Miss Mad Stamper: For Unto Us

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Saturday, April 9, 2022

For Unto Us

The stamp set For Unto Us is a fantastic religious Christmas greeting set. It was part of Stampin' Up! for 2 years and has now retired. I will be keeping this set in my collection for a while as I love the religious nature of it and find that hard to find once in a while.

This card is a base of Smoky Slate with Basic Gray and Basic White as layers. The music was embossed and then I ran the ink pad over the top so that the embossing would pick up that ink.

Evergreen Forest

I wanted to make some easy and fast Christmas cards. I like working on Christmas throughout the year. I have less stress when I do! The cards are all ready for me to sign, address and mail during the crazy advent season when there is so much to accomplish!

I pulled out Evergreen Forest embossing folder and played with inking the folder up. I started with inking the raised side of the folder up and got this impression. The ink wasn't only on the raised portion but got on the flat surface of the folder. I did try to wipe it off but I couldn't get it all. Not a bad look but not clean either.

Trying again, I inked up the embossed side of the folder. This is the side with the Stampin' Up! logo on it. I really like how Garden Green makes the white pop.

To change things up just a bit, I used Pacific Point for this card. The dark color helps the trees really stand out from the paper.

For a bit more subtle look, I went with Seaside Spray. While this color is retired, you could use Balmy Blue and get a similar look.

You can see how Balmy Blue looks on this last card.

Which color is your favorite? What color are you going to try? These wouldn't have to be Christmas cards either. A birthday greeting and these would be fabulous masculine cards. You may want to ditch the bows for masculine cards. Just a knot could be perfect!

Happy Stampin'!

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Peaceful Nativity Silhouette

Happy Epiphany!

This is a great day in the Christian church year. It's the day of Gentile Christmas. It's the twelfth day of Christmas! So I had to share with you some more Peaceful Nativity cards. I have used the dies to create these cards.

I used Night of Navy for my card base and Whisper White for the holy family. I die cut the family, crèche and star. They are all on dimensionals. I really like the metallic mesh ribbon on this card. Reminds me of the swaddling clothes Mary would have put Jesus in.

Night of Navy is my card base again. I die cut the crèche, holy family, palm trees, hill and star. These pieces were added to my card after I had sponged Balmy Blue, Pacific Point and Night of Navy inks to create the night sky. I heat embossed the words with VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. The star is covered with Wink of Stella.

Now, I have to take you on an out of the box idea. I did not come up with this on my own. I did see something like this on Pinterest that I had to do my own thing with. The background is sponged to create the sky, sun, ocean and beach. The gazebo and palm trees were die cut. The trees I sponged with ink too. This is where I would love to be. I love the ocean beach!