Hello everyone. Firstly, thank you so much for the lovely comments on my Skating towards Christmas card, it’s been great to connect with other crafters and see what you’re creating.
I spent the weekend making more Christmas cards. This year I’m making a different card for each person I send to. It’s giving me a chance to use more of my Christmas stash as well as using lots of the techniques and new products I’ve picked up this year.
This card was inspired by several challenges that I mixed together in one card, (Gold/Stars/Tim Holtz altered cabinet card pocket).
I took “altered” in the literal sense and inked, sanded, scratched, stamped and distressed my card pocket. I LOVE the background stamp from one of this years Christmas stamp sets by Tim Holtz. It’s so vintage and such an easy stamp to create a repeat pattern with, as I did on my cabinet card.
I embossed manilla cardstock with a star folder and covered in a layer of tarnished brass distress paint. The distress paint is reactive with water when wet so I misted and let the paint run over the embossed stars. Once dry I sanded the top layer to make the embossed stars pop.
I die cut the small tim holtz 3D star and ran through my sewing machine with gold thread. I distressed some core-dinations kraft core cardstock and gave that the gold thread treatment. Seriously, if you thought I was obsessed with my sewing machine before, you should see me now I’ve got GOLD THREAD!!! 😉
I folded the star into it’s 3D shape and attached to the front of the card with a dab of glossy accents. Afterwards I thought I could hang the star and make it detachable for the recipient to hang on their Christmas tree. I also had another idea about how to utilise the pocket part of the cabinet card pocket. I will have another post later in the week.
Thanks for taking time to look at my card.
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This card was inspired by these challenges:
Scrapdeco Christmas Card Challenge – Gold card
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – We’re Seeing Stars
Inspiration Emporium Monthly Challenge – Happy Holidays
Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge 15 – Cabinet Card Pocket
Inspiration Emporium are generously sponsoring CC3 challenge 15 with a $50 gift certificate to the lucky winner!
If you don’t already have the Compendium of Curiosities 3 book, you can order a signed copy directly from Tim.
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supplies: tim holtz; mini cabinet card/manilla cardstock/core-dinations kraft core/mini distress inks (vintage photo, gathered twigs)/distress paint (tarnished brass)/distress glitter (clear rock candy)/die (3D star, holiday words: script)/stamp set (christmas nostalgia #207)
other: archival ink (jet black)/glossy accents/scor-tape/star embossing folder/sewing machine/gold thread
Hi Zoe. THIS is so striking and so elegant. I love your use of the brown tones for this. Your little 3D star with the machine stitching really stands out…no pun intended! 🙂 All of your machine stitching really gives this piece such a homespun, warm feeling. Love your choice of papers, too. This is a unique way to showcase Tim’s cabinet card. Love it! Thanks for sharing with all of us at CC3C. <3 Candy
I absolutely ADORE this!!! The stitching, the stenciling, the whole design…just fabulous! Thanks for much for playing along with us on the Cabinet Card Pocket challenge at CC3Challenge!!!
Beautiful project! Love the antique feel to the whole thing. The star is so pretty and the words “Twinkle” accent it so well. Thanks so much for joining us for this challenge!
This is so beautiful! The gold stitching looks wonderful and I love how you added ‘twinkle, twinkle’ to go with the star. Brilliant!
I love this! It’s such a warm card. Don’t you love that holiday script! Your twinkle, twinkle is amazing! Check out Simon Says Monday Challenge too. This would be perfect as it is “To the Moon”.
Love your card, beautiful work.
Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Luv
Debby
Beautiful! What a neat combo of textures and colors. Thanks for joining us at CC3C!
Zoe, I love everything about this! The textures, colors and the 3-D star is just amazing! Thanks for sharing!
awesome card!!
and I should also say thanks for sharing it with us at Inspiration Emporium. =)
Wonderful! I love all the great layers and the use of your sewing machine too…
Just came back to say thanks so much for joining in with us at Inspiration Journal! Anne x
This is so wonderful. I love the golden thread sewn on the star. Fantastic idea! A very pretty, classic card with awesome texture and distress. Love it.
wonderful, wonderful, wonderful – enough said. oh, maybe one more wonderful.
Hi Zoe…this is gorgeous! I love all the textures you have created. Fabulous piece! Thanks for sharing with us at CC3C!