Christmas Angel for Merry Monday

We're back to Merry Monday again.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

See if you can guess what this week's challenge is....

It's the amazing Lori's turn to choose our challenge this week.

She chose....

I have 2 angels in my stamp collection.

This one was already stamped and embossed in my 
Christmas UFO (UnFinished Objects) box.

The embossed frame was also a UFO.

Since I used some snippets, I'm off to
Pixies Snippet Playground



Addicted to Stamps


HOLIDAY CHALLENGE


Simon Says Monday Challenge

A is for.....Angel


I can't wait to see the angels and cherubs in the
gallery at Merry Monday this week.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holy Triptych

Ink:  Encore Gold

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Brushed Gold, Whisper White

Other: Joy Die (Elizabeth Craft), Swirl Frame EF (?), Square Lattice EF, Corner Rounder (Fiskars), Gold Wired Ribbon (Michaels), Gold Dazzling Details

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

We Three Kings

It's another Merry Monday on Friday here.  Lesley gave us another fantastic sketch

I was so inspired by my friend Colleen's beautiful neutral card.  Colleen is the Featured Designer this month.  My card doesn't have the elegance of Colleen's but I used one more thing from my UFO box.  That always makes me happy.

The card base is Very Vanilla.  It looks white in this picture.  The Brushed Gold looks best with the Vanilla I think.  

The three kings are stamped with Encore Gold and heat embossed.  After cutting the design piece with the Ovals die, I used the VersaMarker around the edges and embossed that with gold too.  (I didn't do a very neat job with the Versamarker but it will have to do.) I added some Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details to give it a bit of color.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holy Triptych (retired), Come to Bethlehem (soon to be retired)

Ink:  Encore Gold, VersaMarker

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold

Other:  Scallop Trim Border and Modern Label Punches, Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Ovals Die, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details

This will be my last Friday post for Merry Monday as Lesley has invited me to be on the design team for this challenge.  I am so excited to be a part of this design team and love seeing my box of Christmas cards filling up.  Won't you join us?

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Shimmering Angel

Today's card is from the Holy Triptych set that was retired in June.  I was so sad to see it taken from the catalog and I'm just not ready to let it go or pack it away.

When I saw the technique challenge on SCS yesterday, I imediately thought of this set.   You can link to SCS and then to the tutorial here.

My background doesn't look right to me.  I put the ink on the clear block, but it didn't take the ink well.  I liked it anyway so decided to go with it.

After coloring the angel with Watercolor Pencils, I daubed some Frost White Shimmer paint on the cleaned block and spritzed with water.  I dipped my Aquapainter in that mix and painted the angel, blending the coloring as I went.  I has a nice shimmer, but it didn't show up in the photo.  Maybe if you click on the photo it will enlarge it enough to see the shimmer.

I had been saving this ribbon for years.  My Upline wrapped some Christmas presents from my Hubby one year.  She told me to save it because it was Stampin' Up!  I would have saved it anyway because it is beautiful and makes such a pretty bow! 

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Holy Triptych
Ink:  Black StazOn, Baja Breeze
Paper:  More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Shimmery White
Accessories:  Watercolor Pencils, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Aquabrush, Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Gold Organdy Ribbon

If I can get my table cleaned up from the class today, I'll try to do something besides a Christmas card.  The colors for todays Color Challenge are intriguing.  My table is pretty full though!

Hope today was a good one for you and that you have been able to enjoy your blessings.
Bonnie

Holy Family

Here's another Christmas card and yes I do dream about Christmas cards! What can I say. I am obsessed!

We used this stamp set for a recent Stamp A Stack and I wanted to try this set in gold. I had the elements stamped but couldn't figure out what to do with them until I saw a challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. It was what I was looking for!

The base card is out of Very Vanilla and stamped with the Sanded Background stamp and Gold Encore paint. The Holy Family is from the Holy Triptych set. I also stamped it in the Encore Gold on Vanilla, then embossed it with the Gold Stampin' Emboss powder. It was mounted on a piece of Brushed Gold and a Square Fire Rhinestone brad was inserted in the star. I cut 2 squares 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" out of the brushed gold and overlapped them a little behind the matted piece.

What do you think?

Enjoy,

Bonnie