Holiday Card Made With MS Spider Web Edge Punch For Trees

Image is from Close To My Heart's Christmas Love Set 

Even though it is mid-October, I'm already full swing into Christmas crafting!  I love Christmas!  The happiness that the holiday brings always makes me want to extend the season of joy for as long as possible.  Since I make stuff, it is easy to say I "Have" to get a jump start.  The truth is, I "Want" to get started as soon as the Fourth of July is over.  Weird, I know. No haters, please. :-)

Snowy Trees on a Peaceful Card

 Blue and white are two of my favorite color combinations.  They seemed perfect for what I was planning to do with the trees and branches.  The base of the trees is Outdoor Denim with Cocoa trunks.  The strips of paper for the branches are from the Believe B & T pack.  The layer immediately on top of the White Daisy card base is from the Wonderland paper pack.

Martha Stewart Spider Web Punch Around the Page  Edge Punch

I thought this punch made cool looking "branches" for pine trees.  I realize that there is a lot of creative license going on here and maybe it is delusional, but that is my story... and it does look branch-y to me.   After punching the strips of paper I smooshed the tips of the web/branches into White Daisy pigment ink and used white embossing powder to create "snow".  I did the same thing to the stars on the top of the tree.  They were  leftover scraps of Outdoor Denim before they became white stars.

Web - Branches are adhered at the tops of each strip so the bottoms stick out a bit

Supplies:

Stamps: CTMH Christmas Love

Paper: CTMH Believe, Wonderland, Sky, White Daisy, Cocoa, Outdoor Denim

Ink: CTMH White Daisy, Sky

Embellishments: Ribbon, Corsage pin colored and beaded by me

Tools: White embossing powder/heat gun, MS Spider Web Edge Punch, Emaginations Star Punch, Spellbinders Labels Four and Eight, foam tape

EK Success Parisian Edger Punch used for Handmade Paper Rosette

CTMH Wonderland Paper used for both Rosettes

 The EK Success punches are easy to use.  I love how nicely the punched holes always line up with the guides and how cleanly it cuts.

Seam binding ribbon was misted with Perfect Pearls Forever Blue

 The embellishment in the center of the larger rosette is a retired ribbon slide from CTMH.  After running two pieces of ribbon through it, I covered the center with Pearl Opaques Adhesive Gems (CTMH.)

CTMH Shimmer brad is the center embellishment

 These rosettes were made from 12 inch long strips.  The larger rosette is made from a 1 1/2" strip.  The smaller one is a 1 inch strip.

Rosettes can be used on any type of project

These aren't too bulky and would look beautiful on scrapbook pages or cards. I had planned on using the larger one on a specific card I was making, but ended up using a different rosette instead.

Card Box with Wonderland B & T for Die Cuts Storage And New Product Blog Hop

You know how you think you want to use a particular image that you've already cut, stamped or colored in some way and then you Don't end up using it in your project?  Well, I have a bunch of little gems like that in piles all over my work area.  You can see some letters (in the picture below) just wanting a home.  I decided to turn the new CTMH My Creations Card Box into a pretty storage box to sit on my desk to house all those little orphan pieces until I can use them on a card or other project.

 This is what the box looked like beforehand.  Here are some of the papers and other supplies that will be used.

 Here is Spring Iris reinker waiting to be mixed with CTMH's Create a Shade Pearl Paint.

 I'm all about re-using whatever I can, so I save the plastic containers that Tombox refills come in and then use them for painting, etc.

 All the pieces of paper are cut and will be sponge distressed using Crystal Blue ink.  I label whatever I can, so that I can find what I need fairly quickly.  The card box is in the background after I painted it with the newly mixed pearl paint colors.

 I also painted some little wood blocks with white acrylic paint and glued them onto the bottom of the box.  This is the back of the box with a piece of Crystal Blue card stock stamped in White Daisy Pigment Ink and embossed with Clear Detail Powder.  The image is from the Universal Backgrounds set (D1477).

 The sides are both the same with some pewter embellishments.

 This is the front foot with a small butterfly from the Fill In the Blank Stamp set.  On the top of the box are the bird and larger butterfly stamped from the same set.

 The inside of the box is painted with the Spring Iris/Pearl Paint mixture.  It turned a different shade on the surface of the inside walls of the box which gave it a cool two-tone effect.  The box is beginning to get filled up with lots of fun things for future projects!

Here is the top of the box with a paper rosette made from the same paper pack.  The button on the bow is from the new Bling Assortment.   The Sparkles on the butterflies come from the Blue and Green Assortment.

Please join the CTMH New Product Blog Hop hosted by the lovely Ms. Tresa Black. Thanks Tresa!

Wonderland B & T with Key Moments Stamp Set

The new Wonderland paper from CTMH is a set of wintery blues with a bit of Chocolate, Grey Flannel, and Spring Iris mixed in.  I wanted to make a non-wintery card with these papers to show their versatility.  And I live in the desert, so winter themed things aren't usually very popular here.  :-)