Medallion Christmas Ornament - Challenge 151

This ornament combines a medallion with a rosette, a snowflake and a butterfly.  It's large and awesome!

1.  Cut 13 pieces of Designer series paper (I used Letters to Santa) 2" by 2"
2.  Fold each piece in half and unfold.
3.  With a pencil or the handle of a paint brush, roll each piece diagonally.  Unroll gently.
4.  Fold into a cone shape.  Do this for all 13 pieces.
5.  Using a hot glue gun, attach each piece to a circle punched with a 1 1/4" circle punch.
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6. Insert a jumbo eyelet in one of the medallions and attach a cherry cobbler and white Baker's twine through it.
7. Using the snowflake die, die cut a snow flake in Whisper White card stock and apply dazzling diamonds.
Attach it to the center of the medallion using stampin dimensionals.
8. Now make the rosette using 1 1/4" by 12" Cherry Cobbler card stock scored every 1/4" on the Simply Scored tool.
9. Attach a 1" circle in Cherry Cobbler punch with the 1" circle punch
10. On top of that attach a Cherry cobbler button.
11. On top of the button attach a butterfly die cut using the Beautiful wings die and silver glimmer paper.
12. Three pearls in the center of the butterfly complete the ornament.

Repeat steps 7 to 12 for the other side of the medallion.

Side view

Close up of Rosette and Butterly

Materials:
Papers: Letters to Santa designer paper, Cherry Cobbler card stock, Whisper White card stock, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Punches:  1 1/4", 1"; Dies:  Snowflake, Beautiful wings. Other: Scoring tool, Cherry cobbler button, pearls, dimensionals, dazzling diamonds, hot glue gun, jumbo eyelt, cherry cobbler and white Baker's twine.

Medallion Christmas - Try Stampin on Tuesday #37

I saw an image similar to this in a cardmaking magazine and in the November issue of Stampin Success (on line version) magazine, and after several attempts ended up with this version of the Medallion ,which I put on a card for the Try Stampin on Tuesday sketch challenge here

Stamps: Hand - Penned Holidays
Inks: Chocolate Chip
Papers: Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, Chocolate chip, Real Red, Holly Berry Bouquethttp://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-37.html Designer Paper
Accessories:Simply Scored tool, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, Eyelet border punch, Old Olive button, Baker's twine (white and early espresso), hot glue gun

The medallion was made by cutting a 1 3/4 by 12" strip of designer paper and punching one edge with the eyelet border punch.  After punching, the strip was 1 1/2" wide which was what I wanted to make the medallion the right size for the card.

Stampin' Card Keeper Boxes

Last night was the first night for the card making classes, and personalizing a Stampin' Card Keeper box was a great way to start.

The class was started out by viewing the video from Stampin' Up about the Card Keeper Box.  Assembling the box after that was very easy.
Then came the hard part - choosing how to personalize the box.

Here is the option I presented.

The base of the box was covered with Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Fabric which had been applied to the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets to make it easier to handle.
The Lid was covered with Frostwood Lodge designer paper.

The top was decorated with a medallion made using 2" sqares of  Holly Berry Bouquet designer paper.  In the center is a 1 3/8" real red scallop circle, followed by a 1 1/4" circle in Chocolate chip.  A 5/8" neutral brad was inserted in the middle.
The leaves were made by running a folded strip of Garden green card stock sideways through the crimper and hand cutting the  leaves.

One of the students decided to cover the lide only.  She used the Mocha Specialty designer paper and I must admit the effect was stunning.

She then made a medallion for the top of the lid, using Crumb Cake and Basic Black.  The brad in the middle was embossed with black embossing powder. The finished medallion was spritzed with a glitter spray made with isopropyl alcohol & shimmer paint.  You can see the shimmer in the picture.

Wicked Cool Easel Card - Hand Stamped Theme Challenge 86

The challenge this week with HSS was to create a card or 3D project for Halloween.
This card was inspired by a card I saw on a blog, but I cannot remember whose, and there is no identifying mark on the card.  So, if you see this card, and recognize the design please contact me and I will give you credit.

This is an Easel Card and the picture above indicates the Easel in the closed position.

Stamp: Wicked Cool
Inks: Basic black, SU Markers:  Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade
Papers: Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade, Frightful Sight Designer Paper, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Simply Scored Tool, Circles die #2, Scallop circle die, 5/8" black grosgrain ribbon, Black rhinestones (retired), 1 3/4 by 7/8" Oval punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Ovals die #2, dimensionals

This shows the Easel card in the open position.  I made the stop by punching one edge of basic black card stock with Scallop Trim border punch, and folding the scalloped edge up.  Some 5/8" black grosgrain ribbon was wrapped around the black card stock.  This scalloped edge folds down when the card closes.

Close up of medallion and focal image.

Scaredy Cat- Happy Halloween - Sketch Frenzy Friday

It's September, the kids are back in school, and its time for another mini blog hop with Sketch Frenzy Friday.
Today's sketch is brought to you by Kim Innis

I recently got the Simply Scored scoring tool, and have been practicing making rosettes.  This rosette is a partial case from the Idea Book and Catalogue  - just changed the colors.  I made the Rosette using the Bring on the Cake designer paper cut at 1" by 12" - scored at 1/4" .  Just a word of caution - when using the Simply Scored tool to score - use the larger end and don't press too hard.  I tell you this from experience - I tore through a few pieces of designer paper before I finally got it right.

Stamps: Batty for You, Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Basic Black
Papers: Basic Black, Bring on the Cake designer paper, Calypso coral card stock, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Frightful Sight designer series paper
Accessories: Spider Web embossing folder, Scallop edge border punch, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Circle die #2, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Metallic brads, 5/8" Black Grosgrain ribbon, Stampin dimensionals.

Your next stop is Patricia's blog here
Take time to view what the other team members have created from the sketch and don't forget to leave a comment.  We all love that!

Now let's see what you create.  Upload it on the home page here
See you next week.