Pearly Bauble

Morning my friends!  Today's Christmas card was just a pure lark on my part.  I had seen a card online awhile back that was done using the Christmas bauble die from last year but with a red background.  It, too was adorned in full pearls.  I really just wanted to try it!  I had recently purchase a large inexpensive bag of pearls to use as centres for flowers and since it was right in front of me, well, you know the rest!  I cut out the Christmas Bauble in the largest size using blue card.  While still in the die, I glued three sizes of pearls randomly on to the die, taking care not to get too close to the die so I could remove it easily once finished.  I decided to leave some random gaps too rather than tightly filling it in as I wanted the blue to show through.  I used the Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue for this so it was dry in no time.  For the background, I used the Wild Poinsettia embossing folder and did the top portion of the card.  I stamped my sentiment and embossed it in clear and drew two score lines below my embossed background.  I tied a small bow with white silky crush, added a fancy white button and mounted it to the top of the ornament.  I used a small piece of blue and white Bakers Twine to make it look like it was hanging.  I pierced the edges on the white mat behind it to complete the card.  I was thinking that this might be a fun card for you to do if you have children that may want to help in the card making process at Christmas time too.    I am hoping to get some pics from CHA up on tomorrow's blog so be sure to check back.  All for now, Sue x