Manger Scene Christmas Card

Two posts in one evening. I never know when I will be able to get to the library, so I am posting both of my creations in one night. This is the Christmas card that I mass produced to send out this year. I made around 30 of them. It was a bit time consuming, but lots of fun. I like sending religious cards as a reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.

The ornament die and coordinating stamps are from Heartfelt Creations. Since I cut the ornament out to use the negative space on the outside of the card, I decided to use the ornament itself to decorate the inside. The blue paper is just cardstock. The ribbon was bought at a craft store. I colored white candy with a Martha Stewart glitter metallic silver marker. The nativity stamp I think is from either Stampendous or Hero Arts. I got it at Hobby Lobby. It is a wood mounted stamp. It is layered onto a square of white cardstock and popped up with foam squares. I used silver stickles on the star and more stickles on the stable. Here are some challenges I found to enter:

http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com/2012/12/ac151.html
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-91.html
http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/2012/12/tammy-scrapin-corner-weekly-challenge.html
http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/11/challenge-38-christmas-is-coming.html
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/challenge-216-christmas.html
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/2012/12/ttcrd-47-december-4th-10th.html
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/anything-goes.html
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/sentimental-friday.html
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/