Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen – Tidings of Comfort & Joy

Hi!  Take a day off and the deadlines keep on rolling along…

I am creating for Facebook’s  Case-ing Tuesday (#436) selection found on page 36 of the Sep-Dec Mini Catalog for this week’s sketch.

My choices were influenced by TGIF (#448) to create for a favorite Holiday Song and Heart ‘s Quest (#43), who also has a music theme.  I selected the colors suggested by Color Hues (#76) for the rich red and gold look.  I have also created this card for the Stampin’ Up!’s November #Simple Stamping challenge which is to use just stamps, inks, paper and add a punch.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
• Card Front Panel: (4¼” x 5½”) Distressed Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper.
  • Tip: Use a die to cut-out the center of the panel for future use as it is covered by the Background Panel.
• Background Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Red and Gold Music Sheet patterned piece of paper from the Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper pack.
  • For Heart’s Quest required element, the small Two Heart image from the Country Bouquet stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with Gold Embossing Powder in the lower right corner.  This looks really nice but photographed a little dark in the corner shadow.
• Vertical Strip: (1½” x 4”) Red / Gold / White Holly Berry patterned piece of paper also from the Joyful Specialty Designer Series paper pack.
• Sentiment Shape – Hexagon: (2½” x 2½”) Cherry Cobbler cardstock scrap.  All images were also stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with Gold Embossing Powder.
  • The sentiment, Tidings of Comfort & Joy, from the Christmas Classics stamp was chosen for one of my favorite Christmas Carols: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
  • The Double Dotted Hexagon Frame image from the new Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set was stamped around the sentiment.  This stamp set will be available in January 2024
  • The sentiment was then punched out with the coordinating Heartfelt Hexagon Punch.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  I chose to orient the Sentiment Label and Strip to the right side so the Treble Clefs would be seen on the patterned paper.  The Sentiment was popped up with Dimensionals.

Try your hand at this week’s Case-ing Tuesday challenge.  I would love to see what you create!

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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