Hello, crafty friends! Today I’m so excited to be on the Concord & 9th blog as their guest designer. I created a Noel Christmas card using non-traditional holiday colors.
This is my first time ever I made a religious Christmas card since I started making cards in 2011. I’m happy that I am now able to send some Christian holiday cards to my friends even though I’m not Christian.
How to Make a Noel Christmas Card using the Masking Technique
- Create a mask by die cutting the Mary holding Jesus image from the Holy Night Dies out of Inkadingkado masking paper. (If you don’t have a masking paper, you could use a post-it note.)
- After masking off the image, stamp the large watercolor wash background image from the Lace Leaf stamp set using Hero Arts Ombre Inks: Neon Red to Purple, Butter to Orange and Mint to Green. Then remove the mask.
- Die cut the word Noel three times from the Holy Night Dies out of Altenew Gold Mirror cardstock and glue them together to add some dimension.
- After mounting the die cut word on the card front, stamp the sentiment from the Holy Night stamp set with black ink.
- Adhere the stamped panel on a piece of Gold Mirror cardstock and mount it on an A2 sized top folding card with double sided tape.
Since I love how my card turned out thanks to the fantastic products from Concord & 9th, I created a few more cards with the same design – especially I love the screentone texture from faux watercolor wash background.
Giveaway
If you want to receive one of my Christmas cards along with some stamps and dies, please leave a comment below telling me what’s your favorite color at the moment. I will announce one lucky winner here on Friday, September 23rd.
That’s all for today. I hope you love what I created. Thank you so much for stopping by!
Giveaway Winner (Edited to add)
Congratulations, Melissa! Please email me at fepooh@gmail.com to claim your prize with a subject line : May’s Blog Giveaway Winner.
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Concord & 9th(C9), Ellen Hutson(EH), Simon Says Stamp(SSS) and Hero Arts(HA). Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you where possible. Thank you so much for your support.
 Concord & 9th Holy Nights Dies Shop at: SSS | C9 | EH |
 Concord & 9th Lace Leaf Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | C9 | EH |
 Concord & 9th Holy Night Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | C9 | EH |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Hero Arts Dye Ink Pad Black Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Ombre Butter to Orange Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Ombre Neon Red to Purple Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Hero Arts Ombre Mint to Green Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Cuttlebug Die-Cut Machine Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 EK Success Craft Tweezers Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Hero Arts Snow Layering Papers Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Altenew Gold Mirror Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 Inkadinkado Masking Paper Shop at: SSS | EH |
renee milner
This is so lovely and creative! I like how you’ve taken a background that I never would have thought to use for this card. It makes me realize that I need to look at other ways of using my stamps and dies and not just use sets together. I like so many colors, but right now I especially like tangerine orange. Thanks for sharing your talent! 🙂
Sep . 19 . 2016Patty
Beautiful beautiful card. My favorite color is emerald green.
Sep . 19 . 2016Denise Bryant
Your card is beautiful! Love the masked silhouette image and the slightly textured effect with the leaf stamp!
Sep . 19 . 2016My favorite color is turquoise!
Mo
May, your cards are always so elegant. I love thus card!
Sep . 19 . 2016Kathy H
I love the way the background turned out! I don’t have one favorite color really. I have favorite colors for different things like clothing, home goods, kitchen utensils… I love them all! I love to wear raspberry pinks but my kitchen is full of oranges and yellows!
Sep . 19 . 2016Susan Gosman
My favorite color is gold!
Sep . 19 . 2016lisascreativeniche
wow, this is just amazing! LOVE the bright colors used! My favorite color goes between mint, light blue and glitter gold 🙂 ( I totally just picked three didn’t I? hehehe!)
Sep . 19 . 2016Patricia Dugan
May, this is gorgeous! I have a few religious stamps and 1 die that I could easily work with in the same manner. Shades of blue would be perfect with this style. Now I can’t wait to ‘play’!
Sep . 19 . 2016ssonnier2015
Your card is pretty. My favorite color at the moment is, two really, Blue and Yellow together.
Sep . 19 . 2016Heidi
My favorite color of now and allways is purple, but somehow I do not seem to use it much in cards, really strange!
Sep . 19 . 2016Beth Holt
Love this card! My favorite color at the moment is mint.
Sep . 19 . 2016Leanne in Cali
Love the colors in your beautiful card! I don’t know if I have a favorite color–I’m loving the look of the mix of rainbow and all bright colors! Thanks for sharing your fabulous card!!
Sep . 19 . 2016Linda Anderson
Love how you used the lace leaf die! Beautiful card. Favorite color is purple.
Sep . 19 . 2016Fran Smith
may, this card is absolutely lovely. Right now my favorite color is the entire teal family. I cannot choose just one. lol
Sep . 19 . 2016raggiodiluce82
Oh wow! It would be amazing receive one of your cards!!!! <3 <3 <3 My favourite colour at the moment is Tiffany Blue.
Sep . 19 . 2016Sue D
Beautiful card. Love the colors. I like the color blue.
Sep . 19 . 2016cmayne
May, your Christmas card, with Mary and Jesus silhouetted inside the water-coloured ‘frame’, is divine! A truly gorgeous, innovative showcase of this lovely set. My favourite colour, at the moment, is “autumn”…the rich reds, orange and golds are all around me. Nature’s colours are amazing. How sweet you are to share one of your cards with a lucky winner; I know whoever receives it will treasure it always (and in my case, I’d be framing it!)
Sep . 19 . 2016~carol
KreativeKymona
May, I totally love your card!! It’s so pretty! Thanks for the directions!!
Sep . 19 . 2016mary nelson
So unique and creative! BEAUTIFUL card. My favorite color is sage.
Sep . 19 . 2016Anne Green
I love the greens. You card is beautiful as usual May!
Sep . 19 . 2016Marcia Scantlin
I love navy blue
Sep . 19 . 2016Sharon Brand
I really love your card! It’s stunning and so clean and simple. Since I have just finished a scrapbook layout for
Sep . 19 . 2016our 50th wedding anniversary my current favourite colours are gold and cream!!!!
Melissa Friedrich
Such a pretty card, and I love how you used the lace leaf stamp as a gorgeous background for the silhouette image! My favorite color at the moment is turquoise.
Sep . 19 . 2016Ina Nelson
The card is beautiful. And you have shown another way to use dies. I like that. Thanks for sharing.
Sep . 19 . 2016Shelly
Oh, this is GORGEOUS! My favorite color at the moment is aqua.
Sep . 19 . 2016