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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator in the UK and love sharing my passion for paper crafting and Stampin' Up! products. Thank you for visiting I hope to see you again soon. Zoe x

Sunday 20 August 2017

Christmas Card Club - The Nativity

Stampin' Up! Night in Bethlehem Stamp Set

It's been while since I've participated in the Christmas Card Challenge as life has been busy with the build up to Thailand and this week exam results for Olivia. I'm delighted to share though that she got her first choice place to study Business and will be leaving the nest very soon.  We are so proud of her.

Our challenge today is set by Christine and she wanted us to remember the true meaning of Christmas which has fallen perfectly with my recent order of the new stamp set Night in Bethlehem and the Bethlehem edgelits . These will both be available to purchase in my Stampin Up online shop from 1 September.  Aren't they fabulous and will be useful for years to come.  I've teamed them up with some new papers called Merry Music Specialty and you can just see that the sheet I've used has a carol printed on it with the line "Born a king on Bethlehem's plain...."  I've used sponges and ink to add colour to a soft sky bendy card similar to one in shape to one I made years ago for Shelli's old creative challenges which I won.  You can just see too that I used the brick wall mask behind the first layer of buildings to add a little more interest.  I've also heat embossed in clear some stars onto the carol sheet prior to sponging on colour.  Mary and Joseph are stamped and die cut black on white.

Do take a look around the other ladies blogs for lots more 'Reason for the Season' inspiration.

Happy Sunday.

Hugs Zx

10 comments:

dutchess said...

Absolutely stunning Zoe...love the bendy card and all your stamping....xxx

Christine Harrop said...

I love your bendi card Zoe and your card is brilliant. Thank you for making a great card for the challenge. Christine x

Rita said...

What a wonderful card Zoe. Love it. Enjoy your Day. Hugs Rita xxx

cuilliesocks said...

Wow Zoe what an amazing card, absolutely love the style.
Congratulations to your daughter in getting good results and her place at Uni, Kate x

rachel said...

Amazing card Zoe - I love this to bits! And super congrats to your daughter - how wonderful for her! Big hugs rachel xx

Mrs A. said...

This is a fabulous card and makes a lovely stand up display too. Perfect for this challenge. Congratulations to your daughter. Hugs Mrs A.

Zoe Tant said...

Thanks ladies for your lovely comments. It's good to be back and I'll pass on your good wishes and congrats to Olivia. xx

Gibmiss said...

Hi Zoe
Congrats to Olivia...
your card is amazing... love it
Hugs Sylvie xx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

The shaped card is gorgeous and shows off the Bethlehem scene beautifully, a perfect card for this weeks challenge.
Lorraine

Carol said...

Wow this looks fabulous Zoe. Carol x