Christmas/Holiday Card #11 - Holy Triptych

Hello!  Today I want to share a card I've been meaning to make since the beginning of this series.  I finally got to the Holy Triptych stamp sets.  In the past, I mostly used these images on vellum and made a "stained glass" look.  This time I wanted to do something different but after a few tries I'm still not getting what I had in mind.

I finally went for a simple card, white embossing, subtle colors and supposed to be no layers but I ended up with a big empty space.  Instead of stamping the Holy family on the empty space, I stamped on a die-cut oval card stock and stacked the dimensionals to elevate the image.  I'm not jumping up and down with the results but at least I was able to get the images to "connect" with each other.

I'll give this stamp set another try some other time...... maybe when I'm feeling better.  Damn this cold!!!

Until next time....... Cheers!!!

Christmas/Holiday Card #8 - Bethlehem

I love these images and have used them a few times over the years.  I wanted a calm, peaceful scene so I decided to use soft colors.  But combined with the white embossing, this was not easy to photograph.

The background was sponged with Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake inks.  The Holy Family and sentiment were stamped with Early Espresso ink.  The frame was made with Labels Collection Framelits die.  The Bethlehem scene was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

TIP:  To make sure your image is centered when your frame opening is off centered, die cut your frame first then place on top of the base card and use it as a guide to stamp your image in the center.

It's almost too plain but I like it.

I'll try other color combination and will post later.  Until then ................. Cheers!!!