Embellished Ornaments

Card number two for today.  Giving myself a speed challenge courtesy of As You See It (#289).  Can I do it ten minutes or less?  Let’s see…

I chose the sketch from Freshly Made (#564) and the colors from Color Throwdown (#721).

The trick for speed stamping is to be prepared and then set the timer. 

Here is the result: 

Prep Work:

• Obtained scraps from the retired Sale-a-bration Silver & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper pack. Sizes: (2½” x 3½”) Silver Dots and (3½” x 6”) Silver Stripes.
• Obtained my Brushed Silver cardstock base: (8½” x 5½”)
• Obtained stamp images, Ornament, Ornament Topper and Holly Branch from the retired Embellished Ornaments stamp set and the sentiment stamp, Peace & Happiness, from the retired Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set and added them to my blocks.
• Obtained my Stamp-a-ma-jig Positioning Tool.
• Obtained my retired (¾”) and (1”) Circle Punches.
• Selected my Light Calypso Coral and Dark Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends Markers.
• Ink Pads on hand and ready to use:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark and Shaded Spruce.
• Had my bucket of Silver Embossing Powder and spoon nearby.
• Had my Heat Tool plugged in and ready to go.
• Had the Simply Shammy Cleaning Sponge on the ready as well.

Steps:

• Card Base was scored at (4¼”).
• The Silver Dotted piece of patterned paper was colored with the Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blend Marker and set aside.
• Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, the Ornament, Ornament Topper and Holly Branch were stamped onto the Plastic Sheet of the Stamp-a-ma-jig Positioning Tool, one in each corner.
• The stamps were cleaned.
• The images were then inked with Versamark and using the Stamp-a-ma-jig Positioning Tool as a guide, were stamped onto the Silver Striped patterned piece of paper.
• Silver Embossing Powder was spooned over the images, any excess powder was knocked off and then the images were heat-set with the Heat Tool.
• Additionally, two more Holly Branch images were stamped with Versamark and heat-set with Embossing Powder onto the Calypso Colored Silver Dotted patterned piece of paper.
• Letting the images cool for a quick second, I then colored the Ornament and the Holly Leaves with the Stampin’ Blends Markers.
• The sentiment was added under the Ornament.
• Using the Circle Punches, the Calypso Coral Holly Leaves were punched out.
• A quick look at the clock and I am still under the 10 minutes…
• The completed stamped image panel was trimmed to (5½”) and added to the card base.
• The Circles were added to the edges of the Ornament.

Done! And the time…9 minutes and 42 seconds.

This is such a pretty, shiny card.  So happy that it turned out okay.  Hope you like it!

Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda.

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