Merriest Wishes

Hello

Tidying up another unfinished project today. I've had this ornament from this card cut out & sitting on my desk for a couple of months now. It was a failed attempt for a challenge when I ran out of time so I've been staring at it ever since. I have lots of watercolour backgrounds where I haven't been happy with the whole piece but have been using them to die cut words & shapes instead out of the portions that I like. In order to get something done I stuck with a design I used last Christmas except I had used patterned paper then.

I used 2 old bough stamps to do the greenery. Both of these stamps are outline images so are perfect for use with distress inks. I stamped the larger bough in Shabby Shutters & pulled the colour in to colour all the leaves. Then I overstamped with the smaller bough in Peeled Paint & coloured the same. I felt the ornament needed something & I couldn't decide whether to overstamp in gold EP or clear shimmer EP. Such a dilemma, lol! I ended up going with Wow Neutral Ultra Shimmer EP for a soft , subtle look. Maybe I should have used gold....??!

Anyway, I mounted the ornament with foam tape & finished with some clear sequins scattered through the greenery after stamping the sentiment.
I am entering into the following challenges -

Sparkle & Shine Challenge 15 - 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp World Cardmaking Day

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies - 
Die - Spellbinders 2012 Heirloom Ornaments
Stamps - A Muse Evergreen Branch, Great Impressions, Hero Arts (sentiment)
Inks - Distress Inks Peeled Paint & Shabby Shutters, Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black
Peerless Watercolours, Wow Neutral Ultra Shimmer EP, Clear sequins