Tuesday Tutorial - Pine Boughs and Ornaments

Hi Whimsy Friends, Iris here. Today I want to show you how I made this card using the Pine Bough background stamp , Elegant Ornament clear stamp set and Elegant Ornament die. 

Here is how I made my card:

To create the background I started out stamping the Pine Bough background stamp onto Strathmore mixed media paper 

using Versafine Clair Morning Mist gray ink. 

Then I used Karin Brushmarker Pro pens and a waterbrush  to color the image. 

I added finishing touches with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.

Colors used:

Karin Brushmarker Pro:

Olive Green

Olive Black

Curry

Praline

Rosewood

Sepia

Arctic Blue

Faber Castell Polychromos:

Van Dyck Brown

Dark Sepia

Light Blue

Dark Phthalo Blue

Ivory

To give the Elegant Ornaments some extra shine I stamped 2 of the Christmas bauble images onto thick, clear acetate sheet with Versamark ink. I carefully heat embossed with Ranger Enchanted Gold embossing powder. 

I die cut the acetate ornaments as well as some plain ornaments from violet shimmer cardstock using the Elegant Ornament die.

I also stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Elegant Ornament clear stamp set on acetate sheet

and heat embossed with WOW Pearl Gold Sparkle embossing powder. I then cut it out using scissors.

My card base is a A2 size, top fold. The black layer is 4" x 5 1/4" and the white layer
measures 3 1/2" x 5".  I adhered the embossed clear acetate ornaments on top of the violet die cut ornaments using glue. 

Then I arranged everything on my card front before attaching all the layers, pine bough background, ornament and sentiment.
As a final touch I decided to add some gold half pearls as strings for the ornaments.

  

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