November 29, 2010


I've been busy making Christmas cards lately and this one was inspired by my Christmas tree.  Yep, I have a purple Christmas tree! 

I first stamped the ornaments using perfect plum, pale plum and silver encore ink and then I stamped the ornament hangers using my stamp-a-ma-jig.  Once the ink was dried I stamped over the ornaments again using VersaMark ink and then I quickly sprinkled SU's dazzling diamonds glitter over them.  My next step was to heat emboss the glitter.  It looks so pretty in person!

Just below my stamped/embossed ornaments I scored two lines using my score-pal and then I decided to add some silver cording over top of my dry embossed lines.  And finally, I sponged along the edges of my white card stock using perfect plum ink and then stamped my sentiment just below my score lines (and to the right).

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you all had a great holiday weekend.  My weekend was great and I was able to get some shopping done.  See you tomorrow!

Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Christmas Greetings
Card Stock: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, White
Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Silver Encore, VersaMark
Supplies: Silver Cording, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heat Gun, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Score-pal, Sponge
Technique: Heat Embossing, Dry Embossing, 2 Step Stampin', Sponging Pin It

6 comments:

TrishG said...

Wonderful, Patty! I love the shades of purple. I really miss the lighter purple shades that SU retired. Love your ornaments and the silver cord. very lovely card!

The Mama Monkey said...

I love the purple! And I bet your tree is gorgeous! Love the spin away from the ordinary!

Donna Heber said...

Patty,

I just LOVE this card! I am a purple gal myself and my Christmas tree is victorian. I bet this card is stunning in real life with the dazzling diamonds. Thanks for sharing.

Shelly Schmidt said...

So pretty- I would love to see a picture of your purple tree! Love your card! TFS

Marilyn said...

Stunning! Who would hav thought a purple Christmas card could be so pretty... it is gorgeous!

Carrie said...

this is beautiful. this card my SIL would love because she loves the plums and purples. Wonderful job.