My shining star

My shining star

Friday 8 November 2013

we three kings

Good morning lovelies - another week appears to have zoomed by - where is it all going to? Not sure about that but boy time really does fly!

Today I've got another Christmas card to show you - this one has largely been inspired by the thefunkiejunkie 12 tags of Christmas challenge sponsored by the thefunkiejunkie boutique. This is my response to the tag from week three and I've used Claritystamps in the making of this card. I've taken my inspiration from the colour of Linda's tag, the word Joy and also the camels and kings.



Its a bit of an exercise in landscaping - - in yellows! Anyway - I started by stamping the NOEL in versamark and adding black opaque wow powders and heat setting. Then I added the camels - first by inking up only the largest camel and adding him to the O - then the other two and adding them outside the O. Then I cut some hills from copy paper and used distress inks (wild honey, spiced marmalade, anitque linen and tea dye) and makeup sponges to create the hills and sky. I masked the hills then sprtized and flicked water on the sky to get the mottled effect. Then I stamped the star on the top left with versamark and added brass regular wow powders and heat set. Finally I added the lace and the put the whole thing onto a 7 inch blank black card.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:


Wow embossing powderswowembossingpowder: Winter or christmas
stamping sensations:sirstampalotchallenge Christmas
2 sisters CB2sisterschallengeblog: Christmas with no red or green
Crafty Calender challengescraftycalendarchallenge: all things Christmas
AGOACpinkgemchallengeblog.: Christmas is coming

Thanks for looking and I hope to see you again soon. Thanks also for your support yesterday on my passport problem - just one to chalk up to experience I'm afraid. Big Hugs

Rachel xx




32 comments:

  1. As it’s something I don’t like doing will admit to this being a copy and paste comment because I am unable to type properly at the moment, but didn't want to miss the opportunity to take a look at your lovely creation and thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  2. Love this Rachel. Great image and fabulous background.
    Hope you have a fabulous weekend.
    Hugs
    Caz x

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  3. Very striking Rachel and I love it

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  4. This is gorgeous Rachel, love the inked landscape and the placement of your images, very effective. Sorry to hear that you were ripped off with your passport paperwork, thankyou for sharing the cautionary tale. Cathy x

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  5. This is stunning Rachel, I love your yellow landscape and the three men.
    Sue x

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  6. A beautiful card Rachel, love the background you have done. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  7. Just brill Rachel !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  8. Morning sweetie, this is just gorgeous hugs Pops x

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  9. Beautiful card Rachel, love your blending of colour. Lovely scene and stamping. I also want to,say a huge thank you for all your kind comments on my blog , thank you , I really appreciate them. Tracy x

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  10. Beautiful card Rachel, love your blending of colour. Lovely scene and stamping. I also want to,say a huge thank you for all your kind comments on my blog , thank you , I really appreciate them. Tracy x

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  11. Beautiful! Love the gorgeous back, such pretty shades!

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  12. This is beautiful! Love the background you created.

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  13. This is stunning Rachel, I love the background colours and wonderful images.
    hugs Sue xx

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  14. amazing! beautiful colours and how you stamped the letters and the camel....zo nice detail.
    great done!!!

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  16. Gorgeous stamping and inking, and stunning work Rachel.
    They do say great minds think alike - so you and I have great creative minds lol! In fact both of us used the same three shades of DIP's and one different one x

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  17. Love the beautiful scene you have created with those wonderful stamps - you could give Barbara Gray a run for her money! Hugs, Anne x

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  18. Absolutely beautiful Rachel. You have made it your own. Hugs Rita xxx

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  19. This is fabulous Rachel, lovely rich yellows.
    Pauline
    x

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  20. Hi Rachel, I love your take on Linda's tag, the large O with the camel walking through is fab and the yellow desert is gorgeous. Thanks for all your kind visits and comments, no baby news yet ;0) x

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  21. This is fabulous Rachel, love the colours and design. Carol x

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  22. Beautiful stamping and the colours almost appear to glow.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  23. Fab colours and stamps, lovely card hun :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  24. Gorgeous card, those black silhouettes look fantastic against the yellow background. Great card!

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  25. What a beautiful card Rachel, love the style, very elegant and clean. Thanks for stopping by this week, wishing you a lovely weekend xxx

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  26. Ooh This Is Stunning Love The Camels And Your Background Is Amazing.

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  27. Beautiful Christmas card love the colour and love how you placed the images -great techniques
    Carol x

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  28. so precious card, love te gold look
    hugs
    céline

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  29. A lovely card Rachel. Super background and love the image.
    Mags
    x

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  30. As it’s something I really don’t like doing for a whole comment will admit to this being a copy and paste one because I am unable to type properly at the moment, but didn't want to miss the opportunity to take a look at your lovely creation and thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  31. A fabulous Christmas card! Thanks for joining us at stamping Sensations this month and good luck!

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  32. Love that Noel with the huge O and the king in it! Great work creating that wonderful background. The hills with the spritz and flick came out gorgeous. What a beautiful take on tag #3. So glad to have you along for this challenge!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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