Nativity Scene Card for Erin Lee Creative

I have another card to share with you today, featuring more products from the new Erin Lee Creative Christmas release. I've paired together two of the new die sets, "Love Came Down" and "Manger Scene". While I realize, historically, Jesus was not actually born in winter, indulge me with my creative license! Scroll down for creative details and some historical chit chat. I'll have my shopping supply list at the end of this post as well.

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Alright, history lesson first. Does it snow in Bethlehem? Yes, typically in higher elevations and usually every 3-4 years. Their last good snowfall was in 2022. Although this is a desert city, in winter it's more dry than hot. Most scholars and historians believe Jesus was actually born in early Fall/Autumn.

If you'd like to know more about why the birth of Jesus is celebrated at Christmas, check out this article from the Biblical Archeology Society. Ironically, the first image you'll see is a beautiful oil painting of Bethlehem covered in snow, painted by Peter Bruegel in 1566!

Now, for some creative details on my A2 sized card. I used a variety of more earthy, neutral tone papers from some of my paper pads for my manger scene and did some ink blending around the edges with Ranger Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo.

I also tore and distressed some paper across the bottom of my scene to represent the desert. A cardboard nail file works great for distressing.

The Love Came Down die set actually comes with an outline die, however, it was taking up too much space for my small, intimate scene, so I opted not to use the outline. Instead of gluing my die cut sentiment to the card panel, I wanted to pop it up for dimension. I used my Platinum 6 for all my die cutting, with white and black cardstock for this sentiment. I used glue to adhere and stagger the white on top of black. 

Not only does it give a little more definition against that snowy backdrop, but it also gives me more space to add tiny adhesive foam squares on the back, to pop up my die cuts.

I buy sheets of adhesive strips, so I can trim them down to the size I need for any given project.

 

My snowy paper actually came from a retired paper pack in my stash, Echo Park Paper Lumberjack Christmas. If you wanted to recreate that snowy background and don't feel comfortable making your own paint splatters, the new Carta Bella Paper Winter Snow Sky stencil is a great alternative. Just stencil onto black cardstock, using white paint! I'll have it linked to my supply list, as well, for the sake of convenience.

Lastly, the star die included in the Manger Scene die set, was cut using gold holographic paper from my stash. Erin Lee Creative also has a great selection of specialty cardstock, in a variety of colors, so be sure and check that out too.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Holiday cardmaking ya'll!

Terri

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Neenah Solar White Cardstock 8.5x11 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Lawn Fawn Black Licorice cardstock Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Ranger Ink Distress Ink Vintage Photo Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Wendy Vecchi Makeart Non-stick Craft Sheet Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Dina Wakley Heavy Acrylic Paint - White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Exclusive Black Platinum 6 Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Cloud Whip Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Holographic Metallic Paper Pad - 6x8 in - 40 sheets Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tim Holtz Distress Palette Knife Set - 2 pc Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Neenah Solar White A2 Vertical Cards - 25 pk Shop at: Scrapbookcom	3mm Adhesive Strips 160 ct. Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Vacation A2 Paper Pad - 40 sheets Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Reverse Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tiny Detail Blending Brush Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Love Came Down Die Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative
Manger Scene Die Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative	Carta Bella Winter Snow Sky Stencil - 6x6 in Shop at: Scrapbookcom

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