Nativity

So when I saw this image from Mo's Digital Pencil I knew I just had to have it for some of my Christmas cards this year.  In A Manger is the perfect image to show what the true meaning of Christmas is, the birth of Jesus. 

The sketch that I used is from this week's Inkspirations challenge.


To create this card I started with a base of kraft card stock.  I added a piece of celestial blue card stock just a little smaller than the base.  I added a square of brown dotted paper and a strip of brown and blue striped paper.  To the bottom of the stripped paper I added a piece of kraft card stock that I punched using an eyelet lace border punch.  I added  piece of brown sugar baker's twine just above the punched kraft border.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils and cut it out in an oval.  I backed it in kraft and then again in celestial blue and then cut around it using scalloped scissors.

I punched two stars out of kraft card stock and added gold stickles and a off white pearl to the center of each one.  To finish the card I added three off white pearls to the upper corner and crystal stickles to the angel's wings.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

The Crazy Challenge: Stars or Snowflakes

Sweet Stampin: Punches and/or Dies

Totally Gorjuss: Sparkle

Gingerloft: Winter/Christmas

Stamptcular Sunday: Anything Christmas

Craft Your Passion: Tis The Season

Karen's Doodles: Non Traditional Christmas Colors

Meljens: Twine or String

Winter Wonderland: Nativity

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge: Favorite Things

Wags N Whiskers: Snow Angels

Sew Many Challenges: Twine

Totally Paper Crafts: Christmas

Alota Rubber Stamps: Dots

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Card Ingredients

Mo's Digital Pencil In A Manger Digital Stamp

Coredinations Celestial Card Stock

White Card Stock

The Paper Company Kraft Card Stock

My Minds Eye Asparagus Paper Pack ~ Brown Dots

My Minds Eye Asparagus Paper Pack ~ Brown & Blue Stripes

Off White Pearls

Gold Stickles

Crystal Stickles

Brown Sugar Baker's Twine

Scalloped Scissors

Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch

Fiskars Star Punch

Crayola Colored Pencils ~ Tan, White, Golden Yellow, Light Blue, Light Brown, Sand

Prisma Colored Pencils: Rose, Light Peach