The  frames I found at Target several years ago, I think I'm down to 1-2 left.  They have a shadowbox look to them.

I inked up Stampin' Up!'s Season of Joy stamp set with my Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers and stamped on Whisper White card stock.  I layered it on Real Red card stock and distressed the edges with my Cutter Kit Tool.  I added three More Mustard Mini Brads in the poinsettia flowers.  I placed this element inside the glass of the frame.

On the outside of the frame, I punched two 5 Petal Flowers from my Real Red Faux Diamond Dust card stock (ink up card stock with Versamark, then pour on Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and emboss).  I also punched one 5 Petal Flower from Old Olive Faux Diamond Dust and three 1/4 circles from Summer Sun Faux Diamond Dust.  (FYI – I keep small 1/4-1/2 sheets of this paper made up so I can just quickly punch and go!)  I adhered the two Real Red together with Stampin' Dimensionals and added two "leaves" cut from the Old Olive one.  And adhered the three 1/4 circles in the center.  This flower was placed outside on the glass with Stampin' Dimensionals! 

I love it!  Hope you do, too!

Off to the grindstone!

It's Saturday and time for a new Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge!  I'm going to be brief…I'm trying to get my Christmas stuff up today and tomorrow…always so time consuming!  My husband says we need a smaller house so we don't have to put up so many things!  lol!  I do love it when it is up and finished!

Sketch 127 was a fun sketch!  I knew as soon as I saw Stampin' Up!'s stamp set, Season of Joy, in my stamping stash that it would be perfect for this sketch!

I started with a base card of Real Red, then layered on Old Olive card stock.  I ran a strip of Real Red thru the Big Shot with the Petals A Plenty Impressions Folder and wrapped the Old Olive Organdy Ribbon from Mistletoe package around it and tied a knot. 

I inked up the focal word stamp with my Stampin' Write markers in Real Red and Old Olive on Whisper White card stock.  I added three gold mini brads to the stamped poinsettia images and then layered it on Old Olive.  I placed this over the base card elements.  As a added touch, I punched the Curly Label Punch out of Real Red card stock and placed it under the focal element.  I had the Poinsettia flower already punched from another project, so I used some Stampin' Dimensionals and placed it in the upper left corner.  To make the Poinsettia, I punched two Real Red and one Old Olive with the 5 petal flower punch.  I used my Piercing Tool and punched a row of holes in each petal and leaf.  I cut out two petals for one leaf and one petal for the other and adhered behind two Real Red flower punches that I put together with three gold mini brads in the center.  I really like the added dimension the piercings give to the petals!

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Stamping 411 Operators have done this week!

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