Friday, November 16, 2012

Following a Star

"Soon after Jesus was born,  wise men were traveling on their camels; one night they noticed a very strange star in the sky.  They knew that this star meant that the King of the Jews, the One who would save the world had been born...The wise men left to find the baby.  They didn't know exactly where the baby was, but at night they followed the star in the east.  They followed the star until it hung right over the very place where Jesus was." ~Exert from here.

Skipping Stones Design offers a really cool stamp set called Wisemen. It is perfect to use on those projects where you want to convey the true meaning of the holiday. I started my card with saturating some watercolor paper with a mixture of blue inks and spray and after letting it dry I stamped the wiseman in black ink and the star in white. I added some glitter to the star and wrapped the card with some May Arts Raffia ribbon.



24 comments:

  1. Another beautiful card! The background is perfect for this card. It truly looks like the night sky.

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  2. so gorgeous and really lets the sentiment and image stand proud. the inked background is gorgeous and I love the texture of the raffia!

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  3. Your inked background makes the most perfect sky, Karen! Beautiful card!

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  4. I absolutely love your layout with the raffia base!

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  5. That background blue is really stunning! wonderful card!

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  6. This is beautiful!! Love the blue and that star...just lovely! :)

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  7. Beautiful, Karen! I love the blue background!

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  8. Super pretty!

    Be blessed, Beckie
    http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com

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  9. Your twinkling star on this watercolory sky is stunning Karen!

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  10. I love that silhouette against the night sky. Reminds me of the operetta "Ahmal and the Night Visitors" as does your quote. Love how you've been incorporating seasonal lyrics this week!

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  11. Karen your card is stunning! Love the silhouette standing in the night sky.

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  12. Amazing background Karen! What a beautiful card!!!

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  13. Ah, Karen, how perfect! Your techniques recently have been very inspirational and I've been learning much from you (as usual!). Thanks so very much -
    Hugs!!

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  14. Wow- the background you created really makes the images shine!

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  15. oh this is stunning! it is now on my top ten fav list by you :)

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  16. gorgeous night sky. what a beautiful card, Karen!

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  17. I need to come to your house for a few days for spray mist techniques. Seriously...your use of these never ceases to leave me in awe of your design talent. Beautiful card yet again today Karen.

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  18. What a beauty! The background is just stunning.

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  19. Love it Karen... its amazingly beautiful... hugs..xoxo

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