Thursday, October 20, 2011

Glittering Ornament

Inspiration

Here's a Christmas card that uses stamp sets from the Christmas Cheer Collection and the Cardinal Family/Holly Berry Collection from Heartfelt Creations. One of the things I love the most is how well their stamps all mix and match no matter what collection they "belong" to - they are very versatile!

Glittering Ornament

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Paper

Cherry Cobbler (SU!)5 1/2" x 11"; score at 5 1/2"
Season's Greetings designer paper (Echo Park)5 1/4" x 5 1/4"
Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K)5" x 5"

Inks

Versamark (Tsukineko)
Wild Wasabi (SU!)

Stamps

HCPC 3417: Poinsettia Ornament 2 PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)
HCPC 3326 Holly Berry Filler PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)

Accessories

Gold embossing powder
Heat Gun
Wired-edge ribbon (Michaels)
Bow-Easy
3-D Foam Squares (3L)
Scissors
Zip-Dry glue
ATG
Scor-Pal
Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

Cut a piece of red card stock measuring 5 1/2" x 11", score at 5 1/2", and fold.

MAT

Cut a piece of patterned paper measuring 5 1/4" x 5 1/4". Use the pine branch stamp and green ink to stamp the branches across the top of the mat. For the branches on the sides of the mat, use the "stamp off" technique to get a lighter image - stamp the branch on scrap paper first, then on the mat layer.Mount a strip of ribbon across the lower edge of the mat. Mount the mat on the front of the card.

ORNAMENT

Stamp the ornament. Stamp the pine branch in green ink on ivory card stock twice. Cut these images out. Arrange together, and mount on the front of the card using foam squares. Tie a bow, and mount it above the ornament.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blue_Orange

2 comments:

Helen said...

Oh this is so beautiful - the ribbon really pulls it all together so nicely!

a simple offering said...

That is so pretty. I have to make a card with an ornament on it for a swap. Love it!

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