Be Merry Ornament

Welcome back!  Already Thursday – where does the time go?

I am having a play with a few CAS (clean and simple) challenges using the opulent colors and photo inspiration offered up by Sunday Stamps (#349).

Additional inspiration: Addicted to CAS (#272) Ornament; AAA Cards (#279) Christmas Theme; and bringing it all together CAS Colours & Sketches (#550) to make over a previous sketch with a Seasonal flair.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Mossy Meadow cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Shimmery White cardstock, still in my stash.
  • Using the retired Big Shot Embossing Mats with my Big Shot Machine, the Snowy Swirl die from the retired Stitched Stars Dies set was embossed.
  • The sentiment, Be Merry, from the Christmas Labels stamp set was stamped into Versamark ink and then into Mossy Meadow ink and then heat-set with Clear Embossing Powder for a super colored shiny look.
• Frame: (2½” x 3”) Mossy Meadow cardstock double die-cut with the (2¼” x 2½”) and (1⅞” x 2⅛’”) Hexagon dies from the retired Beautiful Shapes Dies set.
• Ornament: (2” x 2”) Basic White cardstock, Shimmery White cardstock, Gold Foil and Silver Foil.
  • Using dies from the Stitched Stars Dies set, the Basic White Support (2”) Solid Star was die-cut.  Three Filagree (2”) Stars were die-cut from the Shimmery White, Gold Foil and Silver Foil, retaining all the chads.
  • The Gold Star was adhered to the solid base Star and the five larger Silver Star Chads were adhered in place followed by the small Shimmery White Chads for a decorative inlay design.
• Accent Shapes – Stars: Gold Foil and Silver Foil die-cut with the (⅝”) and 1⅛”) Filagree Star dies.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  A bit of retired Gold Cording Trim was added to hang the Ornament which was popped-up with Dimensionals.

Wouldn’t this Ornament look lovely on your tree?  Happy Holidays.

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

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