:

Woodland Tales Die Cut Sentiments

Woodland Tales 6x6 Paper Pack (used w/fern die)

Woodland Tales Fern Die

Woodland Tales Gold Flecked Gems

 

There are so many more products included in the Woodland Tales Collection. Click here to view more! As always, I've provided convenient affiliate product links below for shopping or browsing, at no additional cost to you.

Terri

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Christmas Cards feat New Spellbinders/Simon Hurley

The new Timeless Trees collection from Simon Hurley for Spellbinders is out, and I'm so happy to share two cards that I made from this release. I'm so thankful to Spellbinders for sending me several products from this release and I'll share some details on these cards below, including the "must have" item you need in your stash!

(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.)

I'm creating with 3 different products from Simon's Timeless Trees collection:

Bark 3D Embossing Folder

Whimsical Bottle Brush Trees Etched Dies

Mantel Village Etched Dies

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Spellbinders Holiday Floral Background Glimmer Plate (Sentiment/Amazon)

Simon Hurley Joyful Christmas Glimmer Sentiments/Die Set

 My first card features the Whimsical Bottle Brush Tree Dies. I used green paper from one of of my paper pads and white cardstock to create my trees, die cutting with my Platinum 6.

For the base of my brush trees, I dabbed on some Ranger distress ink in Vintage Photo with a blender brush. When finished, I placed only the base in the bottom of my Bark 3D embossing folder, so the long portion of my "stand was sticking out. This gave some really cool texture, almost like cork to my tree base. I also did a little ink blending in between some of my snowy hills with the same ink.

Those snowy hillside slopes were hand trimmed using my scissors and white cardstock. The bottom portion was also embossed with the 3D Bark folder. I absolutely LOVE the look! So much texture and it really looks like snow!

To create my background, I used my Spellbinders Splatter White on black mixed media heavyweight cardstock. For the larger dotted "snow", I dab the handle end of my paintbrush in the mix. I also splattered the branches of my bottle brush trees.

I also did some bulk foiling over the weekend using one of my favorite sentiment sets, the Simon Hurley Joyful Christmas Glimmer Sentiments.

That's not the best photo above, as I had to get a screenshot from the video I shared in my IG stories. I did a lot of foiling on colored and patterned paper, in addition to foiling on white cardstock. I used one of those foiled sentiments for my card below.

My next card below prominently features the Bark 3D embossing folder. First, I embossed my Spellbinders Dune colored cardstock. Next, I trimmed white cardstock and did some ink blending with Ranger Kitsch Flamingo distress ink, as I wanted a pink sky behind my houses. Then, I embossed my inked cardstock with the Bark folder.

I also decided to emboss some of my other die cut images from the collection; the small trees and the "mantel" strip below my houses, using the Bark folder.

You can see some of the texture a little better in this close-up photo below. I also used more Spellbinders Splatter White for my trees.

My houses were die cut with white cardstock. The die set also comes with an outline die, which I used to cut an outline with my Dune cardstock, offsetting it just a bit behind my white die cut houses.

I used a dark green paper from one of my paper pads to layer my embossed background, and also for my die cut trees and sentiment. 

I used Spellbinders Gold Matte hot foil with my Glimmer system for both of my cards.

 

I believe Spellbinders may have retired the Holiday Florals Glimmer set (stock # GLP-290) that includes my sentiment for the card above. I was able to find it on Amazon and linked it further up in my post. I do love that sentiment so much and have used it a ton! I thought it fit so perfectly with my Mantel Village dies. If you love tiny or small sentiments, Spellbinders has soooo many. Check out the Glitter Wishes Glimmer set, as another choice for small holiday phrases. It's on sale too! 

So what's my must-have product selection? The Bark 3D embossing folder!! It's so versatile and you can use it in so many ways! Add it to your collection and get creative with it!

Thanks for stopping by. Let me know if you have questions in the comment section. I have affiliate links below if you'd like to browse or shop for any of the products that I used today. Have a great week!

Terri

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