Card - Season of Light

I made this card to be included in a box of Christmas cards for a girl at work.  She wanted religious cards so this is one of the 5 designs I included.  The background turned out just the way I wanted.  I wanted a gradient background from red to yellow so I could put the flame at the top. I created the background then applied a stained glass texture to it.  Love the way it turned out.  I printed it on white card then added the Sentiment Candle by Hampton Arts gold thermal embossed on vellum.  I cut the vellum with the Stampin Up Apothecary Framelit and adhered it to the card front with 2 tiny gold star brads.

Christmas Card Challenge - Sept - Washi Tape

Here's my card for this month's challenge which is to use washi tape on your card. Red white and green, jewel tones, gold, silver, teal, or trees, stars poinsettias, stockings and a stack more are options.  Check your stash and make a card or two. If you stash is low like me I made 7 to bolster the numbers.

I found this tape a local scrapbook store.  It was elegant, muted and sophisticated rather than bright and colorful.  I decided to go with ivory, gold and black.  I stamped the words from Hampton Arts called Sentiment Candle on ivory and gold embossed it.  I matted it with a piece of black card stock leaving a small border.  I cut a piece of brushed gold card stock and cut it leaving a large border and adhered it to the black card front.  I then placed 2 lengths of washi tape across the top and bottom of the card leaving the ripped ends at each end.  I adhered the candle element onto the card front with 3D foam tape.  I then applied 2 short pieces of narrow black washi tape on the bottom right hand corner. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Cmas Card Challenge - May - Candles

Candles are part of the Christmas season representing light in the darkness. You could create candles with stripes of cardstock in seasonal colors with handcut flames, die cut them, press emboss and chalk them, stamp them, and of course much more! What technique are you going to use?
I chose gold embossing a stamped image which I watercolored. The image is by Hampton Art Stamps. I used several different colors and a couple of layouts. I applied a light wash over most of the cardstock then chose coordinating colors to highlight some of the elements in the image. Once dried and pressed I ripped the edges to reveal a white edge next to the light wash.
Left: I layered the stamped image on gold paper to coordinate with the gold embossing then added them to a coordinating card. I smudged the edges with a coordinating ink pad.
Right: I chose 3 pieces of cardstock in the same color family. Layered the white image on a light layer and punched the right edge with the MS Arches border punch. Then onto the middle layer and onto the dark card.
Made 7 of these.
Total Cards made: 33

Charmaines's Card: Good Job!
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