Encre, papier, ciseaux: Farmhouse Christmas Ornaments

Inspiration: Mojo Monday #544 + Festive Friday (patterned paper + pearls + die cut)

Today's creation was inspired by the gorgeous Farmhouse Christmas papers from Carta Bella. All of their Farmhouse collections are been absolutely stunning and this one is no exception. I grabbed the 6" x 6" paper pad at my local store and it was the inspiration for this card.

I liked the cut-apart sheet and decided to use of the sentiments for my card. Because it was taking up a lot of room, I wasn't sure what to fill the circle with. I kept thinking I could do a hanging ornament. I have a pair of punches from last year's Holidays catalogue, so I pulled them out and saw that I could actually fit the two pretty nicely. They were punched out of plaid and were fading against the background so I decided to add red metallic stitching around the shape. And to punch the top out of Copper foil paper. And to add something in the middle. I ended up using one of the patterns and cutting the little frames out to add to the ornaments. Finally, I found some red tinsel trim leftover on my desk and decided to hang my ornaments from it. As I was grabbing the tinsel, I also spotted some white lace and decided it might look nice with the farmhouse look of the paper. This filled the space nicely on the card and lightened it up a bit. Finally, I added moss green, berry and vintage pearls to the lace and card. The papers were added to a Crumb Cake card base and I inked the edges with Crumb Cake ink to better match the farmhouse feel of the papers.

I repeated one of the ornaments inside the card. For the envelope, I grabbed a Oak Woodgrain envelope, added green polka dot paper at the bottom and copper Merry Christmas washi tape (from Crate Paper's Snowflake collection). I layered two punched ornaments again.

Supplies
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Copper Foil Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Farmhouse Christmas (Carta Bella)
Ink: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Lace Trim (Unknown); Red Metallic Floss (DMC); A2 Oak Woodgrain Envelope (envelopes.com);
Vintage Shimmer, Moss Green and Berry Mix Pearls (Studio Katia);
Snowflake Washi Tape (Crate Paper); Gleaming Ornaments Punches, Sponge Dauber (Stampin' Up!);
Dotted Rectangle Stackables Dies (Lawn Fawn); Circle Double Stitched Dies (Art Impressions)