We're celebrating BLING at Jingle Belles ... I will confess, I have a fairly large drawer completely full of bling. Lately sequins and enamel dots have been a favorite, but today I'm playing with pearls using a technique I call deconstructed bling. In my stash, I had some adhesive pearl frames that have been there forever (I'm pretty sure I won them in some blog prize).
I die cut my Christmas tree from Teal Glitter Paper and then started cutting apart the frames and adding the bits and pieces to my tree like a pearl garland. I ended-up using two frames to decorate my tree. I finished with a few random pastel pearls that I had leftover in my collection to add a bit of bling to the night-time snowy sky.
I finished with a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Merry & Bright (love that cursive font).
I'm also joining the Holiday Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More ... and Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp.
We hope you'll break out some of that neglected bling and join us.
Love that gorgeous background - your beautifully decorated tree stands out so nicely against it, Stef! Thanks for playing along with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
Posted by: Lin Brandyberry | January 29, 2016 at 05:47 PM
LOVE this card! The bkgrd is amazing and your pearlized tree looks terrific in teal. :)
Posted by: Gabby | January 30, 2016 at 01:02 AM
BLING-tastic!!! srsly in loooooooove with this one; everything about it is fab, but i have to say the GREY background with the pastel pearls is what takes it over the top! YIKES that's cool!
Posted by: lauren | January 30, 2016 at 01:39 PM
Did decorating your tree take forever? It was totally worth it (says the girl who did not make this card). Your background paper is PERFECT too. I absolutely love the pearls on it. I think I have that paper somewhere too…now I want to find it :) Such lovely inspiration!
Posted by: June Houck | January 30, 2016 at 01:49 PM
This is gorgeous! I love the pearl accents!
Thanks for sharing it over at ATSM!
Posted by: Mandy LaCroix | January 30, 2016 at 03:18 PM
Gorgeous tree and I love the garland, Stef! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATSM!
Posted by: Barb Ghig | January 31, 2016 at 07:18 PM
I love your colour palette here, the teal glitter paper is gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing at ATSM this week, Aniat x
Posted by: Anita | February 03, 2016 at 12:19 PM