Another Ladies' Card Meeting in the Making

The ladies definitely enjoyed round one of card making.  We're getting ready to do a double event in a few weeks - 3 cards in the morning, carry-in luncheon and another 3 in the afternoon.  In the midst of preparing for 2 Christmas programs at school I managed to choose 6 designs that I wanted to use.  Today's card is my version of a card by Lorri Heiling.  I adore the technique of using double-sided paper to create the Christmas Tree.

I began with a base made from Shades of Red (Recollections) cardstock.  Next I took a sheet of Vanilla cardstock and embossed it with swirling vine folder.  I cut it down to make a mat for the tree and sentiment.  I used another piece of vanilla for the sentiment and stamped the Christmas sentiment with Color-it ink and matted it with olive cardstock.  I found a cute stitched ribbon on sale at Michael's for 70% and loved how it matched the lines in the design of the paper.  I used my Cricut to cut a 5" circle that was cut in half and scored at 1 1/4" to make the tree.  I followed the instructions at A Creative Operation and came up with this adorable tree.  Finally I added a star burst gem at the top and some textured brown paper as the stalk at the bottom.  Of course, I had to throw in a few pearls to give some extra bling.

   For the inside, I used the same ribbon and ink as before and stamped Santa flying through the air.

I can't wait to try this one with the ladies!  I wish our local craft stores had double-sided Christmas paper because I would love to try a few more styles with folded tree.

Supplies:

Cardstock:   Recollections - Shades of Red, Boutique Floral, Vanilla; Stash - Brown Textured
Design Paper: Stampin' Up

Stamps: Stampin' Up - All-Year Cheer I; Inkadinkado - Holiday Silhouettes

Dies and Punches: Cricut Machine
Embossing Folder: Park Lane - Vines
Ink: Color-it - Cherry Red

Embellishments: Recollections - Pearls; Want2Stamp - Bling Gems; Celebrate It - Red-stitched Ribbon