It's a 'Christmas Tree'

It's 'Word Week' at Just Us Girls and Hosting is
Nancy who chose 'Christmas Tree' as our Word.
How appropriate is that!
 

 

 

I have seen so many different types of Christmas trees

on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a go for something

'A Little Different'

I must admit I had fun decorating my card.

I started by backing my card base with

DP  then added a stitched die cut for my

Christmas Tree which is popped.

 I have this unusual coloured glitter paper

which matched the DP. Then the fun began.

My tree is kraft paper. Next step was to

cut out lots of different sized circles from

various bits of scraps filling the gaps with

sequins pearls punched stars and tiny circles.

My sentiment is cut from that glitter paper and

is from Paper Smooches - which by the way

cuts beautifully.

 

Pop over to Our Blog to see more

fabulous Christmas Trees from the Talented Team

and a Big Welcome to our  December Guest  Theresa Gregory

Come play with us this week..

 

I am dropping off this card over at

AAA Cards for their CAS

Circles Challenge. Details are Here

 

 

It may not look cas but it really is -

just a lot of circles added to a tree trunk. 

 

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You're SPECIAL

It's the end of the month and I am getting my card for the

November Theme & Sketch Challenge

 over at STAMPlorations in just in time.

You can find the Details Here

 

 

My card base is white cs.

I then started adding my background stencilled

with ARTplorations Happy Flowers

in shades of yellow and orange.

To go with the theme I cut out a stitched oval

inking it with smooched Tim Holtz Distress Inks

in Squeezed Lemonade & Dried Marigold.

My floral feature is by STAMPlorations French Marigold

which has been water coloured with shimmery paints.

I hand cut it and popped it after attaching a bow.

Sentiment is from Paper Smooches

Added a few Kaisercraft pearls to complete.

 



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Celebrating at Addicted to CAS

 

Over at Addicted to CAS they are celebrating

their 4th Birthday so the challenge is to make a

CAS card with the code word 'CONGRATULATIONS'

Details are Here

 

 

 

I started my card with

Basic white & coloured card stock. To back my

floral image I embossed the white cs

 with We R Memory Keepers Geometric folder.

As this embossing folder is quite thick I was

a bit wary of forcing it through my Cuttlebug so

just used the bottom plate with the C plate.

I know you can get a much deeper impression from this folder

but I didn't want to break my old CB

I backed that in pink.

My flower and leaves are from Altenew Beautiful Day.

Embossed in white, coloured with shimmery paints then cut.

I attached some ribbon as backing then slightly popped my image.

I decided to go with a Celebrate sentiment  from Stampin' Up.

Finished with a few gems and pearls.

 

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It's Anything but a Card.

The latest challenge over at

Crafty Cardmakers is

Anything but a Card.

Angela is Hosting and with Christmas fast approaching

it gives us a chance to change things up a bit

and move away from card making.

I decided to do something for myself.

I am constantly writing things down on a Notebook

next to my laptop so I thought I would

make a cover for a store bought one.

 

 

I didn't know what I would end up with so

I got out distress inks, texture pastes, stencils

acrylic paints and stamps and went to work.

My Notes letters are from an old Cuttlebug

Alphabet Set. The butterfly is Cheery Lynn.

I enjoyed just playing around even with inky fingers.

 

Hope you get a chance to play but before you do

head over to Our Blog to see which way

the Design Team went on this one.

 

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