Floral Christmas Tree

When I saw the Christmas Tree Card by Card Company in their advertisement in December 2007 Paper Crafts, I knew I wanted to try to do something similar using my Primas.  This is one of those times that the end result was exactly how I envisioned it in my mind.

I also remembered to take pictures as I proceeded, so you can see how the tree was created.  I added some fun hand-cut presents under the tree for the Daring Cardmakers Piles of Parcels challenge.  I stamped various present stamps (Stampin' Up, Kolette Hall, and Paper Salon) on DP scraps and hand cut them to go under the tree.  The sentiment is by Savvy.  The ornaments are tiny epoxy stickers.

I started my tree with a box of Prima Elements.

I used the colors in the Prima box to determine the colors of my card.  The DP behind the tree is from Basic Grey Figgy 6x6" pad.

I cut a large flower in half for the bottom row of the tree.  For the remaining part of the tree, I continued to cut flowers in half, but folded them in 2/3 before attaching them with a glue dot (I found the folding in 2/3 rather than folding half allowed the glue dot to attach to both the top and bottom layer of the fold).

The second row was made folding four flower halves.

I continued to add the folded flowers making each row slightly narrower to produce the tree shape.  I went back and tucked in some smaller blooms to keep the balance of the different colors throughout the tree.

To finish the tree folded half of a large flower to form the top and added the trunk and a jewel star.  I squeezed a line of lime green stickles onto my index finger and tamped it all over the tree to evenly distribute the glitter on the branches.

I hope you pull out your primas and make a fun holiday tree.

Lastly, a snow picture for my Gran in Arizona who never gets to see snow.  It's still coming down.

Comments

[Jacqueline]

That is very beautiful, what a wonderful way to create!

[mary leeson]

How lovely! I love all the texture. TFS. Blessings to you~

[Jen]

WOW! This is oe of the best cards I've seen - Stef, this is amazing.