Sunday 25 November 2012

Papertrey Ink Christmas Card

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Hello everyone,

Its the Papertrey Ink blog hop today and this time Nichole challenged us to use a book cover as inspiration for a project. I chose to use the cover of the book Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach



I am drawn to the colours and tree design on this cover and used harvest gold, chocolate brown and scarlet jewel in my card. I cased the tree panel on the book but used a Christmas tree from the 'Believe' set so I could add to my Christmas card pile. I wanted it to be a flat card for posting so I first cut and coloured the tree and then made a panel and cut out the tree shape from it with the tree die.



I then inserted the cut and coloured tree so that it fit snugly in the panel and had a kind of embossed look that I liked.


I freehand cut and stamped a little pot to ground the trunk, mounted the panel and stamped a sentiment to make the finished card.


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy hopping today for all the inspiration you will find.

Hugs
Carol x






19 comments:

victoria h said...

Beautiful card

Stamps and Paper said...

Hi Carole...love the technique you haves used on your card...great design and love your colour combinations

Anne

Tracey McNeely said...

Carol your card is brilliant! I am in love with that tree and how you embedded it!

Kelly S. said...

This is GORGEOUS! Fab die cutting...love how you cut through the multicolored cardstock pieces. The little white showing around the tree highlights your coloring perfectly!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Love the idea of using the negative space with stamps.

Nancy Penir said...

Rich, gorgeous colors! That stamp set is one of my fav's!

Joyce said...

This is so striking and gorgeous. I love the colors you chose, and it was fun to see how you built the card.

Lee said...

Beautiful card. Love those gorgeous colours...so rich and warm.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing the technique for your card. I love the result, will have to try it myself! Pat K.

Cindy H. said...

What a beautiful card! Love that technique and the color combo.

Jacquie Southas said...

You have achieved fabulous dimension for a "flat" card - it really is lovely!

Darnell said...

Very unique and a perfect take on your cover art inspiration, Carol! Thank you for sharing that great creative process you used to get to the finished beautiful piece!!

Marybeth said...

Wow Carol! This card is gorgeous ,elegant and so creatively put together. Love the way you made this one and the sentiment is centered perfectly!

carol (krillsister) said...

Beautiful card. Love the technique you used.
The panel is georgeous.
Love the little basket to fround the tree. perfect!

Marlena M. said...

Beautiful inspiration and interpretation Carol~

LEG Studios said...

Love how you die cut the tree out of multi-panels ... great effect and a beautiful holiday card!

Karin Ã…kesdotter said...

This is sooo BEAUTIFUL Carol! Love your wonderful colors - so perfect for a holiday card - and what a great idea to use bookcovers as inspiration. Will have to try that! (wish pti wasn't so expensive to ship here...)
Hugs, Karin

Stacy said...

Wow, this card is phenomenal! I'd like to try out the technique you have shown ~ it is just lovely.

Thank you for your thoughtful comment on my blog. I appreciate it. ~ Stacy

Cheryl said...

Oh, this is gorgeous! I love the colors you used.

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