Christmas Card Club - Baubles

Stampin' Up! Christmas card

It's another fortnight gone and another step, dare I say it, closer to Christmas, but in our little club we are all making cards in preparation for that festive season.  Our challenge setter this time is Kerry and she asked us to make a Christmas card using baubles.  Do you call them baubles ornaments or something else?  Leave a comment and tell me what you call your festive adornments for your tree or maybe you celebrate a different event and use other decorations or display please do share what happens with you?

This is how I created my baubles

• make a paper stencil using a circle punch.
• position stencil on your card and stamp with versamark. Remove stencil and emboss with clear embossing powder and allow to cool
• return the stencil to reveal only your embossed image, use a sponge and to add ink to make the embossed pattern 'pop'
• use different patterns to make different designs and add pearls or glimmer paper for that festive bling!
• To overlap two ornaments you need to do one and then partially mask it to add one behind following the same process above. 
• You can also stamp your bauble onto a separate piece of scrap card stock to then punch it out and adhere it with stampin dimensionals to give some definition.

I used gumball green, cherry cobbler and real red along with gold shimmer card stock for a matting layer and gold glimmer paper for part of my bling.  A few pearls and some satin ribbon make for an elegant card.  To finish the baubles I used a stamp from the Ornament Keepsakes set from Stampin' Up! to add 'toppers' to my baubles.  These I stamped in versamark and embossed with gold powder and then just cut them out with snips and adhered with a glue dot. 

For the bauble decoration you can use any stamp set and it doesn't have to be a Christmas one.  I used Mixed Bunch and you can see that used on another Christmas card on a previous post.  Sentiments only need to be simple for Christmas and this one is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Have a great day!
Zx