Scrappy Boy Stamps New Release: Away in a Manger

For Christians, the true meaning of Christmas is the celebration of the Savior, Jesus Christ. We know that through belief in Christ we are daughters and sons of God and one day Heaven is going to be our home. My favorite type of Christmas cards are ones that have a nativity scene; one that shows the birth of Jesus. I am so in love with this new release set from Scrappy Boy Stamps called Away in a Manger! This set comes with all the cute stamps you see on my card, plus four other sentiment stamps. A must have stamp set for Christmas! 

I first stamped all the images on white cardstock, then used the coordinating outline dies to cut them out. I colored all the stamps using Copic markers.

Copic Markers Used

Mary

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Hair: E49, E44, E43

Blue: B26, B24, B23, B21

Brown: E39, E35, E31

Joseph

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Beard: E29, E25, E21

Blue: B26, B24, B23, B21

Gray: W6, W4, W2

Brown: E39, E35, E31

Jesus & Manger

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Hair: E49, E44, E43

Blue: B26, B24, B23, B21

Brown: E39, E35, E31

Yellow: YR24, YR23, Y13

Angel

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Hair: E39, YR27, YR24, YR21

Blue: B02, B01, B000, B0000

Yellow: YR24, YR23, YR21

King 1

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Beard: C9, C5, C3

Green: C09, C03, C02

Brown: E39, E35, E31

Red: R21, R20

King 2

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Hair & Beard: E29, E25, E21

Blue: B26, B24, B23, B21

Gold: Y23, Y17, Y15, Y11

Green: C09, C03, C02

King 3

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000; Cheeks R20

Beard: C9, C5, C3

Brown: E39, E35, E31

Red: R39, R35, R22

Blue: B26, B23, B21

Gold: Y23, Y17, Y15, Y11

Cow

Brown: E39, E35, E33, E31, E00

Pink: R21, R20

Blue: B26, B23, B21

Silver: Arteza gel pen

Sheep

Gray: W6, W4, W2

Pink: R20

Star: Y23, Y17, Y15, Y11

Stable (stamped on chip board)

Inside: E49

Outside: E44, E43, E41

I created a slimline card base at 8-1/2"W x 3-1/2"H. I used the Gina Marie Designs Wonky Stitch slimline die to cut out the card front using watercolor paper. I ink blended this with Distress Inks in Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot. I then splatted it with water and blotted it with a paper towel. To create the star rays, I used the Stamp Anniething Sun Ray Stencil and white pigment ink. 

I adhered the stamps onto the card front using a combination of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape. The images that I used the foam tape are King 1, King 3, Jesus, the angel, and the cow. To finish the card, I stamped the O Holy Night sentiment, trimmed it, inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink, and added a black cardstock mat, then adhered it to the card using double-sided foam tape. 

Such a fun stamp set to color and to make cards with! I hope you give this one a try! Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week!