Thursday, December 18, 2014

Holiday Blessings

I've had the Tim Holtz/Sizzix die of the (angel) wings sitting out for a while looking for a reason to use them. Here is a Christmas card with the wings in all their glory. Although you can't really tell from the scan, there is a lot of texture on this card. The layers of the wings are embossed vellum, suede paper, and glittered paper. The star in the background and the sentiment frame are glitter paper. The background is letterpress (Sizzix) and sprayed with distress stain spray. All of this is mounted on a textured teal cardstock base. The sentiment is stamped using a SweetStamps stamp.
My card is being entered into several challenges: SweetStamps --non-traditional Christmas colors; Simon Says Monday challenge -- anything goes; Tuesday Throwdown -- Christmas;
Stampendous --holiday happiness; The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge -- tic tac toe (diagonal - die, glitter, star); Word Art Wednesday -- anything goes; and Dies R Us -- anything goes with a die cut.

12 comments:

MaxiBelle Studio said...

Beautiful & elegant. Thanks for joining us for our Anything Goes Christmas' challenge #16.
Alicia (Dies R Us DT)
MaxiBelle Studio

Darlene said...

Beautiful creation Barbara! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘ANYTHING GOES’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!

Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Shelly Schmidt said...

I have not seen these wings before- beautifully done- love the variety of papers on the wings, and the shimmer from the glitter paper! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stamps!

Sandy Fredrick said...

Beautiful design, I love the unique design with the wings.

Roxie said...

I like the layers on the wings, wonderful design!
Thanks for playing along in the SweetStamps challenge.

Suzanne C said...

Barb I love the clear layer of the wings on the bottom. Beautiful card! happy holidays to you and your family! Thank you for playing along with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Donna B. said...

Great Christmas Card! Love the wings. Thanks for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

Margaret said...

Beautifully done. The layering on the wings is especially nice. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown for this challenge.
Margaret, DT

Karen Letchworth said...

Fabulous card, Barbara. I am always SO delighted by your sweet cards and I can't thank you enough for sharing with us. Because of Christmas, this challenge will run or two weeks so feel free to share with us again (and again and again). Have a blessed week!
Karen
Word Art Wednesday

Lynn K said...

Great Holiday card - LOVE the wings!!! Thanks for joining us in this month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!!

Melanie said...

So pretty! Thanks for joining the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

Rachel said...

lovely card! the wings are beautiful. Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge! And Happy New year!
-Rachel
rwkrafts.com