School started this week, on the 7th and just before the craziness began,we took one last family trip up to Glencoe in Northern California.
We stayed at a friends cabin in the woods which was surrounded by beautiful pine trees.
These pine trees inspired me to make this card!
I love to incorporate nature into greeting cards.
Here I cut a card from white card stock and inked the edges with red ink.
Then on a separate smaller square of white card stock,
I drizzled white tacky glue (dries clear) in a wreath like circle.
I placed little snippets of the pine tree in the glue until a wreath was formed.
Pressing down firmly as I worked.
This I set aside for the glue to dry hard and clear.Once done, I added touches of red and iridescent glitter glues to the wreath.
I let this dry before adding the red ribbon bow, distressing the edges with red ink
and adhering to the main card. .
The reason I did the wreath on a separate piece of cardstock is because the tacky glue tends to make the paper buckle and I did not want that showing up on the inside of the card.
I made a cute matching tag from one of the leftover pine tree clippings.
I stripped some of the needles off to create a "mini" tree.
When I added the glue to the first card layer, I carefully pushed down pine needles
and held in place until they stayed flat.
After the glue had set, I decorated the mini tree with glitter glue.
I distressed the edges and was done. So easy!
Some of the blog hop participants are hosting a giveaway with their Festive Card.I am giving away a My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software!
You can read about it on my original post here
~complete with some fun digital Scrapbook layouts I created!
In honor of this Festive Blog Hop, I have extended the deadline to enter to win -
until Sunday, September 11th , 11:59 pm.
You may leave a comment on the original post
or here on this one by doing the following:
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1. Visit the My Memories site and choose your favorite digital paper pack or layout.
Then comment here and let me know which one you like.
2. Follow my Blog- for a extra chance to win.
Then comment here and let me know which one you like.
2. Follow my Blog- for a extra chance to win.
Good luck and have fun hopping around! :)| 1. | Terri Sproul | |
| 2. | Chris Hurley | |
| 3. | Cheryl Lindsay | |
| 4. | Amanda Marks | |
| 5. | Brenda Lee Burfeind | |
| 6. | Angela Bodas | |
| 7. | Becky Conley | |
| 8. | Leslie-Rahye | |
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| 10. | The Robin’s nest | |
| 11. | Carol Berns | |
| 12. | Michelle Cummings | |
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| 14. | Debra Buckland | |
| 15. | Yolanda Anthony |
16 comments:
This is wonderful...I love the dimention and the texture.Your ideas are Great!
very nice! Love the wreath.
I love your pine wreath card!
I am so impressed, nice job :))
great idea! loved both projects
I just looked at your site - loved everything I saw there! not possible to chose my fav. just have to follow you from now on-
Love the idea of the wreath! VERY COOL! Thank you for the opportunity to win something! I like the going coastal set- although they are all really cute :)I am a new follower and would be honored if you would check out my blog at http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.blogspot.com and become a follower if you aren't already :) Have a great weekend!
WOW what a GREAT wreath!!!! AWESOME projects!
Love the wreath great card :)
I adore this card.. hope I'm on your christmas card list. LOL
Oh what fun I had trying to pick a favorite digital pack! It was VERY hard, though--so many goodies from which to choose! I settled on the "splendor" pack. But I really loved them all!!!! I would LOVE to win this software prize! It looks awesome!
oh, and I am a new follower!
This is really great!!! Love how you did the wreath simple, but perfect. TFS
Kathryn
http://www.creationswithkathryn.com
Fun Pine cards! love them! Thanks for the inspiration!
Very unique. TFS!!!
Wonderful idea to use the pines on your cards... Love it.. I am sure when the envelope is opened there will be the smell of Christmas!!!
TFS!
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