Welcome to the #124{Ornate Ornaments} Challenge at The Card Concept!
This beautiful photo of ornaments reminded me
of the retired Stampin’ Up! Christmas Bauble a la carte stamp that was in the SU! catalog in 2014.
Since I am still trying
to limit my spending and use the stamps that I already own, I paired this ornament
stamp with the sentiment from the retired Bells & Boughs set (also SU!).
I was inspired by the
different shades of blue, teal and aqua as well as the patterns on the ornaments and silver
accents to create a Classy and Elegant/ Mixed Media card.
I decided to use the Splitcoaststampers SC251 Sketch Challenge for the layout (FYI-their sketch challenges
never expire and this one is from May 2010).
I have made it a personal goal to try eventually to do all their sketches
(they have over 770+ right now and I have completed possibly a third so far,
lol)!
I am also linking to the
Addicted to Stamps and More #368 Holiday Challenge along with the Word Art Wednesday #414-#415 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Retro Rubber BlogChallenge #124 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (diagonal- metallics, die cut /punch and
twine- I used silver cord, hope that qualifies as twine :-))-Bells & Boughs is from 2010 and Christmas Bauble is from 2014.
If you have not had a
chance to visit us at The Card Concept or the other challenge sites yet, I
hope you will find time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!
To
create this card:
De-static
a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the Christmas
ornament image with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and
heat set with a heat tool.
Use
water-based markers and distress oxide inks to watercolor the ornament,
layering color as needed. Once the
colors are to your satisfaction, apply Frost White Shimmer Paint over several areas
on the ornament area and Platinum on the silver areas.
Fussy
cut the ornament and add dimensional foam (or chipboard) behind the image, set
aside.
Die
cut a piece of white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die, mount onto a
piece of Island Indigo cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Coastal Cabana
cardstock.
De-static
a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the sentiment
with Versamark™ ink, apply silver embossing powder, heat set with a heat tool. Die cut with a stitched rectangle die, mount
onto Island Indigo cardstock, trim close to the edge.
Die
cut the designer papers with stitched square dies, mount onto Island Indigo
cardstock, trimming close to the edge.
Mount
the designer paper layers onto the card front per the sketch (I split the Pool
Party layer in half), then mount the sentiment layer with dimensional foam (or
chipboard).
Add
the ornament with dimensional foam, looping the silver cord in the top and
wrapping the ends of the silver cord behind the panel.
Punch
the leaves from silver foil using a leaf punch, adhere behind the ornament.
To
finish off the card, use an extra fine white paint pen to add highlights to the
ornament and a few rhinestones to the corners.
Stamp
Sets: Christmas Bauble, Bells &
Boughs (both retired Stampin’ Up!)
Ink/Mediums:
Versafine™ Onyx Black, Versamark™, Tim Holtz™ Distress Oxide- Tumbled Glass,
Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn; Stampin’ Write Markers- Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Coastal
Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo; Frost White and
Platinum Shimmer Paint, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen
Cardstock/Paper:
Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Silver Foil; retired Winter Frost
designer series paper (all Stampin’ Up!)
Tools/Accessories:
Big Shot™, Dies- My Favorite Things™ Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Set 1, Stitched Square STAX; Embossing Buddy®, Clear and
Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Silver Cord, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Rhinestones
Thanks
again for taking the time to stop !by I
hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Ornate Ornaments}
photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see your
interpretation!! The challenge is open until Monday, December 2nd at
noon, EST.
WOW! I love all the layers on your beautiful Christmas card, Julie! Those stripes are perfect, and what a fun ornament! So happy to be joining The Card Concept team -- thanks so much for asking me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! I love the layering of the papers - you've done it in such a way as they accentuate, rather than detract from, the pretty bauble. What a challenge - to do all the SC sketches - do they keep adding more? Thanks for joining us again at Retro Rubber. It's always a pleasure to see what you create.
ReplyDeleteThis is precious, Julie. Great take on the sketch, and in combining all the challenges to come up with this one FAB card. Thanks so much for sharing it in our challenge. I'm always SO very grateful to have you play along and share your art with us at Word Art Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Karen Letchworth
This is lovely. I adore the layering on this card!! Gorgeous design.
ReplyDeleteStunning! Amazing layering and gorgeous ornament.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your card with us at ATSM!
WOW!!! Julie, this is amazing, love all the wonderful layers and that Ornament is absolutely stunning. Thanks for playing along with us again at Retro Rubber. Claire DT
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