It's the end of November and that means that the Jingle Belles have guided us through 2021 with a plethora of nifty challenges to be able to "Take Back December" and not have to scramble to make all those cards that we need to send for Christmas. And yes, I did say need. Even if I didn't make my own cards I would still send cards as a way to let the people I know and love that I am thinking of them around the holidays. That they are handmade gives me a little pride that I can share the talent that I have with them. I'm not saying that it's a bad thing if you don't send Christmas cards. I understand that there are many reasons, good reasons why someone would choose not to, but I do and I enjoy it.
This challenge revolves around the blog banner for the Jingle Belles. They always come up with something beautiful and this one is no exception.
I had several ideas ruminating about this one and then when i was purging my e-mails I came across an e-mail from Linda Dalke with a video tutorial on making these textured trees with SU's cotton paper. I do not have SU's cotton paper but I thought that I could use something else in my somewhat neverending stash. I thought I rememberd having some green tissue paper - the heavier kind that comes with floral bouquets or wrapped fruit, which in this case was the latter. I have about five 10" circles of it and decided to give it a try. Fortunately I have a few tree dies that I knew I could try. I used Old Olive cs as a backing for my trees. I really like the way the one on the right came out - that was cut with an open die. The ones on the left were more of a die plate and flattened out the texture a little more but there are slits in the body of the tree which I was able to open up a little.
Pretty trees and I love that textured background! It really does give the effect of snow falling! Not that I know a lot about snow, it's way to hot here for snow. I think the bow is perfect, it matches well!
ReplyDeleteSunshine.
Your card is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoh thank you, you're always so kind to us, but truly the inspiration goes both ways! love this gorgeous interpretation of the banner and it's an amazing card by any standard! looking forward to more jingle belles fun in 2022! ♥
ReplyDeletethat tree texture is amazing ... thanks for always supporting us at Jingle Belles.
ReplyDeleteI love the tree card - well done! I saw an idea the other day to make envelopes using wrapping paper and then just use a stick-on label for the address. I'm sure there are templates out there that would help with making the envelopes.
ReplyDeleteThe trees came out beautifully - but the background, the combination of the textured paper and snowflakes, that is really WOW.
ReplyDeleteI still swear by the WRMK 3-in-1 punchboard for off-size envelopes; it's paid for itself many times over. These days I have got smarter and try (don't always succeed!) to make a custom envelope at the time whenever I make a card that will need one, so the card is ready to go whenever.