Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Sketch Saturday #684

 I've been getting a head start on making my Christmas cards, and like other years I am making a variety of card designs rather than mass producing one design.

One of the card designs features an Angel using the stamp set "Angels of Peace"  The set has 2 angels - an adult one, and a child. Today's card features the child angel.  I thought some of the younger folks on my list might enjoy this one.

I am submitting the card for the sketch challenge with Sketch Saturday #684  I have taken the liberty of changing the orientation of the sketch from portrait to landscape.

The little angel was stamped on a piece of Basic White card stock and coloured with Watercolour pencils and a blender pen, keeping the colours very delicate and neutral.  The wings were left white, so I added some Dazzling Diamonds to them to make them look feathery.  She was fussy cut and set aside while I prepared the rest of the card.

On the 3 3/4 by 5" Misty Moonlight top card layer I did 2 types of embossing - a glitter heat set embossing, and a dry machine embossing using a die.

Machine embossing - above

Glitter White heat set embossing - above

I used the large (3 1/4 by 4 1/4") scallop contour die and embossing mats  in the die cutting machine to emboss an impression of the die in the middle of the paper. Following this the sentiment and snowflakes were stamped with Versa Mark and  heat embossed with glitter white embossing powder,

The embossed Misty Moonlight piece was matted with Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper and then added to a Misty Moonlight card base.

The little angel was added to the card front next to the sentiment, using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Angels of Peace, For Unto Us

Inks:  Versa Mark, Watercolour pencils

Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Glimmer Paper, Basic White

Accessories:  Scallop Contour die and embossing mats, Glitter White embossing powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Blender Pen, Dimensionals.

Angel of Peace - Make the Cards Challenge #39

 A costomer of mine has been asked to teach a card class for the younger children at her church, and one of the cards had to feature an angel.  While helping her with the cards, I was inspired to make one of my own featuring the Angel of Peace stamp set, and used the sketch challenge with Make the Cards Challenge #39 to do so.

I featured the angel in a background created using my favourite technique - using blender brushes as well as the spotlighting technique.

The card base is a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2"  Night of Navy top fold card, layered with Basic White card stock.

The back ground was created on a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Basic white card stock art piece.

After white embossing the big star and the snowflakes on the art piece, the following colours were added using a blender brush - Balmy blue, Misty Moonlight, and Night of Navy. Each colour was applied further away from the center and closer to the edge

Using a blender brush, the following colours were added to the sky - Balmy Blue,  followed by Misty Moonlight, and then Night of Navy each colour being applied closer to the edge of the card stock, and further away from the center.

An oval was die cut just off center, matted with a larger oval and placed back over the original oval using dimensionals.

The angel was stamped onto a separate piece of card stock, coloured with watercolour pencils and a blender pen.  After fussy cut,  the angel was added to the oval with dimensionals.

Clear Wink of Stella was applied over the entire image.

The sentiment, part of a larger sentiment, was stamped with Night of Navy ink , matted with Night of Navy card stock, and added adjacent to the angel.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Angels of Peace

Inks:  Black Memento, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Watercolor pencils, Versa Mark

Papers:  Night of Navy, Basic White

Accessories:  Layering Oval dies, Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella, White embossing powder