Greetings! Today I have a Christmas card for you. It features a recessed panel and starry sky to accommodate Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus. The inspiration for the recessed panel came from Handcrafted by Helen on YouTube. Links to the products I used are below. Hope you like it :0)
I used a text background stamp by Stampendous with gift tissue paper to create the background, which is also the recessed panel (because it’s behind the blue panels that create the frame). A little Golden matte medium to adhere the tissue paper to some tan cardstock, and then some Ranger Archival ink to stamp the image and I was ready to color it with Faber-Castel PITT artist brush pens (really more like markers). The Hero Arts sentiment was heat embossed with Wow embossing powder. I used some peel off stickers from the Paper Studio to line the edge of the blue starry sky panels. The star is also a peel off sticker that I put on some cardstock and then colored it in with a Uniball Signo silver gel pen, which I also used to add some light rays coming from the star and to color Mary and Joseph’s headbands. Happy early Merry Christmas! Enjoy the YouTube video below.
The products I used on this card:
Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock: http://amzn.to/2yL4AYT
Cardstock 65lb: http://amzn.to/2xkB0Za
Ranger Distress Ink Salty Ocean: http://amzn.to/2xkxAFy
Ranger Distress ink Stormy Sky: http://amzn.to/2xleyUA
Ranger Distress Ink Dusty Concord: http://amzn.to/2z0ZBUN
Ranger Archival Ink: http://amzn.to/2xXm5Ga
Pearlescent Watercolor: http://amzn.to/2z1hMJY
Golden Matte Medium: http://amzn.to/2y2VgC9
Paint Brush(I found these awesome paint brushes for gesso or matte medium): http://amzn.to/2y3A2Er
Uniball Signo Silver Gelpen(includes white and gold): http://amzn.to/2y4dOST
Paper Studio Silver Classic Border Stickers: goo.gl/jMNZLA
Hero Arts Celebrate Everday Sentiment Stampes CL498: http://amzn.to/2fVw7TJ
Stampendous Dream Text Background Stamp: goo.gl/57yF7a
Oriental Trading Nativity Stamp: Unavailable
Alternative Nativity Stamp by Stampendous: http://amzn.to/2ythnDd
Foam Sponge Daubers (with case and ink pads!): http://amzn.to/2xkDpml
Foam Tape: http://amzn.to/2y35zpM
Wow Embossing Powder: http://amzn.to/2xkUzAx
Darice Heat Gun: http://amzn.to/2fUrx89
Anti-Static Tool: http://amzn.to/2y2T1yN
Gift Tissue Paper: http://amzn.to/2fUDQBk
WRMK Quickstick: http://amzn.to/2xl4jL1
WRMK Precision Press Stamping Tool: http://amzn.to/2xWWvkp
Faber-Castel PITT Artist Pens: http://amzn.to/2ggqH2k