Happy Holidays

This card is really quick to make. Its a tall black card which I ran through the Cuttlebug to emboss the snowflake design (any would do). I sanded that slightly then smoothed bright sliver brilliance ink pad over it to give the silvery sheen.

I used a small sizzlet die to cut the baubles out of card I had in my stash. The top one is pre-textured paper which I painted using pearly paints. I ran the other two baubles back throught the cuttlebug to create the embossed design. The one on the left is from the parcel set and has nice small snowflakes to it, the other is the larger swirl design. I sanded these and decided not to ink them to leave a more distressed impression.

I tied on the lovely organza blue ribbon so I could see where to lay the baubles out without interrupting it. I bought this ribbon from LB Crafts, my favorite craft store at http://www.lbcrafts.co.uk/

Then I found the organza ribbon. The baubles already have a nice opening so I threaded a piece of organza through this hole and secured it with tape, then ran the organza piece from the bauble over the top of the card. Lastly, I stamped my new happy holidays stamp on the bottom in silver brilliance ink and put in an insert to hide the ribbon inside.