A wee Christmas tree...

Hello,

Just a quick post with a card I made for the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #122. Here is this week's sketch chosen by the wonderful Renee Lynch.

I just love this sketch!  I had been playing with one of my favorite Waltzing Mouse Stamp sets "Sewing Box Christmas"and came up with this card:

I hand stamped the tree and then fussy cut it out.  I just love the way it turned out. I love the home-spun feel of the sewing box stamp sets so much and I used some of  the smaller stamps - the star and heart - to create my background.  And I of course added glitter to my card as I do to almost all of my Holiday cards.

I love the new Waltzing Mouse "Opera Tags" dies and used one to back my tree.  I edged it with some brown sugar ink to bring out some of the detail in the die cut.  I used a small doily diecut to create a "rug" for my tree to sit on.

Thanks for taking a look at my card!  There are so many inspiring cards from the designers over at the Waltzing Mouse Challenge Blog.  I hope you find time to join in this week's challenge!
 Happy Crafting!

: ) Jill

Supplies:

A little bit of green paint....

Hello all,
I was doing some blog hopping this afternoon and came upon the Embellish Magazine.com "Paint Color Trends Challenge". 

Here is the inspiration graphic and color pallette:

 

I recently purchased a little 6x6 distressed diamond mask and have had it sitting on my desk ready for use.  I decided this was the perfect opportunity to try it out.  I also have a notebook where I jot down card ideas when they come to me and have been wanting to try making a "felt" christmas tree using the star border dies from Papertrey Ink.  I woke up one morning with the idea in my head and drew a quick sketch in my notebook.  I am happy to report that it came out as cute as I thought it would!

 

 

I also chose to decorate the inside of the card as I usually enclose a Holiday letter in my cards and just sign our names to the actual message area.

 

That is it for me tonight!  Thanks for taking a look at my card!  Sorry that the pictures have shadows and are a little dark - it is overcast in Seattle this afternoon and very dark and shadowy even with my extra lighting!!! 

 

:) Jill