Holiday Ornaments Debut

 Good morning crafty friends!

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Card size:  5 X 6 3/4"

Make a decorative shaped card following the instructions in Emma Lou’s video here (How to Create Decorative Shaped Cards for All Occasions (heartfeltcreations.us)

Cut a front using the same outer die of the Royal Elegance Frames from lavender decorative paper (the paper used for this sample is from the Iris Garden Collection).  Also, cut an oval from the Royal Elegance set from the same lavender paper, and set it aside. Glue the lavender card front to the shaped card matching edges.

Cut the decorative frame and decorative oval from white and from silver cardstock, use the oval to cut the center from the decorative silver oval die cut, and glue each set together slightly off-set.  Glue the lavender oval to the decorative oval set, add foam to the underside then set aside.

Use foam strips to adhere the silver and white frame to the card front then adhere the decorative oval stack on top, centered.

Stamp poinsettias on Deluxe Flower Shaping Cardstock using silver ink (you can choose to emboss if you don’t mind getting some embossing in the mold). Shape flowers and holly in mold then finish on a mat using the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Insert pearl silver stamen and glitter petals. Add flowers and leaves to the card from the top left and bottom right and insert some beaded silver stamen into the arrangements.

Stamp the ornaments using black, die cut, add silver sparkle pen, add glitter, punch 1/8” holes to insert some silver thread at the tops.  Glue and/or pop-up ornaments to center lavender oval.

Stamp sentiment using VersaMark then emboss with silver and heat set.  Die cut then add to card at the bottom of ornaments.

Add lacquer to ornaments and holly leaves as desired.

My next card is a shaped easel card.

Material List

Card size:  6 X 6

Make a shaped Simple Centerpiece card base (see video: How to Create Shaped Elegant Centerpiece Cards the EZ Way (heartfeltcreations.us)  Score the front of the card at its center to parallel the center of the card fold, fold downward toward the card center.  Cut another front for the card from white cardstock and also from plaid decorative paper times 2 (1 for the inside card).  Add glue to the bottom half of the card base front then glue the new card front to the base making sure all sides are matched, this forms your easel.  Glue 1 plaid die cut onto the front. Glue the other plaid piece to the inside of the card (be sure to avoid the score line for a good fold).

Use 2 Centerpiece dies together to create gold frames or borders. Two sizes for the front (6” and 4” by 1/2” thickness each) and 3 sizes for the inside (5 3/8”, 4”, and 2 1/2" by 1/2" thickness).  For the card front, glue the outside gold border to the card then pop up the inner gold frame.  Glue a piece of red decorative paper to the inside of the frame.  Inside the card, glue both of the larger gold borders down and add a red center to the smaller die border.

Stamp the sentiment using Vermillion onto white, die cut to fit the smallest gold frame/border then glue it to the gold.  Pop up the sentiment/border to the lower part of the card inside to act like a stop for the easel. Glitter front and inside of the card.

Stamp ornaments using embossing ink of choice (VersaMark used here).  Sprinkle with gold powder then heat to emboss.  Color ornaments with green and red then add gold glitter pen to ornaments.  Glue and/or pop-up ornaments to center red. Add gold thread to ornament tops.

Stamp greenery using Library Green on green decorative paper, die cut then add to card front on top of ornaments, red stamen, and gold ribbon. Save 1 piece of greenery for the inside of the card.

Stamp poinsettia using Vermillion on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper, sponge with Carnation Red, die cut, form in shaping mold then glue 2 together to form a flower.  Insert gold stamen.  Glue flower, red stamen, greenery, and gold ribbon to the inside raised sentiment on the left side.  Glitter flower.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

Ephesians 3:20-21 (English Standard Version)

 

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.