Wednesday 7 December 2011

#95 'O Christmas Tree'


Theme at I ♥ Promarkers - shaped cards
Sponsor & prize this week - Joanna Sheen, £10 gift voucher.

I thought I would try my hand at a teepee card, and whilst not exactly post-friendly, certainly makes a change from a regular square format. I thought it was just the perfect shape for a Christmas tree shaped card too, so made my variation with zig-zags at the base before layering it up with punched green card. Onto this I dovetailed a strip of  white pearlescent card to meet the zig-zagged edge of the green & then punching a bit more white for the snow-covered lower branches.  I used  a Martha Stewart to punch & a bit more pinking to add to the spiky fir tree feel.  I then added old-gold coloured satin ribbon and dotted clear glitzy gems & a row of yellow & gold ones.


Each of the three sides were treated similarly & each was also topped with star punched from more pearlescent card stock (though gluing them  to each other so they all met at the top was a tricky manoeuvre!)

For the front I coloured an image from Mami Doodles with Promarkers and mounted it onto gold mirri (cut & embossed using a Spellbinders decked oval). I backed this oval too with more mirri so that any protruding bits which might peep out on each of the other two sides would only show shining  gold - & this sandwich was popped onto the tree using Pinflair glue. For the side I am using for the 'to' & 'from' I typed a few words into the centre of a bauble image from Bird's Cards, mounting this onto more gold mirri this time cut into a circle.


Et voilà!  Hope you like it!

Tine :)

Challenges:
Fussy 'n' Fancy
Fussy 'n' Fancy - photo inspiration
Christmas Inspirations - unusual fold
Stamping Sisters in Christ - angels
Wags 'n' Whiskers - angel or fairy
Flutterby Wednesday - angel, fairy or butterfly open challenge
Rainbow Lady's - Christmas Carol (O, Christmas Tree)
Paper Variety - Christmas Carol (O, Christmas Tree)
Joanna Sheen - Christmas wishes
Passion for Promarkers - Christmas
Creatalicious - Christmas & sparkles
Hybrid Chick - glitter/sparkle
Winter Wonderland - Christmas or winter birthday
Crafty Creations - card with sentiment
Papercraft Star - tree
ABC Christmas - Y for Yipee!
Ribbon Girls - jingle all the way to Christmas (& use ribbon!)
DYSU - ribbon (or anything that ties)
Ribbon Reel - ribbon + anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year Round - anything goes
Stamping With The Dragon - anything goes (Christmas).

21 comments:

  1. Wonderful work. Looks really beautiful. Thanks for joiningus at Christmas Inspirations challenges.

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  2. Very cute, such a sweet image. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

    -Wenche

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  3. What a gorgeous creation Tine! Thank you for joining us at Stampin Sisters in Christ.

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  4. This is great, Tine. Thanks for joining us at Rainbow Lady.

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  5. Great card - love the shape and that sweet image.
    Thanks for joining us at DYSU this week xx

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  6. Great take on this weeks Birthday theme, thank you for joining us at the Winter Wonderland
    Hugs Kate xx
    ps I have candy for a few more days if your interested :)

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  7. What a super card so different... well done I love it. Thanks for playing
    Love Cynthia x

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  8. what a delightful project! Thanks so much for joining in with our first challenge over on the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog.
    Hugs
    Sandra x

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  9. Wow, what a great creation!! A perfect shape to turn into a christmas tree. I can't imagine trying to get those stars to line up!! Thanks so much for linking up to the Crafty Creations Challenge!

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  10. Very clever! Looks fantastic!!!

    Thankyou so much for joining us at Stamping With The Dragon.

    xoxoxox Carly

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  11. What a fab idea Tine, its a great shape for a Christmas tree! Fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Wags n Whiskers this week, good luck! Pami x

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  12. Very pretty, such a sweet image too.

    Thanks for joining in with our 'Y for Yipee' over at ABC Christmas :)

    Carol x

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  13. Your card is so lovely. Thanks for joining our Snow Angels Challenge at Wags-n-Whiskers. Good luck in the draw!
    Blessings,
    karen - design team member
    karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

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  14. This is lovely. Fantastic shaped card. Thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas Challenge. Carissa :)

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  15. GREAT idea on the card shape !! It is completely perfect for a Christmas card, and such a surprise to it too. Thanks for playing along with our tree challenge this week at Papercraft Star. Merry Merry !!

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  16. great shaped xmas card. thanks for joining us @ CCAYR.x

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  17. Love the gold background around the angel, very pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at Flutterby Wednesdays!

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  18. Fabulous change from the 'norm' - cute lil image too! Hope you join us again soon at Crafty Creations Challenges! bx

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  19. Love the shape of your card! Thanks for joining us at the Hybrid Chick!

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  20. Love the christmas tree!
    Such a fun shape on a card :)
    Thank you for joining us at PfP,
    hugs from Maya

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