2020 Christmas Countdown | Day 26 (O Christmas Tree)

Good morning!

Today’s card is definitely a 2020 take on a previous card design of mine. You certainly can’t invent the wheel when it comes to cardmaking, so why try? lol

But it’s always a fun folksy design to create:

Card | Handmade by Natty | WPlus9 Pretty Patches Tree Die

Paper: Pebbles – Cozy & Bright – ‘Tis the Season (r)
Stamps: Hello Bluebird – Typed Christmas, WPlus9 – Heartfelt Holiday (r)
Dies: WPlus9 – Heartfelt Holiday (r), WPlus9 – Pretty Patches: Tree (r), Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Rectangles

I don’t think I will ever manage to pass up a paper design featuring candy cane red and white diagonal stripes! lol Its such a perfect backdrop to layers.

I stamped out the wreath border and the heart and foliage elements from the Heartfelt Holiday stamp set by WPlus9 – incidentally my first ever festive set from WPlus9, which I bought direct from their store all those years ago.

I then created a tree aperture with the Pretty Patches tree die also from WPlus9 and found some vibrant green paper to fill the space for contrast.

The star is an enamel dot from an old My Mind’s Eye Holiday collection called Sugar Plum. It was just the right size and colour to provide a finishing touch for the Christmas tree and worked perfectly with the colour I’d chosen for the sentiment banner.

A happy coincidence. 🙂

Finally, I used light pink Nuvo Drops to add berries around the garland and to complete the sentiment banner.

And yes, there will probably be a 2021 take of this card coming next Christmas!

Happy crafting, until next time!

Hello Bluebird – Typed Christmas stamps Shop at: MISC \| SSS	WPlus9 – Heartfelt Holiday stamps (r) Shop at: MISC \| SHC	WPlus9 – Heartfelt Holiday dies (r) Shop at: MISC \| SHC	WPlus9 – Pretty Patches: Tree dies (r) Shop at: MISC
Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Rectangles dies Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Altenew – Mountain Pine dye ink Shop at: EH \| MISC	Altenew – Sea Glass dye ink Shop at: EH	Lawn Fawn – Black Licorice ink pad Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC
Lawn Fawn – Chili Pepper ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC	Bazzill Cardshoppe – Taffy Shop at: AZ \| EH	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	Pebbles – Cozy & Bright – ‘Tis the Season paper (r) Shop at: SBC
Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops – Bubblegum Blush Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ \| EH	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC
Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

Recent comments

Thanks so much Kathy, this has definitely ended up as one of my default colour palettes – if in doubt,…

So pretty Nat. Love these colours

Oh thank you so much Teresa! I wish I had the creativity of all these wonderful product designers in our…

Beautiful, Natty! I love your Christmas Wishes card and the sentiment stamp you chose. Lesia Zgharda is a gifted designer,…

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Hello Bluebird – Typed Christmas stamps Shop at: MISC \| SSS	WPlus9 – Heartfelt Holiday stamps (r) Shop at: MISC \| SHC	WPlus9 – Heartfelt Holiday dies (r) Shop at: MISC \| SHC	WPlus9 – Pretty Patches: Tree dies (r) Shop at: MISC
Hero Arts – Infinity Nesting Rectangles dies Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Altenew – Mountain Pine dye ink Shop at: EH \| MISC	Altenew – Sea Glass dye ink Shop at: EH	Lawn Fawn – Black Licorice ink pad Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC
Lawn Fawn – Chili Pepper ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC	Bazzill Cardshoppe – Taffy Shop at: AZ \| EH	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	Pebbles – Cozy & Bright – ‘Tis the Season paper (r) Shop at: SBC
Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops – Bubblegum Blush Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ \| EH	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SHC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC
Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

Handmade by Natty