Christmas Tree Shape-Up

We're doing a summertime Shape-Up at Jingle Belles ... making shaped holiday cards ... anything other than a square or rectangle is fair game.

I thought a Christmas Tree shaped card would be fun, so I embossed my long-neglected Christmas Tree die on some patterned paper ... but unfortunately, the embossing got lost in the patterns, so I was going to throw it away and try again.   However, when I turned over the paper, I saw the back was a gorgeous solid ivory metallic, so I decided to use the de-bossed image for my design.

I hand-cut the tree and then attached it to an olive green card base and hand-cut the border.  I added lots of twinkling *lights* and a sparkling star to finish my design.

I'm also joining the Christmas Card Challenge, where the theme is anything goes and Party Time Tuesday where they're celebrating Christmas in July.

Comments

[Bev]

Oh I'm so glad this one didn't hit the recycle bin! That debossing is fantastic. Great hand cutting too...I can't cut a straight line without my trimmer, lol! Perfect amount of twinkling lights too. Oh, and at Virgina's View challenge, it's also a shaped card... Have a great weekend.