Thursday, November 6, 2014

O Christmas Trees


Seeing how many Christmas cards I already have made is encouraging, but knowing how many more I'd like to send is a little daunting! So I'm challenging myself to come up with some quick, but still interesting, designs!  I love how this turned out!  I noticed the long triangle border in Lots of Letters 2 set flipped would make a perfect row of graphic trees! I stamped it in GKD Christmas Pine ink directly on a piece of aqua patterned paper from the GKD Winter Cheer paper pack (always love using blue patterned papers for sky! Linking it now I am remind there is aqua snowflake pattern in that pack that would be even more appropriate.  But I like the funkiness of this weave, actually, unexpected!) ) and free cut a very gentle curve on a piece of GKD Pure Luxury White cardstock to mount in front for snow bank.  I stamped on the star, also from Lots of Letters 2, and then added my greeting and 2 step holly bits, both from my new Fabulous Holiday Fillers set.  Card Base is GKD Pure Luxury Cherry Red to match.  

TIP:  You could add more stars to the trees , but to *me*, one is usually more interesting than adding them to all, makes that one extra special.  I offset it rather than stamping it in the middle, to move your eye around the card.

I love little "aha!" moments like this!  That's one reason I love shape stamps so much, and include them in so many of my sets.  So many uses!  I was actually trying to come up with something new for my next video, but this one is so simple, I'm just posting the card and details, no demo necessary, I don't think!  But thank you for pushing me to think outside the box! I love trying to surprise and inspire you all, dear readers!

Tip 2! f you want to incorporate the letters from that set onto this card design somehow, there are 6 trees, perfect for spelling out  "HO HO HO". :)
 


Have a fabulous day!

6 comments:

  1. Very nice. You could also use the star in the Fabulous Holiday Fillers set.

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  2. Wow! This is stunning and so cool! Love the pattern paper for the sky and you managed to create a quick and really awesome snow scene. Sure is an inspiration to me!

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  3. Love what you did using an older set and showing us a cool way to use that shape other than the original way. A very nice and quick card idea.

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  4. Another fabulous design! I love how thinking about sets differently gives so many great designs! How inspiring!

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  5. Great card! So inventive to use the upside down triangles right side up! I get so many ideas on how to expand my creativity and my stamp sets for your website.

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  6. EEK! I love your great "out of the box" ideas.
    I would not have put that "tree" idea together, in a million years, but look how clever you are!
    You are amazing Melanie.
    Love your stamp sets, so versatile.
    Thanks for the tutorials, videos, and sharing your amazing creativity. You Rock!!!

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