This card turned out way better than I had in my head!
It's really hard to see, but the red background is embossed cs. The tree frame is the negative from a Sizzix die, backed with "designer paper" that was a gift bag in it's first life. I'm so glad I kept it all those years ago!
I hand cut the banners from the patterned paper and used the Perfect Layers tool to make the mats for them. I stitched loops in the ribbon and the glued them down with gue dots.
The tiny little crystal ornament was filched from a Christmas decoration I have, threaded with gold cord and placed between the pleats with glue dots. The focal piece is mounted with dimensionals.
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012 GMT Views: 897
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Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Sat, Aug 04, 2012 @ 10:28 AM
Sorry you got to this before I edited it - had to take a break and didn't want to lose what I had ready to upload. I'm glad you like my card, the paper was a gift bag I've had for years!
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Tue, Aug 14, 2012 @ 12:46 PM
Very pretty! I love that you used Christmas fruits for the challenge. Thanks for joining in (and sorry to be so late commenting! Life just gets in the way!)