Nativity Tunnel Card

Merry Christmas, everyone!

It's Nancy back with you! I have the most suitable project to share with you today!

Of all the Christmas projects I made this year, I think this is my favorite!

To me...this is Christmas!

This is the Nativity Tunnel Card!

It's a fantastic file, and so much fun to make!

Knowing that I was going to ink my background, I cut the piece out of bristol paper.

The three design layers were cut from black cardstock,

and the star layer piece was cut from gold foil.

Using an ink blending tool, and several of my blue Distress Inks, I inked the background piece.

I followed the ink order from left to right, beginning in the center, and working my way out. 

Then I mixed a drop of white acrylic paint, some white PearlEx powder, and some water. 

Using a small paint brush, I spattered some stars in the sky. 

Some are big, some are small, some run together and look like shooting stars! ;o)

Although this card looks complicated, it is the simplest design to put together. 

Look at the fabulous detail and dimension!

When I first saw the star, I wanted to use the new Kells Gold Gilding Powder on it.

Since there was a fold in the middle, I opted to cut it out of gold foil instead.

Once I had it all assembled, I decided I really wanted a gilded star. 

I cut out another star layer, inked it with embossing ink, and heat embossed it with the Kells Gold.

I loosely adhered it on top of the gold foil star. 

Now if I want to fold the card up, I simply remove the gilded star, and fold it up!

I couldn't get a photo to show the beautiful shimmer of the stars,

so you'll have to use your imagination!

Here's a top view of the card:

Here's one final look:

Quietfire Design Products Used:

Nativity Tunnel Card 

Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder

Other Materials Used:
Mixed Media Paper;

Recollections Cardstock;

Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans;

Ink Blending Tool;

Pearl Ex Powder - Micropearl;

White Acrylic Paint;

Scrap of Gold Foil Paper.

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I hope you have a very Blessed Christmas Season!

I'll be back with more in the new year! :o)

Flourished Snowflake Cards

 

Hi there!  It’s Suzanne today with a series of Christmas cards using one of my digital cutting files (Flourished Snowflake) and silver vinyl. The part of these cards that takes the most time is weeding out the excess vinyl, but the product is awesome! To create some variety (really, just for my own amusement!) I switched the colours of the layers, but always kept the silver cardstock as the same layer.

Designer Tip:  You could easily make the snowflakes smaller as the vinyl would hold the fine lines.

Here is how you make these cards.

Supplies:
Flourished Snowflake  Silhouette Design Store #164059
SilhouetteAdhesive Vinyl in Silver
SihouetteTransfer Tape
Silhouette Cameo
Bazzill Cardstock in Navajo and Turquoise Mist
Bazzill Foil Cardstock in Silver
TombowMono Dots Adhesive
Tombow3D Foam Tabs

 Instructions:

1.       Form a 6 x 6” tent fold card base from Navajo cardstock. 

2.       Cut a 4.5” square panel of coordinating cardstock.  Cut a 1/8” larger mat for this panel from silver foil cardstock and adhere together.

3.       Cut Flourished Snowflake from silver vinyl (blade depth 1) and weed all the negative spaces out. Since the vinyl is 9" wide, I duplicated the image and fit 7 snowflakes in a 12" long strip.

4.       Use Transfer Paper to place the snowflake in the middle of the smallest panel and burnish into place. (You can reuse the transfer paper many times.) Adhere this panel to the card front with foam adhesive.

 

 

I hope this gives you some ideas for creating your own snowflake cards! 

Happy cutting! Suzanne