Regardless of our religious affiliations or political leanings, I think we can all agree that more "peace on earth," and "good will" among men would be a blessing in the coming year. One of my favorite new Christmas dies this year was the Little Town of Bethlehem. I used it to make four different Christmas cards, all for friends of our in our congregation, and one devout Catholic friend. I thought today would be a good day to share them.
For this version, I ink blended a sky and used black cardstock for the die. The sentiment is from an old favorite, Papertrey Ink's Signature Christmas.
This one used a navy blue shimmer paper from Papertrey Ink which is easier to see in the close-up. For all of the cards, I ink splattered with white ink for the skies. I finally found a process that produces pretty consistent results.
When I ran out of the navy blue shimmer cardstock, I switched to black. I'm on the wait list for both papers to come back in stock.
The last version uses My Favorite Things Outside the Box die and a stencil from Taylored Expressions. I had a scrap of the navy shimmer cardstock just large enough for the sky and banner. I changed the sentiment because the previous one would have been "lost" on the stenciled background and embossed it on a banner from Neat and Tangled. I was pretty sure I'd taken a photo of the card when it was closed, but I think it may still be on a memory card! These were taken with my iPhone. The box does fold flat and fit into an A2 envelope. This card is a CASE of a card posted by one of the Design Team members for My Favorite Things.