Friday, November 28, 2014

Terrific tree card

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  The other designers at Mountain Plains Crafters and I thought you might enjoy seeing our creations for fun and inspiration. We choose the theme of Trees. I was excited because I saw this card by  Kittie Caraccilo and I knew right away that I wanted to make a card like it. I usually don't CASE cards, but this one was super pretty and my daughter asked me to make her one like it.  I took Kittie's general idea and made it my own. This card was a little time consuming to say the least. But I had a blast.






I punched the branches using my Martha Stewart punch. I have had my punch for a long time and sadly during this project, It died. Don't worry a new one is on its way. I glued the branches in a triangle shape  using my Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.



I wanted little candy canes for my tree. I thought about just cutting them out with scissors. Then I looked at my punches. I have an old EKSuccess Heart Corner punch. .When the heart is punched out the remaining pieces were two curved swoosh like pieces. I used a red marker to make the stripes on the candy canes and then I cut the cane- swooshes apart. As I looked at the candy canes, I wanted a little bit more shine. I took a pearly fingernail polish and went over the candy canes. It gave them a shiny pearly look.  I added pearls, red embroidery floss bows and a punched star painted gold.


The paneling was done by scoring white cardstock. I added crimped cardstock at the top for the top molding. Under my tree I used a Martha Stewart Train edge punch. I cut and glued the train so that it only had one engine and several cards. I painted the train red and black and added gold to the top of the cars and to two of the smokestacks.



 I made two little origami boxes and added embroidery floss bows.

After all the work I did on this card I wanted it to be able to be displayed. I made it into an easel card so it could stand up on my daughters desk. I added a paper doily to the floor of the card, to make it look like a rug on the floor.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my post and looking at my card. I would love for you to leave a comment telling me what you think.

5 comments:

  1. MariLynn this is stunning - love all the dimension and detail you have incorporated.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  2. my goodness i'm not surprised your punch died!! this is amazing!!! beautifully done!

    lovies, =o) kel
    (fellow DDD DT member)

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  3. Wow, this is amazing!!! No wonder your punch gave up! PInning it!

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  4. Wow! That tree looks almost real!! How cool is that and what a perfect way to display it!

    Thank you for leaving your kind comment on my grandma's tribute post. She was an amazing lady.

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  5. Oh my!!! MariLynn you did Kittie's card proud! What a gorgeous tree card! Your train is ADORABLE! This is a treasure! Love it!

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