A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Thursday, 3 September 2020

Christmas Tree and Vellum Sky

Christmas is fast approaching and it's time to really work on those Christmas cards!  Collen is hosting CAS Christmas and is asking for Christmas trees this month.

I was looking through my paper stash and found a lovely piece of dark blue vellum with silver stars on it and decided to use it as a background for my Christmas tree.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and die cut a circle in my top panel and attached the vellum to the back of it and then popped it up on foam tape - in real life the delicacy of the vellum is more appealing than in the photo.

I die cut the tree three times and glued them together for dimension.  After adding it to the card, I die cut a small silver star to add to the top of the tree.

Please come and join us with your CAS cards featuring a Christmas tree.  You have until September 24th to link up.  There is lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and this month's Guest Designer, Steph (My Paper Corner) over at CAS Christmas.








Supplies:
Stamps - Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - ColorBox Royal Blue
Paper - white cs, dark blue vellum printed with silver stars
Size - A2
Accessories - unknown Christmas tree die, small star die, Spellbinders circle die, clear embossing powder, foam tape

16 comments:

  1. Beautiful layered white tree, Susan, and I just love your starry vellum behind!!

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  2. The white tree and circle cut out framing really make your beautiful blue vellum starry sky pop Susan!

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  3. Beautiful blue vellum with stars for your background, Susan. Love your CAS die cut stacked white tree with the gold star. Perfect with your blue background. Sweet heat embossed sentiment for the final touch. TFS my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy

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  4. Beautiful card Susan! Love the deep colour of the sky with the shiny, silver stars. Such a wonderful contrast to the white Christmas tree. xx

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  5. Your vellum looks luxurious and I can only imagine in real life how it must look. Love the rich color. Beautiful card, Susan!

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  6. That vellum sky is stunning. The tree is lovely and really stands out against that sky.

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  7. What a lovely, lovely card Susan! That blue vellum with the stars is so pretty and your white die cut tree looks so perfect against the blue! A truly stunning card!! Hugs. :0)

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  8. What a stunning card, your background blue with the stars is so striking and is the perfect background for your snowy white tree! Praying for you friend!

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  9. What a peaceful, starry sky, Susan! Love the detail on this die cut tree! An elegant card, my friend!

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  10. Susan, what a beautiful, elegant card. Love your blue vellum paper with the silver stars to showcase your white tree.

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  11. What a peaceful CAS Christmas tree card, Susan! Love the beautiful contrast between the dark blue sky and the white dimensional tree. The circle window, the tree, and the sentiment are all striking a good balance.
    Hideko xx

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  12. Such a pretty card Susan, that starry vellum paper was a great find and is perfect behind the white tree, love the pop of blue in the sentiment too, Cathy x

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  13. beautiful Susan, great combo with the velum, trees and the star :)

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  14. Your dark blue vellum with the stars is the perfect background, Susan! I love all the detail in your Christmas tree, too! This would be a great card for mass production...I love it! xx

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  15. Wonderful deep colour with the background paper and it looks fabulous against the crisp white Susan x.

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  16. I can’t believe that’s vellum! It’s so rich and dark... perfect contrast for your stacked white tree.
    Hope you’re feeling better. Sending oodles of get well wishes your way.

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