Christmas Gleaming Centre Step Fun Fold with floating baubles

A Christmas Gleaming Centre Step Fun Fold card - with a little extra!

I love fun fold cards and centre steps in particular as they provide a lot of wow factor for minimal effort and complexity!

The baubles on this centre step fun fold Christmas card are "floating"

I did "up the anti" a bit on this one by floating the baubles on a piece of window sheet glued across the void - also something not difficult to do!

The base card is Pretty Peacock decorated with Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper and I used gold heat embossing and Pretty Peacock  for the baubles - cut with the coordinating punch.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - all available for purchase from my online store

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Window Sheets

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

$13.00

Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems

$14.00

Old Olive/Pretty Peacock 3/8" (1 Cm) Reversible Ribbon

$13.00

Christmas Gleaming Parisian Layers

Another day .... another distraction!  That's how it seems to be going for me at the moment - and this is why .....

A distracting game of hide n' seek in my light box!

Game over, this cute little boy decided to pose

They're 8 months old now.  I heard a noise behind me and found them playing hide & seek in my light box - they obviously feel photogenic!  They're cute and funny, full of energy and curiosity, somewhat naughty but cuddly and affectionate - great companions and incredible time wasters!  I don't seem to get much done these days!

Well - back to cards!  This is a simple but elegant Christmas card.

It's not necessarily a Christmas embossing folder but I think the Parisian Flourish embossing really complements the decoration on the bauble.

It's a great card for using up bits and pieces.

The image is gold heat embossed on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I sponged the edges of the bauble with some Gray Granite ink and then punched it out with the coordinating punch.

I used Gray Granite ink to stamp the holly image onto a bit of Very Vanilla Cardstock and then coloured with Pretty Peacock and Gray Granite Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  I darkened the markings on the leaves with a Stampin' Write Marker.

I tied a doubled piece of the gold thread from the Forever Greenery trim combo to the top of the bauble (I made a hole with my Take Your Pick tool) and then attached the holly. I attached this with dimensionals to a Very Vanilla Stitched Shape (it was leftover from a previous project) which in turn had been attached to a square of Pretty Peacock cardstock.

The base card is Pretty Peacock and I added a Very Vanilla layer that had been embossed with the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie (and my four legged companions!)

Product List  - All available for purchase from my online store

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder

$17.50

Stitched Shapes Dies

$50.00

Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack

$15.75

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

$15.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00

Christmas Gleaming Flower Card

The Christmas Gleaming "flower" was so pretty that I framed it!

This didn't start life as a card - the flower was part of my prototype for my Ferrero Rocher holder Christmas table favours.  

It was too pretty to go to waste, so I created the card to frame it.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder

$13.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

$61.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

$15.25

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Copper Foil Sheets

$8.75

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Bermuda Bay Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Star Designer Elements

$15.75

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Garage Gears Dies

$57.00

Detailed Deer Dies

$59.00

Very Vanilla/Copper 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Classic Weave Ribbon

$14.00

Christmas Gleaming - Bold Black and Red with Gold

Dramatic Christmas card with black Golden Glitz background and Christmas Gleaming Bundle

Who remembers those watercolour backgrounds that I made with Golden Glitz metallic ink?  Did you think I'd forgotten to use the black one?!!

To a layer of Poppy Parade I added  a piece of Gold Foil Sheet that I'd embossed with the Stylish Scroll embossing folder followed by the black layer.  I then added a piece of Black Satin Ribbon and adhered it all to the front of the Basic Black card base.

I gold heat embossed the baubles onto Poppy Parade card and punched them out with the coordinating punches.  I sponged the edges with Real Red ink before gluing them to the card.  I painted on lines with Golden Glitz ink so that they appeared to be hanging.

The holly was gold heat embossed and then coloured with Real Red and Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  I fussy cut the holly and then glued it to the card front.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Refill

$15.75

Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

$15.50

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$8.75

Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder

$13.00

Black 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Satin Ribbon

$12.25