The card I have to share today continues my Christmas theme of the week. This one is one of the stamp sets without matching Dies. But it is fabulous for very layered cards, or an easy one as I have made.
STAMPS
This lovely church image is from the sweet Yuletide Village stamp set. As I said above, it does not have matching Dies. However there are a couple of additional “village” buildings to go along with the church. Plus they are not very difficult to fussy cut if you wanted. I chose to stamp the image with Basic Gray for a little softer background to the coloring. Stampin’ Blends were used to color the image. All of those are listed in the Supply List at the bottom of the post.
The short and sweet sentiment is from the Peaceful Season stamp set. It is stamped using Wild Wheat Ink which is my “gold substitute” ink of choice. This set is only sentiments. And there are a great variety of small, large, and everything in between. Additionally there are great ones for inside the card. It is a fun mix and match sentiment set.
PAPERS
The gorgeous DSP layer is from the Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. There are a couple of different color gold flecked sheets in this package. And they all are just as beautiful as this one. I pulled the Mossy Meadow from the DSP for the card base. For the thin layer I went with Wild Wheat. I really love this paper as a gold substitute. The paper and the ink have a gold cast to them. Especially when placed close to gold.
There is a touch of gold included on the card. I added a circle, actually a half circle, of the Gold Foil behind the church circle as a highlight. A very simple way to add extra detail.
EXTRAS
There is no bling on this card! That is shocking I know. But with all of the gold it really wasn’t necessary. The Extra of product is the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch. This was used for both the church and the background gold circle. It was a perfect size for the church image. The fact it cuts off a bit of the edge of the church and the tree is ok with me. It makes it look like you are looking through a camera or knothole. My imagination can be silly! I mentioned using only half of the gold circle. I made a couple of these cards and realized that the majority of the gold was hidden. So I cut it in half and saved the precious Gold Foil sheets.
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Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
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