Serendipity: October 2017

Monday, October 23, 2017

Joy to the World

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Christmas is coming! If you haven't started your Christmas Cards yet, now is the time. Here's a card I made based on a sketch from the Joruney Sketches Facebook group I'm in. All of the products I used for this card are listed at the bottom of this post and are available from my Fun Stampers Journey site at https://funstampersjourney.com/judyheadrick.

Instructions:

Make the card blank from a 8.5" x 5.5" piece of Raspberry Berry cardstock.
Emobss a 4" x 5.25" piece of Pool Play cardstock using the Brocade Imprints embossing folder. Ink the embossed background with Huckleberry Fusion ink.
Adhere the embossed panel to the card base.
Cut a 3/4" x 1" rectangle from Whip Cream cardstock.
Using the sparkle tape from the Candy Apple Tape set, add diagonal lines to the Whip Cream rectangle.
Use the Poinsettia Burst stamp set to stamp three boughs and one set of holly leaves on Lemon Grass cardstock with Kiwi Slice ink. Cut them out with the Poinsettia Burst Die set or fussy cut them if you don't have the set.
Stamp the large doily from the Decorative Doily stamp set onto Gold Mirror cardstock with Clear Pigment ink. Emboss it with white Journey White embossing powder. Cut it out with the second to smallest Journey Circle.
Stamp the small doily from the Decorative Doily stamp set onto Silver Mirror cardstock with Clear Pigment Ink. Emboss it with Journey Black embossing powder. Cut it out with the smallest Journey Circle.
Free-hand cut the large candle frame from Summer Days cardstock. Cut the small inner frame from a gold Bloom Fetti circle. Glue the small flame to the large flame as shown.
Create a mask for the "Joy to the World" stamp and use a stamp press (Misti or similar) to stamp onto Whip Cream cardstock with Cranberry Bliss and Kiwi Slice ink. Use the correspoinding die set to cut it out (or fussy cut by hand).
Adhere the fir boughs to the bottom left area of the card as shown.
Pop up the candle, flame, holly leaves and large ornament on Journey foam squares and attach them over the fir boughs.
Pop up the small ornament on Small Journey foam Squares, making a double layer of foam where the small ornament hangs off the edge of the large ornament.
Pop up the "Joy to the World" sentiment on Foam squares and attach it to the card as shown.
Add holly berries to the holly.
Add Fashion Silver and Gold dots to the ornaments.
Add Journey glaze to the white stripes on the candle, the holly leaves, the candle flame and the words.