Saturday, 25 May 2013

A Little Twine Tree

For our last challenge of the month we have an embellishment challenge and I was so thrilled when I saw this one because you will know that I am a big fan of TWINE!

However, I usually tie it around my card, or make small bows (and there's nothing wrong with that!) but I wanted to go all out on this one and so, cruising around I came upon a technique where you make a twine panel and stick it behind an aperture. I knew I could adapt this for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge, even if I didn't have a Christmas tree die cut. Here's my little twine tree....


and here's my card

I stamped the tree from Season Of Joy three times and cut out the central one with my craft knife. I stuck the green twine onto double sided tape before adding a dark green mat. I added a little more twine around the panel (you can surely never have enough twine on a Christmas card) and made a pop up banner in the same dark green, with a fussy cut sentiment from Sassy Salutations.  A few gems to add some sparkle and I'm pretty pleased with myself! I'm going to pop it into the challenge at Winter Wonderland where the challenge is 'All Tied Up'.

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9 comments:

  1. Mynn xx26 May 2013 at 01:57

    Absolutely LOVE THIS, Louise! That twine tree is fabulous and I adore the shades of green! Hope you're having a happy weekend! :)

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  2. Marie Bingaman26 May 2013 at 03:58

    I'm pretty pleased with your card too! I really like how this turned out...hopefully I can CASE this one day! :)

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  3. downrightcrafty26 May 2013 at 07:41

    what a gorgeous representation of our theme thanks for joining us at the Winter Wonderland
    Hugs Kate xx

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  4. Patricia Hays27 May 2013 at 03:55

    The twine tree turned out terrific!
    {Don't try saying that three times fast unless you actually do like tongue twisters. LOL)

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  5. Ruth M27 May 2013 at 10:36

    Wowsers Louise, that is a fab card using that twine technique, so clever and you've done a wonderful job! Love the bling you added to make the twine tree sparkle!
    Ruth x

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  6. Deborah27 May 2013 at 15:59

    Beautiful card, love the 'twine tree'. Thank you for joining us for this week's Winter Wonderland Challenge.

    Deborah A

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  7. Patricia Hays28 May 2013 at 15:54

    I love how you did the twine tree! I like that the twine is underneath the image panel and you've cut out the tree to show it off.

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  8. sarahstone28 May 2013 at 15:55

    Hi Louise! I really like how your card turned out with the twine panel behind the cutout tree! The little sparkles add so much to it too! Great job.

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  9. Deborah Frings30 May 2013 at 16:27

    I love this card! The colours are fabulous and the twine Christmas tree is a great idea! Great card!

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Thanks for leaving a comment. I love reading them all!
Louise xx

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