It’s time to play with the Pals at Pals Paper Arts! This week we have one of my favorite color combinations, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla, taking center stage in a fabulous color challenge! So grab your stamps, inks and paper, and join along!
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: The Perfect Tree
The finished dimensions of this card are 5-1/4″ x 5-1/4″.
- Perfect Texture! Randomly stamped Always Artichoke Pines, from Lovely As a Tree, received a healthy dose of texture courtesy of the Big Shot and the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Likewise, Crumb Cake Pines and Baja Breeze Snowflakes, from Serene Snowflakes, receive the same lovely texture and form the panel behind the focal image. The Waterspots are courtesy of the French Foliage set.
- Perfect Bling! The Tree from Christmas Lodge was sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds and adorned with Basic Pearls, which had been tinted using red and brown permanent markers. Mica Flakes are adhered to the base of the tree using Tombow Adhesive.
- Perfect Ribbon! Very Vanilla Seam Binding is shirred and adhered upon a strip of Cherry Cobbler card stock embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The strip is further adorned with edgings punched using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch and the Scallop Trim Border Punch.
- Perfect Sentiment! The Merry Christmas sentiment from Bright Hopes was inked in Early Espresso and stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock. One end was flagged, and the strip was then curled to add interest. A Northern Frost Sizzlit Die Snowflake takes on a different look when adorned with a Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding rosette!
The inspiration for this card was gleaned from my childhood, when my mother and I would scour the timber on the family farm in search of the “Perfect Tree”! My father would come along with us, ax in hand, ready to chop down our choice. Some years, the tree would be adorned with bird nests and pine cones, as Mother Nature helped us decorate. Bare spots were placed facing the wall, while the full glory of the tree was positioned for people to admire. As I thought back to those Christmases over half a century ago, it brought back so many wonderful memories of loved ones who have long since passed, but who forever live in my heart.
I so hope that you enjoyed today’s card, and that you will let me know in today’s comment. Your comments are important to me and I read each and every one of them. Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away. Until next time…
Stamp Sets: Lovely As a Tree, Christmas Lodge, Bright Hopes, French Foliage; Inks: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker; Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Brushed Gold, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla; Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Northern Frost Sizzlit Decorative Strip Die, Color Spritzer Tool, Paper Snips, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch; Glitz and Glam: Basic Pearls, Mica Flakes, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Always Artichoke Seam Binding, Very Vanilla Seam Binding
