Merry Merry Sparkle

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#489) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 24 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.  

So much inspiration…similar colors and themes and I just had to use pretty papers in my stash:  .Jingle Belles (#2424) to use their annual Banner and I chose the Glimmering White, Red, and some Pink with a Poinsettia; Tic Tac Toe (#261) Diagonal Line including Sparkle with Red and/or Pink and a Poinsettia thrown in for good measure; Stampin’ Up! Only (#366) All that Glitters; Inspired By (#312) a Shimmery Celebration with Pinks, Reds and White; and Park Hopping (December) for much of the same including Poinsettias.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
• Card Front: (4¼” x 5½”) Mother of Pearl Specialty Paper, a really pretty creamy white sparkly paper from my stash.
• Background Panel: (3½” x 4⅝”) Red Glimmer Paper, also from my stash.
• Rounded Square Shapes: (1⅜” x 1⅜”) Bubble Bath Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper, also from my stash.
  • The corners were clipped with the small Corner Rounder Punch, still part of my tool arsenal.
  • On two of the Squares, the word, Merry, from the Greetings of the Season stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with Black Embossing Powder.
• Focal Image: (3” x 2½”) Mother of Pearl Specialty Paper.
  • The Poinsettia Flower from the retired Reason for the Season stamp set was stamped with Jet Black Stazon ink and then fussy-cut with Paper Snips.
• The card was assembled.
  • The Card Front Mother of Pearl piece was adhered in place.
  • The Bubble Bath Soft Shimmer Squares were adhered in place to resemble the sketch on the Red Glimmer Paper and the edges trimmed.
  • Two pieces of (⅛”) Silver Trim Ribbon were wrapped around the Panel.
  • The Panel was then adhered to the Card Font.
  • The Poinsettia Flower was popped up with Dimensionals and three small Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, from my stash, were added to the center of the Flower.

A very pretty card…Ho, Ho, Ho!

Happy Holidays!

Looking forward to seeing how you choose to use the sketch.

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

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