Here I have used a Waltzing Mouse clear stamp in Adirondack Oregano ink. I trimmed the long edges of the panel with my Woodware cutter, using the scallop blade. I then cut top to tail triangles to make the layers of the Christmas trees.
I love the ink effect on this hammered card, I think the uneven coverage adds a little interest which I prefer, rather than just using a polka dot backing paper.
The trunks were stamped with a Stampin' Up sentiment stamp, it actually says WITH JOY but that was too long so I opted just to have the JOY part showing. The sentiment is from SU's Contempo Christmas.
My vertigo still keeps recurring and I keep trying the Epley manoeuvre from time to time...maybe it will settle down again soon... what it is to be getting old!
Do join in with us this week, it's a simple recipe for a Clean and Simple challenge.
Love your card Chrissie hope you soon feel better. I can't link my card xx Jan
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic use of dots - and I love the distressed look you've got from stamping on the textured card stock! I hope the vertigo gets better Chrissie. Getting older is ridiculous isn't it - sometimes I feel like a rusty old piece of machinery with bits falling off it! Vx
ReplyDeleteThis is such an elegant christmas card design - not too complex to replicate for a few either. I love the use of the word for the trunk - I may well CASE that idea if I get time to make some christmas cards.
ReplyDeleteTara x
Hi Chrissie
ReplyDeleteFabulous card as always ...love your ideas.....Stunning ...
hope you soon fel a bit better....Raining here in Gib today....
Hugs sylvie
xxxx
Great card this week,
ReplyDeleteLiz x
Chrissie - your card is simply lovely. I do like the distressed trees and the joyful trunks!!!
ReplyDeleteHope the vertigo settles down soon. As for getting old - I know just what you mean - take care x
Wow - what a stunner!!! I love how you used the sentiment as the trunk!
ReplyDeleteSorry to read about your vertigo :( My mom gets it occasionally.
Thanks for stopping by my blog :)
Maria
A fab design & clever idea.
ReplyDeleteSally x
Great card, love how you have made your trees.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon, I tried the Epley manoeuvre when I had Labrynthitis, it didn't help very much
Beryl x
A very classy looking card. I love your trees and the texture looks great. Sue.x
ReplyDeleteHello! Really like your spotted trees. They are delicious!
ReplyDeleteHi Chrissie,
ReplyDeleteYour trees have eye-catching appeal...wouldn't have thought to do trees with polka dots...but now I have some ideas poking (hee hee) around.
Hope your vertigo has run its course. I had it 2 yrs. ago...nasty feeling.
Erica
love your christmas tress, chrissie! super clever idea!
ReplyDeleteLove this card Chrissie. Great idea to use Joy as the tree trunks.
ReplyDeleteSharon x
Love those trees Chrissie. Hope your vertigo settles down soon. xx
ReplyDeleteThis is a fab Christmas card, beautifully CAS, thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHi Chrissie sorry to hear about your vertigo, no fun at all
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous, you know I love trees and this one is just perfect to me
Anne
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Chrissie, this is so elgant and another lovely card
ReplyDeleteHi hun
ReplyDeletea gorgeous card, luv the trees, very classy card, sue,x
Oh Chrissie sorry to here the vertigo is acting up. As a fellow sufferer, I know how you feel. HUGS.
ReplyDeleteLove how you worked those Christams trees. The "Joy" stamp as the stump is very creative. I like the textured paper too; it does indeed give it that extra something. I also think textured papers give a card a bit more of an high end look.
I hope you feel better soon.
Carole
Fantastic card and love how you have created the trees. Very inspirational using the words as the trunks. Love it :) xx
ReplyDeleteIt's so cool to see all the different ideas you wonderful ladies come up with every week! I have to admit, this totally gets the Elf stamp of approval!!! Love it! The getting old thing.....I've got a birthday coming up soon and I hate that fact I'm getting older! Things don't tend to work the same anymore and I have no patience for that! :O
ReplyDeleteFabulous tree design Chrissie, and so inventive. What a fab. idea to use the Joy stamp for tree trunks - I absolutely love this card. Also - many thanks for another enjoyable challenge.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you are suffering with vertigo - I hope it settles down soon. I occasionally have bouts of "positional vertigo" which, amongst other things, gives the sensation of spinning on a very fast merry-go-round when laid in bed!! My GP said "it's your age" - talk about rubbing salt into the wound!
Sylvia xx
I love this card, the trees look fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteHi Chrissie, Have to apologise for not appearing last week, been a bit off but I'm back and loving your new card:0) Gorgeous trees and the trunk is inspired:0) Sorry to hear you're still suffering from vertigo, not nice, I sincerely hope you feel better soon, Gay x
ReplyDeleteLovely card - spotty trees look fab.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear your vertigo is playing up - I know how that feels, they said to me at the hospital they get a lot of people with stiff necks due to trying not to bring it on - which is what I was doing at one point.
Linbyx
Awesome Christmas card...I love those trees, Chrissie! ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful trees, Chrissie. They make a great Christmas card. Hope you're feeling better . . . Ann
ReplyDeleteDotty Christmas trees are a cool idea and the uneven surface has really added to the textured effect. Love the word trunk too :)
ReplyDeleteJenny x
Love your card Chrissie, love the word as the truck of the tree and great placement of the tress. I hope your vertigo settles soon xx
ReplyDeleteDo I ever love this? YES! The trees are so pretty with the dots and how clever you did the trunks. Super duper card!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card! All the techniques you used to create the trees are perfect. Hope your vertigo settles down soon!
ReplyDeleteOh, my! I LOVE your trees--LOVE that you used a word for the stumps! Super card! :) Thanks for another great challenge!
ReplyDeleteChrissie, Your card is gorgeous! Love the stamped "joy" for the tree trunk. Great design....
ReplyDeleteSuch a super card Chrsiise, love the spotty trees and that grungy look to them and the trunk wording is inspired! Oh poor you with the nasty vertigo, I get it too sometimes . Heard about that technique but always too nauseous to try it! hope it clears up soon, ...you won't be offering to carry Mandi's case then lol. :O) Viv xx
ReplyDeleteHope you're feeling better...it's tough to be down with something. My hubby is having a rough go right now and has just been put on oxygen. I've spent quite a bit of time sitting around in hospitals in the last few weeks and haven't gotten to play like I would like too. Great challenge this week...Your card is perfect! Love those trees!
ReplyDeleteI finally finished a couple of cards and got them posted.
love,love, love it.
ReplyDeletethe little JOYS as tree trunks, so inspiring
Isa
I like the distressed look to the stamping and the use of the sentiment for the tree trunk is clever. Saw your creations in Craft Stamper - well done, and congratulations. Lynn x
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