Bronze Lantern with Amaryllis

Good Morning!   Today I have a card designed using Susan's new Amaryllis and Garden Lantern die sets.  Also used are the new Pinecone & Evergreen Bough, Winterberry & Mistletoe and Christmas Quotes stamp set.

For the background I used a piece of white embossed cardstock.  

The Amaryllis were die cut using Susan's Specialty white cardstock from Spellbinders.  The very center of the petals was sponged with a light yellow green PanPastel.  Around the very edge of each petal, I used a red Copic Marker just to draw a very thin line.  Just rub the edge of the petal against the side of the nib of the marker.  The flowers were shaped using Susan's Spellbinder's Flower Tool Kit.  Each leg of the stamen was cut down the center to make them narrower.  Once rolled, the tips were lightly dipped into Bearly Art Glue and dipped in Susan's Yellow Pollen.  The flowers and leaves were attached to the right side of the card.  A small amount of Spanish moss was glued at the base.

The new Garden Lantern was die cut using an embossed bronze metallic card stock.  It was die cut again using metallic gold card stock.  The edge around the top of the lantern, the frame around the window and the trim around the top of the base were all cut out using scissors and glued to the bronze lantern.  The top decoration and door knob were also die cut out of metallic gold card stock.  These cut out pieces were glued to decorate the lantern.  The score line down the center of the lantern was traced using the leaf tool from the Tool Kit, then bent on that line to give the lamp dimension.  The decorative piece over the window was die cut using a quatrefoil background die. (The die I used is discontinued but I have linked to a similar one at the end of this post.)  The quatrefoil background was die cut using the same embossed bronze card stock.  The background was cut down to fit behind the windows and attached with double sided tape.  Double sided tape was attach to each side of the lantern being sure the center was raised up, and attached the sides to the card front.  Do not add adhesive to the top or the bottom of the lantern because you want it to have dimension.  Before attaching the Lantern, a piece of red metallic card stock was glued to the card front and the lantern attached over it.  

At the base of the lantern the Evergreen Bough was die cut using green card stock.  Each of the needles on the branch was cut in half with scissors to make them very narrow, then fluffed up for dimension.  Down the center of each bough, I used a brown thin line marker to create the branch of the bough.

The Mistletoe die was used to die cut one large and one small branch out of green card stock.  The leaves were shaped then glued over the Evergreen Boughs.  Tiny white bean bag styrofoam balls were used for berries and were glued on the Mistletoe.  A black fine line pen was used to press down on each end the berries.

At the bottom of the pine boughs a red metallic cord ribbon was added.  Two tiny gold bells were glued to the center of the bow.

A quote from Susan's new stamp set was added at the top of the card.  I had a few red rhinestones swirls that I attached at the top to finish off the card.  

What ideas do you have for the Garden Lantern?