Challenge Me A Christmas Card – Candles
by Jeanne Jachna

Christmas


I’m interrupting the blog blitz with a Christmas Card!  Poppystamps is sponsoring Michelle Lupton’s Christmas Card Challenge and I thought you’d want to know about it.   Don’t worry there is still a prize on this post! 

Is it starting to feel like Christmas is just around the corner? In a panic and looking for ideas? Michelle Lupton from Handmade By Michelle blog is having a special event! Every day she has a different challenge – Michelle makes a card, and she asks one of her crafty friends to play along too. Some of the challenges are very unique and creative so you’ll want to check it out! I got an easy one! The challenge Michelle and I are both playing along with today is “CANDLES”!  The Christmas candles that stand out the most in my mind  are the pink and purple ones on an advent wreath.   Each candle represents one of the four weeks before Christmas!  

I started by die cutting a large POINTED OVAL FRAME die cut. I traced the outline on a card base and inked up everything outside the oval with Tumbled Glass distress ink . I wanted to placed three FORMAL CANDLES inside the oval, but I wanted to make them GLOW!   To achieve this effect I die cut a small circle from card stock.  I used this as a mask to ink up the glow.  I used Mustard Seed for the circle shape and then added Squeezed Lemonade for a soft glow.  I was very careful to stay inside the pencil marked oval.

Next I added a slightly larger oval cut from gold and adhered it over the pencil drawn oval.   Next I adhered the candles and created a wreath from SMALL BLOOMING POINSETTIAS and WHISPY PINE NEEDLES.

The finishing touch is flower center gems and a simple sentiment created by die cutting the MERRY CHRISTMAS SCRIPT  from gold glitter and fold foil paper and adhering them slightly off set.

Want a chance to win one of the new 2017 Winter Release dies?  Just leave me a comment!  For a second chance to win visit Michelle’s blog and comment there!  

 

Supplies

 

1933 Pointed Oval Frames
1677 Formal Candles
1607 Merry Christmas Script
902 Small Blooming Poinsettia
1862 Wispy Pine Needles
30075 Studio Oval Layers

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54 Comments

  1. Your card is gorgeous Jeanne! Excellent use of the small poinsettia, I have that! The glow you achieved around the candle flames makes the card come alive. Your card reminds me of the beautiful vintage Christmas Cards that I love to collect. I have never heard of pink and purple advent candles before, what do they represent? We always use white candles. Thank you for sharing this beautiful, inspiring Christmas card today.
    Jacquelene L
    Canada

  5. I love the pretty, bright colors you used. All of the dies you used are wonderful. I think this card is just gorgeous.

  20. I love how you brought in the advent theme in your beautiful card design! Thank you for such wonderful tips and inspiration!

  26. Fantastic card! The way you created the glow around the candles is very cool. The gold frame, the greenery and poinsettias, the Tumbled Glass background,all the details are wonderful.

  27. That is ONE DIE, I “NEED”— CANDLES! I don’t have any candle dies & I don’t think I even have any candle stamps! LOL Your card looks BEAUTIFUL, Jeanne! SUPER JOB on the challenge!!! 😉

  31. Hi Jeanne, This card is really pretty, I adore the die-cuts you have used, especially the little ‘holders’ for the candles, they are so effective.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

  33. Pretty card! I’d been wondering how the formal candles would look on a card. Now I know they look great! Thanks for sharing!

  43. GORGEOUS!! Absolutely GORGEOUS!! I own those candles … thanks for the tips to make them glow!!

  54. BEAUTIFUL card!
    LOVE the colours and design!
    LOVE your inking behind the candles and golden frame too!

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