For this week
Craftyhazelnut Christmas Card Challenge #169, & for
CHNC Extra The theme this week is "All wrapped up":
Isn't this a beautiful christmas image of Mary wrapping up the baby Jesus? I found the gold embossed paper at the thrift store! I think it was an "at home invitation project" gone bad, so I got paper and envelopes for next to nothing. I cut around the gold frame and mounted it on a card that I embossed with a Stampin Up Sizzix folder to create a double frame. I embossed the image and the word "rejoice" in gold embossing powder.
I thought of this unmounted angel stamp when I read the challenge for ABC Christmas: "M is for Magical". The sketch idea came from Freshly made sketches #193, This is my clean and simple version. I'm finding using a sketch along with another challenge theme is really helping me dig into my unused supplies. The card base is a deep plum in real life, somehow it photographed burgundy.., learning! 
