Nativity scene cards...

 I had some nativity scene die-cuts that were given to me, and I used a couple of them for this year's Christmas cards.

This card features the entire scene, including the angel in the sky above the creche. The nativity scene was added to a swiss dot light blue panel that was matted with a navy blue panel. I die-cut the word "noel" from navy blue cardstock and adhered it to the card front.

A star had been cut separately from gold glitter cardstock and included in the assortment of nativity die-cuts, so I glued it over the one that was a part of the navy blue scene.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside with Night of Navy ink to finish the card.

I had a scrap of navy blue swiss dot cardstock in my scraps. It was too narrow to cover the whole card front, so I centered and adhered it to a kraft cardbase, leaving a 1/4" border on the left and right. I liked the look of this layout.

This time I used a white nativity die-cut and glued it about 3/4" above the bottom of the card.  So that it didn't seem suspended in air, I added three gems beneath it. The star was colored with a gold metallic marker, and then some sparkle was added with a glitter pen.

The sentiment was stamped, die-cut and popped up on foam squares.

I added a short, stamped sentiment to the inside and the card was finished.

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We are essentially ready for Christmas at our house. I say "essentially" because we have some last-minute cleaning and cooking to do, but that won't take long. 

My grandson stopped by yesterday and said, "I'm here for cookies!" I just had to laugh. And, of course, I filled a box with cookies for him to take home. They'll get another assortment of them on Christmas Eve, but since they have kids coming and going all the time at their house, the cookies don't last long!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl