Holiday Tree ~ Christmas Tree ~ Tidings Of comfort and Joy

Hello bloggers I hope you are well and have had a good week.  Now the weekend is here time to relax.  Today I have gone all green with a forest of Christmas trees.

This card began as a white 6x4 card blank.  First I used Creative Crafting World's 'perfect Christmas companions' CD-ROM to print off the green Christmas tree backing paper.  This was then cut to 6x4 and adhered to the front of the card.  I also printed off a sheet of coordinating borders and a sheet of black and white sentiments.  I cut out one of the border and adhered it towards the bottom of the card.  Next I coloured one of the sentiments green using Chameleon colour tone pens, it was the punched out using a circle punch and adhered into the centre of the border strip.  Next using some green ribbed card stock and Spellbinders 'holiday tree 2010' die set I die cut three trees.  They were then adhered together and added to the top of the card.  I then added some faux gems to the trees.  Finally a star was added from my stash.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Love, Joy And Peace From Our House To Yours

Hello bloggers I hope that you had a good day yesterday and are well.  Today I have a Christmas card from our house to yours.

This card began  as an 8x8 card blank that I cut down to 8x7.  Next I adhered a traditional Christmas paper to the front of the card.  Using some green card stock and Spellbinders 'holiday tree 2010' die set I cut out all three sizes of trees.  Whilst still in the die I inked through each one with a different green distressing ink.  I used pine needles, peeled paint and evergreen bough.  I then layered the trees up with foam pads before adhering them to the left hand side of the card.

Next using some more green card stock I die cut a mat for the sentiment using Spellbinders 'labels 33' die set.  I then typed the sentiment on the computer using Word and printed it onto white card stock.  It was then die cut with a smaller labels 33 die.  Whilst still in the die I inked over with barn door distress ink.  The sentiment and mat were adhered together and added to the right hand side of the card.  Finally I used some green card stock and die cut four corners using Spellbinders 'holly accents' dies set.  The corners were adhered onto each corner to finish the card.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel

Oh Christmas tree ~ Spellbinders

Hello bloggers I've gone all green today and not in an Eco way.  Today's card contains die cut Christmas trees.

This card began as a white DL card blank.  First I stamped the sentiment and boxes using Clarity Stamps.' 'letterbox kit' stamp set and evergreen bough distress ink.  Next using some green textured mirror board I die cut a Christmas tree using Spellbinders die d-lites 'mini holiday tree'.  I also cut another tree using the same die but this time cutting it from some green variegated glitter card.  The final tree was cut from green ribbed paper and used Spellbinders 'holiday tree 2010' die set.  This tree I wrapped with some Christmas twine from my stash to give it some interest.  The trees were then adhered to the card.  Next using Docrafts silver ink pad and Creative Expressions 'Christmas toppers' stamp set I randomly stamped some snowflakes around the card.  Finally using some green paper I die cut two sets of holly leaves using Spellbinders 'poinsettia frame' die set.  Whilst still in the die I inked over with pine needles and festive berries distress ink.  The holly leaves were then adhered into the two top corners.

Happy Crafting xx Hazel