A Star on Top

I am trying to get started on some of my Christmas cards earlier this year (anything before Dec. 15 is earlier).  I have so many beautiful Christmas papers and cardstock so I am going to make all different kinds this year instead of just one that I make about 40 times.

Who could resist this little guy from House Mouse.  I stamped him in black and colored him with Tombows.  I cut the image out with a Spellbinder die and layered it on green.  I cut out a metallic gold ornament top with a sizzix die to give the look of an ornament.  I layered this on some lovely red decorative paper that is layered on gold metallic and green. 

Across the top I used a Martha Stewart border punch to create the border, and then I sponged the pine with ink and ran some gold ribbon with gold wired weaving down the center of the border.  I added a green flourish on the side of the ornament and added holly leaves (Martha Stewart punch) and jeweled berries.  After punching out the leaves, I sponged all the edges with ink and used a stylus to shape them.  I used a glitter pen to add touches of sparkle.  The final touch is a very sparkly bow at the top of the “ornament”.

E. Marie

This card was entered in the following challenges:

Delightful Sketches – Make It Dimensional (Holly Leaves)

Simon Says Stamps Challenge – Sparkle and Bling

CES Challenge #57 – Seeing Red

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #53 – Anything Goes  

Craft Your Passion Challenge #78 – Anything Goes/Twist-Ribbon 

Flourishes Heavy Metal Challenge FLLCOCT11 – Heavy Metal Challenge (Gold)

Little Claire Monthly Challenge # 14 - 'Christmas'

One Stop Crafts Challenge Week #152 – Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #133 – Distressing

Totally Paper Crafts Challenge #87 – Animals
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #88 - Let's See Those Leaves
Whoopsie Daisy Challenge - Christmas

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #54 – Sketch Challenge