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Sunday 26 February 2017

…we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds



I’m sharing a CAS Christmas card today featuring Angel 2, a stencil from Nellie Snellen.


Over at Winter Wonderland they are running a tribute challenge for Eileen, the founder of the challenge who sadly passed away recently.  Given this is a tribute challenge I thought it would be fitting to make a Christmas card featuring an angel, something CAS but elegant in mostly white.

I’ve had the stencil for some time, it’s a metal one so embossed nicely.  I ran it through my Crossover and then rubbed embossing ink over the raised bits (with the stencil still in place) and then sprinkled on my Fran-tage.  After heat setting the Fran-tage I painted the debossed sections with Twinkling H2Os to complete the angel and give her a lovely heavenly shine.  The embossed image and Fran-tage add two kinds of dimension to my card, the Bitty Gems a third so I am entering it in the current ABC Christmas challenge using the D is for Dimension option.

The layout of my card follows the current sketch at Less is More.  I took some liberties with the size of the circular element (swapped out for the angel).  Despite my seemingly endless supply of Christmas stamps I didn’t actually have a one word sentiment, which I thought this card needed so I printed the ‘Noel’ and then doused it in clear embossing powder to give it some dimension and shine.  I added in the three lines with Bitty Gems and tied it together with the angel by placing some in her halo.

A final framing with gold metallic cardstock for a simple and elegant card that looks beautiful in real life but was a nightmare to try and photograph!  The Twinkling H2Os looking more like a water stain than the shimmery ever so pale gold colour it really is.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Dies, SVGs & Templates etc
Nellie Snellen Stencil Christmas in Jugendstil ~ 500000/2172 Angel 2 (retired)
Embellishments
Close To My Heart ~ Bitty Gems
Inks & Paints etc
Twinkling H2Os ~ Pearl Gold
Papers
Core’dinations Kraft Core Tim Holtz Collection Metallics ~ Gold
White Cardstock from stash
Challenges
 

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7 comments:

  1. Good for you in starting your Christmas cards! Thanks for playing along!

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  2. I'm so sorry to hear about Eileen. Your card is absolutely gorgeous and a lovely tribute to her. The hint of sparkle and the delicate design are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us at Less is More :)

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  3. Beautiful card - really elegant!
    Thanks for playing at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
    Helen x

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  4. Thank you so much, for making such a beautiful card for our tribute challenge, here at Winter Wonderland, for our lovely Eileen. She is missed so much by all of us DT members. Hugs, Carol S. DT

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  5. Just GORgeous! A lovely CAS card. Thank you for joining us over at ABC Christmas Challenge
    Chrissyxx

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  6. An angel was the perfect choice for your tribute to Eileen, and a great take on our sketch too. Love the way you've added the gems.
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x

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  7. very pretty and what a lovely tribute to Eileen she was such a lovely lady
    thanks for joining us at Less Is More this week, Jen xx

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Thanks so much for your comments, I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know your thoughts (c: