Peace Ornament

Hi guys!  A weekend break from the Christmas cards, but they're back for today and a great big bow too for those of you having bow withdrawls!  Okay, it's probably just me (and Sue P, see I do read the comments!)  Cream and Gold for the ornament card, which is definitely more traditional than some of the others I have shown.  I used a small printed decorative paper in a really neutral tone for the background. On milk card,  I stamped the sentiment with a clear perfect medium pad and embossed it in gold.  I scored the piece with vertical score lines around the sentiment for interest.  I added this piece to the bottom of the card and added a small strip of gold card as a border.  The new layered scalloped lace was added down the left side of the card for texture.  I cut out the Holiday Ornament using the largest die and then one of the smaller dies for the inside, creating a frame.  While the ornaments were still in the die, I placed them atop the small polka dot mask and embossed the pattern into them, leaving a nice clean edge from the dies.  For the inside of the frame, I embossed one of the snowflakes on to milk card.  While the die was still in place, I inked it with Antique Linen to bring the pattern out a bit more. I added a flatback pearl to the centre of the snowflake and a small bow to the top of my ornament as an accent.   I mounted the ornament on foam pads over my embossed snowflake to create my focal element.  I tied a double bow from the silky crush ribbon and added it to my card where the small gold border met the lace border.  A couple of pearl stick pins and a square Dazzler finished it off nicely.  The paper piercing around the edge and a small pearl swirl finished off the rest of the card.  Are you in the mood for Christmas yet?  All for now, Sue x