I make this card for this week`s challenge at
Weekly Christmas Card Challenges - Sparkles which is stitching - real or faux. I chose real which makes it good that I am only making one of these. I started with this great red foil card stock which I upcycled from a really nice chocolate box at Christmas. I cut a strip with the Stampin Up! Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch. I then stitched it with gold thread so I end up with this even pattern of up and down stitches. I applied double sided tape on the back to keep the thread taut. I printed the SU! Bunch of Backgrounds - Weathered in Always Artichoke on the cream card front. I stamped my greeting three times across a strip of Always Artichoke with a small clear stamp. I then adhered my stitching to it with Zots. I cut three ornaments with the Spellbinder 2011 Heirloom dies in the same red foil card stock. I taped the gold threads on which the ornaments are hanging to the back of the Always Artichoke strip. I decided to leave the ornaments hang loose.
