Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Ornament for CAS Christmas

Hello again my friends.

It's the 3rd of the month and time for our
CAS Christmas Challenge


This month I'm the host and I chose

I have lots of ornament dies to choose from.  Too many in fact and it took a while to
decide which one or ones to use.  You'll be seeing lots of ornament cards from me this month!

Last month's holly challenge entry from Di reminded of one ornament die
I had forgotten all about.  Thanks for the reminder, Di!

I die cut it from gold foil and a piece of Inka Gold smoosh and
fit the pieces back together.

The red had a blank space in it so I added some chunky white  and shabby white
embossing powder and heated from below.  It made it look like a vintage ornament.

The background was stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp in VersaMark
and embossed with some of that shabby white embossing powder.

The die cut pine branches were leftovers from a past project.

I did cut a frame to hold it all together and stamped and gold embossed the sentiment.
I couldn't get the shine of the ornament and the shine of the sentiment.
My camera seems to have an either/or tendency.

Silly Camera!

I hope you'll check out our 
and while you're there enjoy the wonderful inspiration cards 
our Design Team have created for you.
Then pull out an ornament die or stamp and join us.

I'm going to take this over to Merry Monday 
where my good friend Marcia is hosting.
I hope we can consider gold a neutral!?


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!



Card Recipe
Stamps:  Festive Snippets (PB), Gorgeous Grunge (SU)
Ink:   Encore Gold, VersaMark
Paper:   Neena, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer (SU), Gold Foil ($ store)
Other:  Lava Red Inka Gold, Gold EP (SU), Shabby White, Chunky White EP (Stampendous), Pretty Pines Thinlits (SU), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Cabrini Ornament (MB)


33 comments:

Loll said...

LOVE the glossy shine of your beautiful red ornament, Bonnie! Adding the chunky frantage give it some texture and a little added decoration ... great choice! Lovely background with your pine sprig and more frantage. xx

Patti said...

This is beautiful! so crisp and clean like a snowy Christmas morning : )

Patti

Julia Aston said...

What a gorgeous red ornament Bonnie! love the gold accents and your beautiful snowy pine branches sneaking in from the corner! Julia xx

nancy littrell said...

Stunning gold foil and red Inka Gold die cut ornament, Bonnie. I love how you added the snow..a beautiful fix. How clever to heat emboss and add snow to your grunge stamping too. Your die cut pine branches from your stash worked beautifully too. TFS your inspiring CAS Christmas Ornament card and hosting an awesome challenge. Hugs...

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Fabulous pieced ornament, Bonnie, and I love how you splattered it! Perfect in the stitched frame too!! So glad you could join us at Merry Monday!!

alexandra s.m. said...

Gorgeous Bonnie!!

Carole said...

Beautiful and really classy!

Daria said...

Beautiful card! TFS.

Linda said...

Love your gold and red ornament. So pretty. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week.

Liz said...

Beautiful design, Bonnie. I love how you've kept you background a neutral colour so the ornament really stands out. xx

jimlynn said...

Beautiful card Bonnie! I WILL try to play in this challenge!
Lynn

JosieD said...

Such a classy and festive card! Love the pine branches in the white sparkly.

Marcia Hill said...

WOW...absolutely GORGEOUS Bonnie!! And yes, it definitely fits the bill for this week's MM challenge!! I love the ornament die you used and have in fact looked at that die many times, and then always decide I have enough ornament dies...but can you ever really have too many??!! Thanks so much for sharing this beauty with us at Merry Monday this week!! :0)

Di said...

So beautiful Bonnie - much better than my recent make! LOVE the use of frantage as well - it just brings the whole thing to life. Ha, I think there might be a run on those dies :) Problem is, what do I use for MY entry now, sigh?

Hugs

Di xx

Christine Alexander said...

looks so pretty with that bright pop of red, gorgeous ornament :)

Barb Ghig said...

Oh Bonnie, this is absolutely gorgeous! I love how you added shine and texture to your ornament and that you chose gold foil for the base and holly! Love all the sparkle on the pine needles, too...such a beautiful card!

Trina P. said...

Great challenge, Bonnie. I have a bunch of options to choose from too. There’s so much gorgeous details packed into this perfectly CAS card. The bright red ornament is a standout against the pine.and grunge background. Love the frame design. xx

Papercraft Boutique said...

The white glimmer pine needles and the red ornament are so gorgeous, Bonnie! I love that you added the chunky white and shabby white embossing. The gold foil outline and die-cuts are very festive, and the subtle heat-embossed snow in the background is a nice touch, too.
Thank you for hosting a challenge with so many possibilities! Hideko xx

Mac Mable said...

What a fabulous CAS Christmas card. The classy white against the stunning red bauble is perfect. Love the grungy elements and the white frantage chunky bits x Yes know what you mean about photography and gold!

Nstiz said...

Love the deep red you achieved on this gorgeous ornament, Bonnie! It's particularly gorgeous with the white space and white pine branches. LOVE this!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Really Beautiful Bonnie. LOVE the ornament.
Faith
x

Sandy said...

I love clean and simple cards the best of all -- am taking a rather long break from cards etc. A lot of health issues. I tell you Bonnie, when it rains it pours.
This is a beautiful Christmas card - it would be pretty in water color too.
There is nothing like someone who is not doing anything to critique your work!! But the card is truly beautiful Bonnie!
sandy xx

Ina G said...

Simply stunning Bonnie! Love the 'snow' on your ornament.

Susan said...

What a fabulous ornament! Love the gold outline and the sprinkle of embossing powder on the ornament. Great pine branches and framing to finish it off.

Colleen said...

Absolutely stunning Bonnie!! Love this ornament and your gold string and leaves and the very sparkly white branches! thank you for sharing this at Merry Monday!

Fabiola said...

elle est superbe cette carte, biz

Bobby said...

That is a beautiful die, Bonnie, and cutting it in gold with the red ball accented with the chunks really brings it to life.

Debbie Bonczek said...

Love this elegant card. The white sparkly branches and that ornament - just beautiful.

Karen L K said...

Nicely done on the ornament well really the whole card! I like the gold on the ornament and the speckles of white that you added. Nice Merry Monday card.

Karen Dunbrook said...

beautiful..love the sparkle the branches have...
xx Karen

BożenA said...

I love this ornament. I have this die, but I've never used it in a fantastic way like you did it. The idea to fill the melted EP is brilliant!
Hugs,
BożenA

Nance said...

Love all the shimmer and texture on this card, Bonnie. I love the red ornament, reminds me of some "snowed" ornaments my Gramma had. Very pretty!

Mau xx said...

Hi Bonnie, really paying catch up this month, I wanted to comment on your beautiful ornament but time hasn't been my friend these past weeks for sure. Love the glossy and shine of your ornament, looks so real! And the branches wre beautiful! A lot of superb inspiration on the challenge and I am so enjoying it. Xxx