Hanukkah Card using Textures and Frames

So when I look through the Annual and July-December catalogs and didn't see any specific Hanukkah/Chanukah stamp sets, I knew I'd have to get creative to make my Chanukah cards this year. I had seen someone (sorry I don't remember who) use the 3 lines from the FREE Sale-A-Bration set as birthday candles and a light went off in my brain that I could use them to make a menorah (or Chanukiah) that Jews use at Chanukah to commemorate the rededication of the temple. At that time the oil they thought would last only 1 night, lasted 8 days. There's also an extra candle (usually taller/set higher than the others) that is used to light the other 8 candles, so I extended the middle candle a little higher on my card. I'll show you below (and in my Facebook Live video at the end of this post) how I repurposed a scrap to make the base of the menorah. 

If you want to make this card, you only have until Thursday 9/30 to get this stamp set free with any $50 purchase, then it's gone forever. Let's make our card.

First gather your supplies:

1. Misty Moonlight cardstock cut 8 1/2 by 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" on the long side and folded in half. 

2. 2 pieces of Basic White cardstock cut 3 3/4 by 5" for the outside and the inside. Also a 1/2" scrap for your sentiment.

3. Bumblebee cardstock cut with the 2nd largest Stitched Rectangle die

4. Sparkly paper--Be Dazzling (was a free Sale-a-Bration item and is now sold out) or Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper (#156844)

5. Harvest Meadow DSP cut 2 by 5 1/2"

6. Stamp sets--Textures and Frames (#156616), A Wish for Everything (#149320), Snowflake Wishes (#153444) 

7. Dies--Stitched Rectangles (#151820)

8. Punches--Starlit Punch (#156380), Everyday Label Punch (#144668)

9. Ink--Misty Moonlight, Bumblebee

10. Champagne Rhinestones (#151193)

11. Basic supplies--bone folder, Paper Snips, adhesive (Multipurpose Glue), Regular and Mini Dimensionals, Take Your Pick tool, Blender Pen. 

Start by using your Misty Moonlight ink and stamp the 3 lines stamp from the Textures and Frames set 3 times, making sure to leave room at the bottom for your stand. Then use your blender pen to pick up a little more ink and extend the center line a bit taller than the others. Use the splatter stamp and Bumblebee ink to stamp the abstract lights of the candles. Here's a close up below:

Now to make the stand. My first stand was actually a scrap from punching out multiple punches using the Everyday Label. It's basically the top of 2 punches that were next to each other, made evenly as seen below where I recreated it on another scrap. I then cut it down to 1/2" and cut off the little point that was left between the 2 punches and made the whole thing about 3 1/2" long. You could also just use a 1/2" piece of Be Dazzled or Gold Metallic paper and make up something else for the other part of the stand. Before gluing the stand to the paper (to make sure you will have enough room), hold it in place and then cut the paper out of the 3rd largest Stitched Rectangle Dies. 

Here's the piece all cut down.

Using Misty Moonlight ink, stamp the Happy Hanukkah from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set on your 1/2" piece of Basic White and then notch the right side. Stamp the Hanukkah saying from A Wish for Everything on the other piece of Basic White and attach it to the inside of your folded card base. Punch the Jewish star out of the Be Dazzling paper and attach it to the inside as below: 

Now finish the front of your card. Adhere the menorah to the Bumblebee piece. Attach the 2 by 5 1/2" piece of the Harvest Meadow DSP to the card base so that it will be in the middle of the menorah piece and attach that with Dimensionals (it's a little higher than centered to make room for the sentiment. Put some mini Dimensionals on the lower half of the sentiment piece and a bit of glue on the top of that piece and attach it to the front. Scatter 3 Champagne Rhinestones around.  Here's another view.

Please let me know if you need anything or click on the Robin above left to go to my store to order. 

For some visual help, watch my Facebook Live below.