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winter trees

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Caz has chosen the subject of trees for the last of the year challenge at Make My Monday. You can choose a Christmas tree, or forest trees or combine them as I have done with my card here.

My card uses a birch tree die from Taylored Expressions, Christmas tree, from Stamping up, Tiny birds from Poppy Stamps and a sentiment from YNS. I also used the largest modern Oval from Sizzix to create the arch, but cut off part of it at the bottom.

The arch was cut first and the trees were adhered behind after I had added a bit of ink to darken them in places. I added foam tape to the back and set this aside. The background is PP that I’ve had forever, some shimmer CS for the snow hills and I added these to the card front. I set the other layer on top and added the red glitter birds. I cut several of the Christmas tree and layered them for dimension. Added some glitter pen to the tree for the look of baubles but the photo doesn’t pick them up that well. Stamped the sentiment at the top and went over it with a glitter pen. I like using a glitter pen over a sentiment as it softens it a bit without losing the clarity.

Thanks for spending time with me today. As this is the last challenge for the season, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

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  2. What a pretty, frosty scene. I like how you created the arch. The little red birds are so sweet. I used to use a glitter pen over sentiments and have gotten away from it. Thanks for the reminder. It does add a nice subtle sparkle.

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    1. Thanks Judy. I often use a pen over a sentiment because my stamping sometimes isn’t enough if I’ve not used my Misti to do it.

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