I haven’t done any challenges in ages – I’ve been playing with whatever was to hand without needing a starting point. Sometimes the focus on a sketch or collection of colours is helpful and sometimes you don’t want to be tied down. But I do find that challenges often push you to make cards that you wouldn’t have made otherwise and if it’s a challenge that you find tricky, and you persevere, it can give you a card that you’re really proud of. So I decided it was time to pick a challenge and I found CAS(E) this Sketch has a fun sketch which allowed me to use my Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies and a sneak peek of an upcoming set, Beautiful You. The sneak peek is a very little peek!

I used my Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies to cut out the gorgeous ornament in gold foil and a solid one in cherry cobbler. After putting these together using my sponge dauber and the silicone craft sheet, I took out the gold baker’s twine from the trio pack but it was a bit too insubstantial for this ornament. I tried a few other ribbons but nothing looked right, so I went back to the gold baker’s twine, cut three lengths and braided it. I used my paper piercing tool to hold the knot to my eraser and weighted that down with a punch to hold it steady whilst I braided. I tied off the ends with simple knots. Fuse was handy for securely fastening the braid and knot to the underside of the ornament and I popped the ornament up on dimensionals to hide the knot. I used fuse on the underside of the very vanilla piece and firmly pressed the braid to the fuse and then cut off the knot. The whole very vanilla layer was then added to a cherry cobbler card base.

I bet you’re wondering about the Beautiful You sneak peek? It’s just the sentiment. There are 6 or 7 other sentiments in this set as well as some fabulous images – I’m guessing that it’s going to be be extremely popular.

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz