Greenhouse Ornament Step-Up

As many of you would know, I love my punches. One of my favourite punches is the ornament punch as it makes creating simple Christmas cards easy, particuarly when you use it to punch patterned paper. I often try for non-traditional Christmas cards and decided to use the punch with some left over Greenhouse Gala paper for a rather different Christmas look. I made the basic card and then made a second version, with a few pieces a little more involved to add more interest.

This card should be pretty straight forward, one little secret I have used is to layer the colourful ornament on a Chocolate Chip ornament so it is a little firmer and sits up better. The hanging threads for the ornaments are linen thread that has been split in half.

For the stepped up version I have used a layer of textured cardstock, replaced the punched strip with ribbon, painted over sections of the monochrome patterned paper with Frost White shimmer paint and sponged the shimmer paint all over the colourful ornament, used the shimmer paint to create a border on the sentiment piece, painted the linen thread with the shimmer paint, raised the sentiment piece on dimensionals, and edged the design on the colourful ornament with glitter. I used a blender pen to apply the shimmer pain to the ornaments, and a dauber for the border on the sentiment. The glitter outline was done by tracing the edge with Tombow glue then sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds over top. The ribbon is the new seam binding that I ruffled by holding a bunch of strands from the middle of the ribbon and sliding the ribbon along so the edges bunched up and ruffled. I think seam binding is my new favourite ribbon, it is so flexible and easy to work with!

Here's another angle on the card so you can really see the shimmer effect:

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Basic Card
Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Chocolate ChipStamp set: Contempo Christmas
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Greenhouse Gala paper, Ornament punch, Decorative Label punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, linen thread, Dimensionals
Stepped-up Card
Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, textured Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Chocolate ChipStamp set: Contempo Christmas
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Greenhouse Gala paper, Ornament punch, Decorative Label punch, Frost White shimmer paint, Tombow multipurpose glue, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Baja Breeze seam binding, blender pen, sponge dauber, linen thread, Dimensionals