A cold winter’s night looking out from a window safe and warm onto a sleepy village is the scene this card suggests with hints of happy Christmas memories and the main reason for looking forward to Christmas eve.

The card is a happy mix of papercrafting products from both the USA and UK. The decorative papers and Bethlehem stamps are from Hunkydory. (Christmas papers from Hunkydory sell-out quickly, so I purchase them when I first see them generally on Craftstash as they have the best shipping rates from the UK to the USA.) The window frame is a cut and embossing folder from Memory Box. (I fussy cut two of these window frames and glued together for stability. After cutting out the basic window opening from the patterned paper.) My village is made from the hero Arts Tri-fold Edge Village dies and colored with watercolor pencils. At the top of the window is a wreath cut from thick packaging cardboard using an older Lawn Fawn mini wreath die set. The village and patterned paper are layered with foam tape.

For sentiments on this card I heat embossed “Silent Night” from the Bethlehem stamp set onto vellum using my favorite gold embossing powder. Inside the card is a Christmas tree shaped sentiment by Tim Holtz from Stampers Anonymous. The card back features the Bethlehem stamp in Crumb Cake ink that is similar to gold.

The envelope flap is stamped with one of my favorite round Christmas stamps from the Love Cardmaking magazine in a dark green ink mimicking the wreath on the card.

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Dies & Embossing Folder:

• Hero Arts – Fancy Dies –  D1787 Tri-fold Edge Village Fancy Edge
• Memory Box – Open Studio – 3D Embossing Folder -EF12 Domed Window Emboss and Cut
• Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – LF1496 Mini Wreath

Stamps, Ink, Embossing Powder

• Hunkydory – For the Love of Stamps – Little Town of Bethlehem – Club-FTLS26B
• Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Collection – Doodle Greetings 2
• Sweet Sentiments Set from Love Cardmaking, issue 9 November 2018
• Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Tranquil Tide and Crumb Cake
• Gold embossing powder from June 2020 Papercraft Society kit
• VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad

Papers

• Park Lane A7 card base and envelope
• Hunkydory – Duo Designs Paper Pad 8×8 – All Wrapped up & Festive Foil
• Hunkydory – Adorable Scorable pattern Pack – Snowflakes Splendour
• White card stock
• Clear vellum

Additional Supplies:

• Cosmic Shimmer – Specialist Acrylic Glue – 125ml
• Sizzix – Big Shot PLUS die cutting Machine
• Fineline 20 Gauge Applicator & Bottle

• Nuvo Watercolour Pencils
• Waterbrush
• Foam tape