Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Whimsical Christmas Tree

Glitter and more glitter!!!  I fell in love with the Tim Holtz heart/wing sizzix die about a year ago and have used it for quite a few different holiday cards.  I wanted to do a whimsical card and decided to include the wings with the Christmas tree -- something fun as well as different!  The background paper is a copper glitter design, the tree is a rectangle I cut by hand from another glitter paper, and the wings were die cut from champagne-color glitter paper.  I used a SU border punch for the scallops around the tree edges.  I used a  Fiskar star punch on copper glitter paper for the top of the tree and embellished it with a SU tiny jingle bell for some added whimsy.  The soft suede taffeta ribbon was attached using a tape runner prior to pleating the ribbon.  The SU white velvet ribbon give the card a little bit of texture and old-fashioned feeling.  I used dimension dots to lift the tree off the top of the card to give it some height.  The verse was stamped using soft suede ink and cut by hand.  I added two tiny gold-color pearls along each side of the verse for a little more elegance.
The teddy bear in the background is one I designed for my fall craft shows this year -- he is just so darn adorable!

5 comments:

  1. Love that glitter paper, too! Very lovely card.
    TFS. ...and Merry Christmas!

    - Micki from (www.AvenueofArt.com)

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  2. Oh How Beautiful! love all the sparkle!
    Thanks for playing along in the Dolce Stamps and Cards Challenge!
    Judy

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  3. Very nice use of angel wings. Love it when cards sparkle and shine, love it. Thanks for playing with us at Dolce Shine/Mettalic Challenge

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  4. Clever use of those wings! Fabulous sparkle! Thanks for playing with us in the Dolce Stamps and Cards Shine/Metallic Challenge!

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