Star of Wonder, Star of Night...

Lest We Forget...November 11th.  Thank you to the many of you who have served and continue to serve - fighting for freedom.  

Here we are at Friday and showing you a last beautiful set that celebrates the hope and meaning of Christmas for me.  It's a beautiful new silhouette set from Lauren Pope.  

I began by inking up the stamp with a brayer and some teal water-based ink.  You need to ink it up and lay it down quickly because water based ink beads up even on a polymer stamp.  Another way to do it is to ink up the stamp with a brayer and then lay the paper on top of the stamp, pressing and smoothing it onto the stamp with your fingers.  Craft ink, VersaMark or chalk inks all have the sticky-ness where this wouldn't be a concern, but I wanted that teal color :)   Then I inked up the stamp a second time with VersaMark ink, lining it up to the teal image and pressing down, then adding Iridescent Ice Embossing powder and embossing.   

Then I stamped up a second image of the stamp, die cutting out Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus in the manger, with a Labels Twenty-Two die.  Then using a matching marker to the ink, I darkened all the inked areas to deepen the color - then followed the same embossing steps to make it shimmer.  

Finally, I popped up that Spellbinders shape onto the main image matching it up to the image beneath.  The shine and shimmer looks awesome in person.  

I've paired it with the beautiful Velvet Teal ribbon, and the very elegant Toile Lurex in Silver.  

As you can see I've given the bottom some fancy edging with the Fleur De Lis Squares die, then accented the card with my new FAV Kaiser Sparklets in Sea Breeze.  

The girls will have beautiful cards to show you today...

• Barbara Anders
• Christine Okken (you are here)  
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber 
• Sharon Doolittle
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger
• Jan Marie Caruso

And Don't Forget...

We have one last Mystery Blogger - be sure to comment on all the DT Girls' beautiful cards, and if you find the Mystery Blogger of the day you could be chosen to win this beautiful set!

You can also still play in the two Noon-Time Challenges listed on the Flourishes Blog and the Snowy Delights Challenge - deadline is today (Friday at 5:00 pm Eastern) 

Tommorow all the Winners will be announced in the Winner's Circle at Noon Central on the Flourishes Blog.  


The New Release Bundle is NOW AVAILABLE HERE!  For one week only you can get all the new sets at a discount, and don't forget our new beautiful die set!