Silent Night, Holy Night

Hello! We are one day closer in our Advent journey! Hallelujah! The Lord is coming! I love the Wise Men die by Tim Holtz--it is my favorite of his ever! I've seen so many beautiful cards made with it, but none more beautiful than those made by Ann Sullivan Barnes (aksbarchitect CREATES), and I just had to case her card. Thank you for the inspiration and wonderful tutorial, Ann!

Excuse my horrible photos; I was in a rush to get my cards in the mail. I noticed the cat hair laying across this one when I was editing, but I thought the colors were as accurate as they were going to get in this shot. I used the same Distress Oxides that Ann did--Tattered Rose, Seedless Preserves, Aged Mahoghany and Chipped Sapphire, dipping in puddles on ink in that order. But I also blended with Black Soot and Chipped Sapphire inks before splattering with a little water.

I stamped my stars with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide like I did on this card. I heat embossed 'Silent Night, Holy Night' in Princess Gold powder. This stamp is a gift from my friend, Autumn, and is one of my favorite Christmas stamps. I cut the Star of Bethlehem from the background and inlaid one cut from Metallic Kraft Stock.

Merry Christmas!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Warm Winter Wishes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Christmas
Country View Challenges December 2018 - Christmas
Cropstop November Link Party - # 46 "Anything Goes"
Scrapy Land Challenge #103 Anything Goes  I used one Sizzix die.
Card Mania CMC#111 Christmas

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2pk - Wise Men by Tim Holtz 663127	Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Great Outdoors	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Tattered Rose	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Seedless Preserves
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Aged Mahogany	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Chipped Sapphire	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Chipped Sapphire TIM27119	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot TIM19541

Come Let Us Adore Him!

Hello! It's time for a new challenge at A Vintage Journey. This month Julia is our hostess, and she has chosen the theme 'Starlight, Starbright'. Please stop by the blog to check out the details of the challenge and to see all the  fabulous starry inspiration from my fellow Creative Guides.

It was love at first sight when Tim Holtz first introduced his Wise Men Thinlits die set. Look at that fine detail! I cut two; one from sanded silver Metallic Kraft Stock and another from black card to make a subtle shadow.

The background is also silver Metallic Kraft Stock, and I clear embossed stars from Great Outdoors. Black Soot paint and Dusty Concord oxide ink make for a moody night sky with the slightest hint of color at the horizon.

You can see the shadow a bit better in the photo above. Sadly, I cut my shadow layer a bit too short, and it made a crease when I pressed my layers. Oh, well, it adds to the distressed look, right? LOL. I layered the panel over a white card panel and another that I smeared with glitter paste. It's hard to pick up the gorgeous shimmer on camera--you'll need to take my word on it that it's really pretty in real life.

I chose to use the star from Snowy Stars Thinlits, because it had more of a presence. I cut it from sanded gold Metallic Kraft Stock. I do love the delicacy of the star that comes with Wise Men; I just thought this one was better suited on this card.

I picked up three sentiment stamps at a yard sale this weekend that work perfectly with this die cut. I pulled the actual stamp from the wood block and added some removable double sided tape to the foam backing. This way I can use them in my Stamp Platform. I inked up an olive branch from the Winter Watercolor set with Distress Markers and spritzed with water to give the sentiment a little more importance within the card.

I hope you enjoyed my simple card! I can't wait to see what YOU will create!

Merry Christmas!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Country View Challenges December 2018 - Christmas
Artistic Stamper December's Creative Challenge - Christmas  I used 3 stamps.
Scrapy Land Challenge #103 Anything Goes  I used two Sizzix die sets.
Cropstop November Link Party - # 46 "Anything Goes"
That's Crafty Anything Goes
Love 2 Create Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

A list of products I used are shown and linked below.

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 2pk - Wise Men by Tim Holtz 663127	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 6pk - Snowy Stars by Tim Holtz 663117	Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Great Outdoors	VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad	Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear - Super Fine Detail EPJ37385
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Dusty Concord	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot TDF52937	BoBunny Glitter Paste - Licorice	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock	Tim Holtz Stamp Platform by Tonic Studios
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Walnut Stain TDM32748	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Crushed Olive	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Peeled Paint	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Winter Watercolor