Tuesday 7 December 2010

CUTTLEBUGSPOT CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 'O HOLY NIGHT'

Good morning
Oooh it's frosty this morning -6c when I took Connor to college!
We are celebrating Christmas over at the Cuttlebugspot this week and Nilda asked us to use a technique such as inking, for our projects.
Mine really isn't a technique but I do love the look of embossed mirrorboard and that is what I used for my star.
My card is very simple but I hope conveys the real meaning of Christmas.
The nativity is cut in black card using a Sizzix decorative strip die 'Nativity' which I recently bought in the sale at Sizzix.co.uk,( this is just a portion of the die). I computer generated the text before embossing my background with a Craft Concept embossing folder (these are very similar to Cuttlebug folders and work the same way) called Sun Rays (when I saw this folder I bought it with the idea for this card in mind). Finally I added a star which is cut at 2" using my Cricut and Joys of The Season Cart shadow in black and base in gold mirrorboard which I embossed with CB folder Swiss Dots.
Pop over to the Cuttlebugspot and see the fabulous creations the rest of the DT have been working on and as always we would love to see your take on this weeks challenge.
Have a great week everyone! I'm just off to work!
Juliexx




18 comments:

Anonymous said...

So cute, love that embossing!

Sandi said...

Julie, fab card. Hugs

flowerdisco said...

your card is so very nice. what a great idea embossing it with that folder and make it look like is coming from the star. great! tfs.

DonnaMundinger said...

BBBRRRRR is right! This is just gorgeous, Julie! AT first I thought it was the Tim Holtz "Rays" forder but when I checked, it is nothing like the beautiful one you used. Perfect! I must hunt this down! xxD

Donna said...

I love clean and simple cards and yours is stunning! And I love that sun rays folder too. What an awesome card!

Stacey said...

Julie this is just gorgeous! The embossing for the background is stunning x x x

Riet said...

What a beautiful card Julie.

Hugs Riet.x

GiuliaG. said...

Wow, is that ever gorgeous. You did a fabulous job with the embossing.

Jennifer said...

this is so beautiful. Simply put and makes a statement for sure. Love the details that you put into it.

Brenda said...

Very pretty! The gold really pops and makes the embossing "shine".

Jannie said...

It is a beautiful card, love that you made the images in black!

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Helen said...

Gorgeous card - love how you've embossed the star!
Helen x

Kerry said...

A lovely stunning cards.

"Um Buggin" said...

Beautiful card Julie! I love the nativity scene, and the embossed star. We must have been thinking alike, I see we used the same embossing folder, lol. Thank you again my friend, I love them all. Missed you on chat today, guess you were busy, hope to catch you soon. Oh, I will send you some of the gold beads, get them out to you over the weekend. Chat soon!

Hugz, xx

~L~

Pinnacles said...

Hi Julie. Amazing card for this weeks challenge. The use of that Sun rays Embossing Folder is genius. This card really has captured the true meaning of Christmas for me. TFS. Andy.

Anonymous said...

hey julie, not 100% sure if it was 3mm but it is the smallest I can get here. it looks about 3mm. sorry I finished the spool and threw away the pack. will have to take more notice next time xxxx

Amanda T said...

WOW! This is stunning. Love that star and the embossing. Gorgeous!

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