Baubles Squares

I made a batch of these cards using the Delightful Decorations stamp set from Stampin' up and also another bauble from one of their retired sets.  The red baubles were stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed using Stampendous red tinsel embossing powder and the green baubles were stamped with VersaMagic aloe vera chalk ink. Dazzling diamonds glitter was added to the green baubles without a patterned centre so that all the baubles had glitter on them.  They were attached to the card using foam pads.

The colour scsheme for this one was taken from the backing paper which is from a Papermania pad I bought a few years ago and works well with Stampin' up's old olive and certainly celery colours.  Nestabilitie dies were used to cut the large and small squares and the sentiment in the small squares is stamped from the Dawn Bibby stamp set Warm Wishes.

For embellishments pearls, gems, a ribbon and bows punched using a Martha Stewart punch were added.  Promarkers were used to colour clear gems and, although the white squares were embossed with a random dot embossing folder to add texture, thread was wrapped around the layers too to break the block of white behind each bauble.

This project was a great way to used up lots of scraps of white card and could be adapted to any colour scheme.  Using the tinsel embossing powder gave the card lots of sparkle.

Thanks for reading today

Liz xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenge
Make It Monday - Anything Goes 
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 24 - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiment Challenge - Use Any Sentiment
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 33 - Merry Christmas
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge 42 - Green and Red
Inky Impressions Challenge 90 - Sparkle
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - Glitter
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Merry Christmas