Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Christmas Card - HOC Sketch 6 Challenge

I checked out the current House of Cards challenge recently and saw they had a wonderful sketch.   A couple of days ago I made a card where I cut out an oval aperture and the leftover patterned paper oval was still sitting on my desk so the oval shape in the layout was perfect for me!

The bright and cheery patterned paper comes from a Kaisercraft pad and some die cut shapes are also included in the paper pad.  I glued a strip of Lost Lagoon CS to the front of a 5 1/4" square white card base and added a die cut strip from the paper pad.  I matted the paper oval onto a larger oval of Riding Hood Red CS, glued that to the card and popped up the die cut sentiment label.  The paper is so pretty that I didn't want to cover it up too much.  I die cut the bells three times using silver mirri, black and Riding Hood Red CS, assembled the pieces to create the bells and covered the red ribbon with Glossy Accents.  I popped up the bells, added a gem to the centre of the ribbon bow and placed some red gems on the sentiment label to complete the card front.   

I just had to use more of that pretty paper to decorate the inside and the envelope flap!  I always have fun working with a sketch that has been designed by Mynn, they're always fab and it was high time I played along at HOC again! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Penny Black 'Joy Hope'
CS: PaperMania white square card blank, SU! Lost Lagoon, Riding Hood Red & Basic Black, silver mirri CS
Patterned paper:  Kaisercraft 'Mistletoe' 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" paper pad
Ink: SU! Lost Lagoon
Tools: Petite Oval Nestabilities dies, CottageCutz Petites 'Bells' die, circle punches, star punch
Embellishments & accessories: Ranger Glossy Accents, PaperMania gems, SU! Dimensionals