Trim the Tree Archives - Inkspired Treasures

It’s time for another Thursday Challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary. This time it’s a fun Color Challenge, so grab your inks and play along!

And here’s the card I made. I love the unusual cut along the right edge of the card…makes it “fancy smancy”! l also love the plaid of Trim the Tree Designer Paper against the lacy snowflake in Letterpress Winter!

Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, folded in half. Along the right front edge, I used the Apothecary Accent Framelit (only run it partially thru to cut the edge).
Add a 2 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Trim the Tree Designer Paper to the left side.
Wrap the Lost Lagoon Ribbon around the DSP and secure on the back.
Stamp the large snowflake from Letterpress Winter with Lost Lagoon Ink and cut with the Snowflake Card Thinlet Die, turn 90 degrees and cut it again so the entire snowflake is cut out.
Cut the medium snowflake from Silver Glimmer Paper and adhere to large snowflake.
Stamp For You with Cherry Cobbler and punch with the 1″ Circle Punch and add to the center of the snowflake with a Stampin’ Dimensional. Add two Rhinestone Jewels to the sides.
Add the snowflake to the front of the card.
Tie a bow with more Lost Lagoon Ribbon and add to the front with a Mini Glue Dot.

Inside, cut Whisper White to 4 x 5 1/4. Stamp the rectangle with Lost Lagoon Ink. Then stamp Season’s Greetings with Cherry Cobbler ink.

OK…go check out the rest of the challenge team over on Create with Connie and Mary and see what they did with the challenge this week!

WOOHOO! Over on Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Collection 2014 we are showing off the sets we used this past week with a BLOG HOP!!! Come take the tour and see what the designers have come up with. (Of course, you can only see the actual 3D projects if you are a subscriber!) You probably have just come from Deb Currier’s blog…love her card, don’t you? Before you take the tour, here is some information about our Holiday Collection 2014 session:

We are just finishing up Week 2 on our Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Collection 2014! We are doing four weeks of holiday and winter projects for home decor and gift giving! It’s not too late to join and you won’t miss anything…you can refer back to the projects 24/7 for up to a year! For only $29.95 US, you’ll get over 24 project ideas not shown ANYWHERE else! So, stop by Create with Connie and Mary and sign up!

I used Stampin’ Up!’s single stamp, Christmas Bauble for my card since I used it on my fun project this past week! I really wanted the ornament to look “shiny”, so I used Cherry Cobbler and Calypso Coral Blendabilities to shade it. The Gold Glimmer paper and Gold 1/8″ Ribbon really make it sparkle!

Here are the details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 Cherry Cobbler cardstock folded in half to make the base.
Along the right side is a 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 piece of Trim the Tree Designer Paper Stack.
I added a 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of Gold Glimmer Paper to hide the seam.
I cut a 3 x 3 3/4 piece of Whisper White and adhered it towards the bottom left side.
Holiday Cheer from Cheerful Tags was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
The ornament was stamped with Tuxedo Black on scrap Whisper White, then colored with Cherry Cobbler, Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Crumb Cake Blendabilities. I added some White Gel Pen highlights.
I punched a 1/8″ hole in the ornament handle and threaded the 1/8″ Gold Ribbon thru the hole to the back of the ornament and adhered to the back of the Whisper White.
The ornament was popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Finally, I added some banner strips on the right side of the ornament from Trim the Tree DSP and Gold Glimmer Paper.

I love how it turned out!