Supplies:

• Watercolor paper
• 100lb white cardstock 8 ½ X 11 folded
• Curious metals blue steel 5 ½ x 4 ¼
• Iridescent vellum
• Blue Watercolor paint
• Pearl ex - gold
• Watercolor brush
• Color box - gold broche pigment inkpad
• Stamp Sunday international -shadow stamping
• ackground
• Embossing ink
• Ultra thick embossing powder, clear & gold
• Detail Gold embossing powder
• PVA adhesive
• Krylon gold leaf pen
• Hot glue gun
• Non-stick mat
• Variegated blue gold leaf

"Happy Chanukah" Stamp Artist - Jennifer Calkins

Directions:Tear watercolor paper into 1" strips. Mix blue watercolor with gold pearl ex, and paint edges of watercolor paper. Weave strip together. Randomly stamp image in gold ink. Cover with embossing ink and clear UTEE, heat, while still hot sprinkle gold UTEE, heat. Glue to blue cardstock then white card. Print Happy Chanukah on vellum and quickly cover with detail gold EP, heat. Paint back with above paint, edge with gold leaf pen, attach to card with foam tape. Draw star with hot glue on nonstick mat, while still warm apply gold leaf, peal off and glue to card.

Supplies:

• Blue and gold cardstock
• silver embossing powder
• VersaMark pad
• adhesive
  
  Rubber Stamps
• Ink N Rubber - Images from India plate
• Candle — Posh Impressions
  
  Directions
  Stamp the images from Ink n Rubber on navy blue cardstock using a VersaMark pad and emboss with silver embossing powder. Stamp the candle image eight times on navy cardstock and emboss with silver EP. Stamp one candle image on gold cardstock and emboss in silver.
  
  Trim the images and cut the main image into three sections and assemble all as shown to a navy blue card. Mount the card front to a slightly larger gold card and then to a folded navy blue card. Trim the top portion of the card to coincide with the curve of the top main image.

 Supplies:

• Papers
  #1-Dark blue, Lighter blue cardstock
• Canson gold paper- 5 1/4" x 3 1/2"
• Versamark Ink
• Detail Silver & Gold embossing powder
• Twinkling H20-Cobalt Blue and Water brush
• Ultra fine gold glitter
• Glue for glitter
• Gold embroidery thread
• Blue beads x 4
• Gold bugle bead x 1
  Punches:
• Iron Eagle- EK Success
• Jewish Star Border- Mc Gill
• Small hole punch (1/16")
  
  

Directions:

1. Mount #2 to #1 C.S.
2. Punch corners of #3 with Iron Eagle punch; punch sides with border punch.
3. Remove guard from Iron Eagle punch. Starting at top edge of #4, punch design twice.
   Repeat punching at bottom.
4. Punch Jewish Star border at top & bottom of # 6 & layer over # 5 so that silver paper shows through punched stars.
5. Mount layers #3 to #9 in order.
6. Stamp Happy Hanukah with Versamark. Apply detail silver embossing powder and emboss.
7. Color candles with Twinkling H2O Cobalt Blue.
8. Apply glue and gold glitter to flames of candles.
9. Mount on card.
10. On # 11, stamp all three stars with Versamark and emboss with detail gold embossing powder.
11. Cut stars out and mount on #12. Cut out stars again, leaving gold edge.
12. Punch holes in stars, and attach to card with gold threads and beads.
    
    Rubber Stamps
    Happy Hanuka & Jewish Stars - Claudia Rose, 804E Happy Hanukah, 519A Fun Jewish Star, Sm.,
    520D Fun Jewish Star, Lg., 522A B/W Jewish Star

 Supplies:

• dark blue bazzil cardstock
• scraps of light color cardstock
• blue velvet cardstock
• vellum
• gold stars from Amy’s Magic
• scroll corner punch
• gold metallic foil
• curly clip
• gold ink
• black ink
• computer/printer
  
  Rubber Stamps
• Zodiac Child stamp - Stampington
  available from CardsNStamps

Directions:

Computer generate a menorah background and print on light cardstock. Tear to fit back of base card, dark blue cardstock.  Embellish this with gold foil. Stamp Zodiac Child on light cardstock with black ink - mount this to a piece of blue velvet paper that has been corner punched with scroll punch. Computer generate the word “Shalom” using the Scriptina font and print on vellum. Tear the vellum to fit the width of the card. Decorate the card with gold stars as shown.

Supplies:

• Gold Pigment Ink Pad
• Gold Detail Embossing Powder
• Radiant Pearls
• White and Silver Metallic Ink Pads
  (I used Brilliance)
• Fine metallic cord for embellishment
• Southwest Corner Rounder
• Coordinating card stock
• adhesive of choice
  
  Rubber Stamps
• menorah image (Stamps Happen)
• Star of David images (Hero Arts - Small Star of David AA 068 available from Stqaamp Diva & Cards N Stamps
• PSX peg stamp)

Directions:

1. Stamp menorah image (Stamps Happen) onto white cardstock and emboss with gold. Paint with Radiant Pearls and set aside to dry.
2. Stamp background paper with Star of David images (Hero Arts - Small Star of David AA 068 and PSX peg stamp) with Moonlight White and Platinum Planet Brilliance Ink. Set aside to dry.
3. Cut multiple layers of coordinating cardstock (I used 4 layers) and punch corners with southwest corner punch. Adhere dried image to first layer and adhere the rest of the layers. Don't adhere layers to finished card yet.
4. Tape end of fine metallic cording to back of last cardstock layer. Weave cording through and around corners punched with southwest corner punch. Tape final end of cord to the back of the layers.
5. Adhere finished layers to background cardstock and trim to size.