Merry Christmas Graphic Tree

I wanted to challenge myself to create a Christmas card with a non-Christmas set and created a kind of funky and graphic Christmas tree.

 

I pulled out What's Your Type? to  build the tree, and then the topper is from Best Day Ever, a retired set.

The triangle also served to create the background, and quick sentiment, enamel dot and washi tape finished off the card.

Linking up to Just Us Girls for their Merry challenge and Tis the Season for the Christmas tree photo inspiration.

Oh Christmas Tree

After months of not blogging I've been trying to make more time to not only create but then to share my projects. I've also been making time to play with some of my favorite challenge sites!

   

I love how elegant black, gold and white are together so combined the color challenge at Color Throwdown with the sketch from MFT Card Challenges and the Christmas tree theme at Crazy 4 Challenges.

I embossed the tree from Christmas Song and the background from Timeless Textures in gold and pulled in lots of bling with gold and black sequins, gold sequin trim and gold twine.

I love this time of year and love creating holiday cards!

Hello

Do you have Adele’s song Hello running through your head after reading that title? I do. You’re welcome.

I pulled out my Skipping Stones Designs stamps this past weekend and used Heartsong 2 for this card.  Congrats to Heather on reopening the SSD store!

I loved the color challenge at MFT and kept things pretty clean and simple.  I started with a white card base and stamped the roses in gray ink across the front. I colored the flowers with copics and then layered vellum over the images, leaving a small edge exposed. The “hello” was stamped in navy and adhered to the card front with enamel dots accenting the sentiment.

It’s been ages since I’ve stamped so it was a blast playing around!