Decorations Challenge for CASS

Hi there,

Wait, what happened to August (not to mention summer)? My September blog header is a "late bloom" of my hardy hibiscus! Such a huge flower, though I have to say the leaves didn't look so spectacular this year!! I know that Japanese beetles got to them last year and it looks like that again, however the big saucer blooms are so fun and although they only last a couple of days, it has put on a lovely display of blooms the entire summer.

I'm here today with my monthly post for Christmas at Sweet Stampin', where they have an anything goes Christmas challenge and this month there is an option to use decorations! Surely, you have a stamp or die cut of some kind of Christmas decoration?  We would love to see you join in the fun. So now on to my card:

I was able to attend the Scrapbook Convention last month, where I took a few fun classes and picked up a few fun items! One of the classes was with Rubbernecker Stamps using their Watercolor Background Set 1227. For my card background, I started with one of the background images and mixed some water from a waterbrush and some Nuvo Catherine Wheel Shimmer Powder, using the waterbrush I painted the image and stamped it on to a piece of watercolor paper. I continued this process several times.

After the red splatters were dry (I used my heat tool to ensure it was), I came in and repeated the process with Nuvo Green Parade Shimmer Powder.

I die cut a piece of red and green cardstock using the Memory Box Addison Background Ornament die.

I then cut the Addison Ornament twice from Gold Mirror cardstock.

The gold ornaments were adhered to the red and green ornaments using a little Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive. The middle bauble was made by die cutting the ornament out of red cardstock and then putting a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet on top of Gold Mirror cardstock and running it through with the background die cut. The Adhesive sheet was peeled back to reveal the sticky gold surface on to which I placed the red ornament.

The sticky surface of the ornament was then filled in with 24KT Gold glitter.

I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts CL551 on to white cardstock with Versafine Claire Golden Meadow. This was then heat embossed with Gold Detail embossing powder. It was placed at the bottom of the card and then the ornaments were added with mounting foam.

The bauble tops were glued in place using some Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and then I added a little gold thread and taped them to the back of the background piece before layering to a green layer. This was then layered to a white card base.

Here's a close up of the ornaments:

Hope you've enjoyed my share today? Please stop by and join in the fun over at
the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Creative Challenge. Below is a list of my card
ingredients!:

Rubbernecker Stamps 1227 Watercolor Background Set

Hero Arts CL551

Detail Gold (EP168)

Versafine Clair Golden Meadow

Super Adhesive Sheet

24kt Gold (GM2038)

Gold Mirror Cardstock

Nuvo Shimmer Powders: Catherine Wheel and Green Parade

Water Brush

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Memory Box Addison Ornament Background

Memory Box Addison Ornament

Foam Mounting Tape
Gold Thread

I would like to take part in the following challenges:
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Classic DT Open Challenge #9 - Anything Goes
The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #55: Anything Goes
Take it Make it Challenge - September: Anything Goes
Scrapy Land Challenge #121: Anything Goes (use a die that SL carries)

Till next time,

Shona

Decorate Your Holidays

Hi there,

Welcome to my first May post! My May header is not from my backyard, but from a visit to the Cream Ridge Tulip Farm, New Jersey. I am here today to share my May Christmas card for the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Design Team. Please stop over to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and join in the challenge where there is an optional twist of snowflakes for May. 

I have lots of snowflake paraphernalia, so ended up using Hero Arts baubles (with snowflakes) stamps, a Darice snowflake embossing folder, a Tutti Design Arched Fir branch (with snowflakes) and a Martha Stewart snowflake punch!

I began by die cutting the branch from Kraft cardstock, sponging with Versamark and heat embossing with Sparkle.

Next I stamped the baubles using Versafine Clair Golden Meadow, using my Stamp Platform, and then heat embossed them with Gold Detail. These were then fussy cut.

I embossed the white cardstock with the Darice embossing folder and then stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the cardstock with Versafine Claire Golden Meadow and heat embossed with the Gold Detail. The edges of the cardstock were then applied with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Detail.

The Martha Stewart punched border was covered in Versafine Claire and heat set with Gold Detail and was wrapped around the back of the gold-edged panel.

The panel was attached to a white 5" x 7" card base and then I attached the fir branch with bits of 1/8" Tear-ific Tape. The baubles were attached with mounting tape.

That finished my card for today. Hope you've enjoyed my project.

Below is a list of the products I used:

Hero Arts Decorate Your Holidays

Versamark

Versafine Clair Golden Meadow

Gold Detail (EP168)

Sparkle (EP107)

⅛” Tear-ific Tape

Tutti Designs Arched Fir Branch

Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

Darice Snowflake Background embossing folder
Mounting Foam

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #49: Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #4: Anything Goes
Christmas Cards All Year Round: May - Ornaments

Thanks for stopping by today, I'd love to hear what you think of my card.

Till next time,

Shona