Rustic Christmas

I am still pondering the 3 things challenge... This card started with wanting to edge out a card with some of the great embossing folders. I love this little branch with berries border from Cuttlebug.

Recipe:

1. Cut 4 strips 5 1/2" x 1" from white cardstock. Emboss them using the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Border.
2. Sponge those embossed folders using a brown dye ink. I use the dauber sponge to apply the ink.
3. I then layered them in a frame and linked them together using brass brads. I was trying to make them look like a wood frame with nails in the corners.
4. Stamp the bird using Green ink on white cardstock cut to 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. Stamp it in around 1" from the corner.
5. Stamp with versamark snowflakes in the background and clear emboss the bird and the snowflakes.
6. Sponge a golden yellow dye ink around all the stamped images.
7. Stamp the sentiment on the acetate using a solvent ink.
8. Attach the acetate to the back of the frame.
9. Foam dot the frame.
10. Attach pearls to the centers of the snowflakes. Attach a brown gem to the bird for an eye.
11. Attach the frame to the stamped images on the yellow background. Wrapp raffia around the frame/with background and tie a bow to the knot on the raffia.
12. Randomly put gems on the berries on the frame.
13. Attach the entire picture frame to card base.

Products:

• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - just my type
• Memories - Honey Dye Ink Pad
• Memento - Rich Cocoa Dye Ink Pad
• StazOn - Olive Green Solvent Ink
• Versafine - Olympia Green Pigment Ink
• Versamark - Watermark Ink Pad
• Inkadinkado - Winter Birds
• Hero Arts Clear Design - Three Tree Christmas
• Hero Arts Clear Design - Warmest Winter Wishes
• Raffia - Unknown
• Ribbon - Unkown
• Gems - K&Co, Crystal Stickers
• Brads - Uknown

Thanks for looking.