This is for LSC189. Well, Judy!!! You got me to use something that I have never used. I got these Rhinestone brads when they first came out with Stampin Up and this is the first time I've ever used them. I was not hoarding them.....just don't fit my usual style of card. I decided to use all three sizes of them on the new evergreen tree from Flourishes. I know some people freak out to use more than a couple of brads at a time....but since I may never use these again I decided to to whole hog.
I stamped the tree on watercolor paper with Distress Peeled Paint. I filled in a tiny bit with a dry brush run directly over the ink pad and then stippled on the tree. I sponged Distress Scattered Straw all aound the tree to make it glow. I used my paper piercer to punch holes randomly around the tree and attached the brads. Those brad backs are so huge that I used mounting tape to attach it to the back layer instead of trying to glue the tree layer down flat. I tied tiny little red satin knot/bows to attach to the tree to complete the tree decorations. Liquid Applique neated for snow along the tree base and a red grosgrain bow completed the main image layer. I cut a red scalloped border with my decorative scissors and place a strip of the DP over it for contrast. I really love this tree.
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Fri, Oct 10, 2008 @ 5:08 PM
Kittie your tree just glows! Love it! TFS :0)
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Registered: May 25, 2007 Location: Mississauga, Ontario Posts: 6956
Fri, Oct 10, 2008 @ 5:40 PM
Oh my! This is just STUNNING! Great job on the challenge! TFS.
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Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Fri, Oct 10, 2008 @ 6:09 PM
A beautiful card. Very creative. This size tree I wouldn't mind decorating.
Phyllis Long
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