January 22, 2017

Winter Angel Card ft. Neat & Tangled


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It's hard to believe that we celebrated Christmas just a month ago, and here I am creating my first Christmas card of 2017! I guess it's never too early to start making Christmas cards. ;) I started by stamping and heat embossing the faceted background stamp with WOW White Pearl embossing powder. Then I colored the triangles with different shades of yellow. The Copic colors I used are: YR23, YR21, Y11, Y13, Y15, YR14.

I don't have a star die (but should really get one) so I simply printed out a star, cut it out and then traced it on the faceted background. I then cut out a slightly larger star on white cardstock and added a black border. 


The stamp set I'm using today is Little Angel from Neat & Tangled. I colored her with Copics, and the colors I've used are listed below: 
Dress: BG10, BG15   Wings: B01
Hair: Y11, Y21   Face: YR00, R02   Blush: RV11
I've also drawn some snowflakes on her dress with a white gel pen and embellished it with small white pearls.
I wanted to make her wings shimmery and translucent, so I stamped them on vellum, flipped it to the back (because my black ink was barely drying on vellum) and colored with B01 and wink of stella shimmer pen. Then I realized that if I had just adhered the wings on top of the star, the yellow triangles would be peeking through. So I ended up adhering a pair of white wings beneath the shimmering vellum wings. It was definitely more complicated and time consuming than what I've expected, but I really love how it turned out.


I die cut a bunch of white snowflakes with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Snowflakes dies and adhered them to my card front. I think this white on white technique adds quite a bit of interest to the background, but at the same time does not distract too much from the focal point. Then I die cut a gold glitter frame using Craftin Desert Diva's Fancy Frames die, mounted it on foam tape and adhered it to the card front as well.


When I was creating the background, I forgot to leave some white, even space to stamp my sentiment. But I thought the unevenness would look quite interesting anyways. So I stamped it like how I normally would and filled in the gaps with a black pen. To finish off the card, I added a good amount of sequins and small rhinestones to embellish the card. This is definitely a card with lots of details and it took me a couple hours to create it from start to finish. I really like how it turned out, and I hope you have enjoyed looking at it, too! Thanks so much for stopping by! 

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9 comments:

  1. Very cute! I love the embossed background and especially the golden and glitter frame. It gives so elegant as beautiful touch. Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

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  2. Very cute! I love the embossed background and especially the golden and glitter frame. It gives so elegant as beautiful touch. Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

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  3. Adorable angel! Great layout and layering! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers!

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  4. What a cute card Jessie! Your angel is gorgeous and I love how you built so much texture into your card. I'm with you on getting a head start with next Christmas!
    Thanks for sharing with at Happy Little Stampers.
    Hugs
    Carolx

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  5. What a beautiful card Jessie - I love the star! The angel wings are definitely worth the time they took too, they shimmer perfectly and there's no yellow to see at all! I was looking for the snowflakes and then spotted them on her dress (duh - trust me to miss them - almost!!) I thought you'd stamped them! Thank you so much for entering the Christmas Cards All Year Round (Add Snowflakes) Challenge this month, lots of luck and I hope we see you again very soon. Hugs to you Sue Pxxx DT

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  7. Thanks for sharing your lovely crafting for CCAYR January challenge, Hazel, DT – you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for January - I'd love to see it there too x

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  8. Love the gold frame and the faceted star, its never too early to start on your Christmas cards!
    Thanks for joining us this month Jess at STAMPlorations. :)

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  9. Adorable!!! Thanks so much for participating in our CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR 'ROUND challenge. Hope you participate in our next challenge!! Have a happy crafty day!!!
    Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

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