Hello, and happy Saturday! This week is “theme week” at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  We have a very festive theme this time.  Jacqueline, our challenge hostess, is asking us to feature ornaments on our cards.

For my card, I dug into my stash and found these ornament charms that were left over from a card swap I participated in back in – believe it or not – 2003!  Yes – these things are 10 years old.  The “happy holidays” plaque dates back to the same time.  So finally using these items felt good.  I was pleasantly surprised by how well the charms coordinated with this designer paper.  This week’s Freshly Made Sketches layout pulled everything together, although I stretched the card out to a rectangle rather than keeping it a square like the original sketch. The garland on the focal panel is a product of my incredibly challenged drawing skills. LOL

I tied this card into the June OWH Design Bootcamp lesson of repetition and variation, too.  The ornament charms repeat the ornaments on the designer paper, and the cardstock colors I chose are featured in the designer paper.  The variation occurs with the different colored strings attaching the ornament charms to the “garland”, in both texture and color.  I’ve also evoked the Rule of Odds from a previous Bootcamp by using 3 ornament charms.

Although the ornaments are pretty flat, they do add a fair amount of weight to the card.  So instead of including this in the supply of Christmas cards I’m building for our military heroes to use to write home on during the holiday season, I’m going to use this one as an AnyHero card to brighten a hero’s day.

So, now it’s time for you to go to the 52{C}CT site and check out the great stuff that the rest of the design team has created! (While you’re at it, I’m sure they’d appreciate any comments you’d like to give them.) Then make a card showing off ornaments and share it at the 52{C}CT site by noon eastern time Friday, June 21. We’d love to see what you come up with! 🙂

Supplies:
Stamps: none
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory (Stampin’ Up); designer paper from Very Merry Christmas 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Echo Park)
Ink: none
Other: ornament charms; holiday sentiment eyelet (Making Memories); embroidery floss (DMC); marker (Copic)