Monday, October 9, 2017

Bethlehem Journey

Hi Crafters.  Here is a Christmas card I made today. Very time consuming, but so much fun!!!



Everything on my card is from Fun Stampers Journey. 
My stamping first started with with the Vintage Notes Background stamp with Oatmeal Cookie onto Buttercream Cardstock cut to size.

I then stamped the buildings on the right side and embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. Then using PanPastels, I colored in the sky and the sand. Because I am making kits with this for my Etsy Shop, I set the PanPastels with hairspray. 

I then took a small amout of white Gesso and watered it down and splattered it with a paint brush to look like stars.  I stamped the star and heat embossed with white ep and colored in with glue and clear glitter. 
This was then mounted on a slightly larger piece of Journey Brushed Gold Cardstock, then onto the Buttercream Cardstick Base. 

Mary & Joseph were stamped with Black Licorice ink, colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut. 

Products used for this card:
Bethlehem Journey Stamp Set - SS-0382
Mother Nature PanPastells - JM-0080
Hazelnut Blend Panpastel - JM-0112
Fashion Gold embellishments - AC-0292
Journey Gold Embossing Powder - IP-0101
Journey White Embossing Powder - IP-0098
Journey Sparkle Dust - AC-0013
Journey Gess0 - JM-0072
Brushed Gold Cardstock - CS-0134
Buttercream Cardstock - CS-0006


Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut - Christmas
Creatalicious - Make own background
One Crazy Stamper - Christmas/Winter
Christmas Card Challenge - Christmas
Jingle Belles - Embossing
Winter Wonderland - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Anything
Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Animal, Layers, Sparkle

7 comments:

Pat K said...

Stunning card, beautifully coloured and designed. So worth all the time to create. Thanks for playing along with us at Winter Wonderland. Pat K xx

Heather said...

This is gorgeous!! I had to zoom in to see the musical score on the "sand" section, but I bet in real life it is subtle but fabulous!! Love the image as I always love seeing cards that represent the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Thanks for playing with CHNCC2.

SmilynStef said...

Love your paint splattered stars ... what a wonderful holiday scene ... so glad you *embossed* around the Christmas Tree with the Jingle Belles.

Grietje said...

Beautiful card. Love how you've made the background of this nativity christmas card. Thank you for sharing it with us at Creatalicious Challenges. Goodluck, hope to see you next time.

xx Grietje
Grietje's Kaartenhoekje
Creatalicious Challenges DT

lauren bergold said...

what a lovely card, you've assembled exactly the right ingredients to make a beautiful scene! so pleased you could join the 'embossible dream" with us at JINGLE BELLES! ♥

Conniecrafter said...

Pretty coloring, and love the gesso stars!

Sue said...

A lovely card. Thank you for joining us at One Crazy Stamper this month.