Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Oh Christmas Tree!

 Hello again. Hope Tuesday is treating you right.
I have a Christmas card with trees and stars for you today. I went with a monochrome-ish look with various brown and gold shades. I love brown with gold, to my mind they are in the same color family (yellow). I've used a rich brown kraft card for my A7 card base and mats, and Paper Studio Gifts of Gold patterned paper . I also used some Crafters Companion Golden Glow Shimmering card on the big star and the tall trees, along with gold glitter paper on the trees. I used Sizzix Thinlit tree die, Stamplorations tree die, Spellbinders nested star dies and Lawn Fawn sentiment banner die. The little stars scattered about are punched and the white star was stamped and heat-embossed. The SeeD's sentiment was also.
 
  
I used the current challenge sketch at Cut It Up, but I turned it two ways: the top photo is the original sketch; the next photo is me rotating it to the left, then final photo I flipped that horizontally. I also used a star instead of a circle element.
Close up to try to capture some of the shimmer and glittery sparkles.
The back of the card with the front...
Hero Arts stamped sentiments inside...
And final view. Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day! XOX

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:
Browns/Golds

30 comments:

Heather said...

So beautiful, Aimeslee! Love this design - so many pretty layers - fabulous papers! I love all the sparkle you have, too! Thanks so much for playing at Sparkles!

Cindy C. said...

Soooo beautifully done!! Thanks for linking up to our July challenge gallery at Die Cut Divas.

Bella Création (Iza) said...

Fantastik card!
Thank you for your participation in Christmas Craft Creations

Iza DT

SmilynStef said...

fabulous monochromatic design ... so glad you joined our stars and/or stripes prompt at Jingle Belles.

Heather said...

What a fantastic take on our sketch!! The star element is perfect for your theme and works great with the rest of the sketch! Love the brown and gold; they work very well together and the bit of sparkle is perfect! Thanks for playing with Cut It Up Challenge.

Kim said...

Lovely card. I love how you used a star instead of the circle. Thanks for joining the challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.

CA Scrapper said...

Your card is beautiful! Never too early to start making Christmas cards. Thanks for joining our sketch challenge at Cut It Up.

Leslie

Lia said...

Beautiful monochrome card. I like the sparkles!
Lia DT POE

Gerda said...

What a gorgeous card!! Love the pretty papers and the star element you used!! Great take on the sketch!! Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Have a great day.
Gerda

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

So gorgeous and sparkly inside, outside and upside down! Very beautiful.

Thanks for participating in our sketch challenge at Cut it Up!

Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

ScrappyHorses said...

Beautiful card! Great use of the sketch and the golds are perfect! Thanks so much for sharing at Cut It Up! ~Katrina

Darlene said...

WOW! Just GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth Christmas challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!!

Darlene
PEACE ON EARTH CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

lauren bergold said...

such a beautiful and elegant holiday card, i love the cream and white and gold palette, then there's the coooool fancy fold that adds even more interest to this lovely card! so pleased you could join our Jingle Belles fun once more!

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Fabulous
Thank you for entering our Anything Goes Challenge atThrough The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge. Good luck Ginny
My Blog As I do Rodos

Melanie Hungerford said...

How elegant and beautiful! Love the shades of gold and brown together, and such a wonderful touch to finish the back too. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Debbie said...

Beautiful card!
Thanks for playing along this month at Sparkles Christmas Challenge
Debbie - SCC DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That

valscraftings said...

A Beautiful monochrome layered card.

Thank you for joining us at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge! Val DT
https://paperdragonflycreativechallenges.blogspot.com/

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

LUURVE the glitter on this fabulous card Aimes.
Faith x

Beth Norman-Roberts said...

Very exquisite. I would not have thought brown and gold together. It is just so elegant

Sladjana Perisic said...

Your card is so elegant and stunning.
Thank you for sharing with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge. Good luck with your entry, and we hope to see you again.

Donna from Creative Pixie Designs
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Design Team

Alyson Mayo said...

WOW - love the colours, the layers and all the sparkle! This is absolutely beautiful :)

Jennifer Lewis said...

Just fabulous, Aimeslee! I love how you rotate and flip the sketches to make them work for you and as always love the decorated back of the card!

My name is Erika. said...

It's a hopefully quiet Monday for me, and some of that Texas heat has made it here to New Hampshire. AC's are on, and I don't care if I accomplish anything outside today. I am impressed you can make holiday cards in this heat. I do like this glitzy and sparkly star and tree. In fact the tree looks great on the star, and the gold is perfect. I hope you are staying cool. hugs-Erika

Arlene said...

I love the browns and golds - beautiful card. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas Christmas for our July Challenge of "Christmas in July" and always using a die cut or embossed panel.

Suze said...

Beautiful card Aimeslee. I like the layers and the lovely star/tree focal point. Thank you for entering the Any Christmas Card Goes Challenge at 12 Months of Christmas.

Erin said...

The brown and gold color monochrome look of your card is just beautiful! Thank you for joining us at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges!
Erin

AndrejaM said...

Beautiful Monochrome card. Thanks for sharing at The Male Room

Goga said...

Fantastic monochrome card. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room challenge. Goga

Andreja said...

What a beautiful monochromatic card you made :-))
Thanks for playing with us at The Male Room 🧡

Janice said...

Gorgeous monochrome card, thank you for sharing with us at Scribbles Designs, we hope you can join us again soon ~ Janice, Inspiration Team