Swirly Little Christmas

Fiskars Softouch 5 Inch Micro-Tip Scissors

Cheers

January 01, 2018

I do like your flourish branch.... after all, I've seen wire Christmas trees that have these as branches to hold ornaments. (They lose a lot fewer needles anyway.) Like the border punch snowflakes combined with the plaid pp.

January 01, 2018

Cuteness!

December 12, 2017

Too cute!

December 10, 2017

December 09, 2017

December 08, 2017

Swirly Little Christmas

I wanted to try using alternative dies or just a flourish to see if I could create a sense of a Christmas tree branch without using a pine branch die. I think this worked out!

The Hammie Holiday Fun Your Next Stamp stamp was Copic colored and I used a bit of Lawn Fawn bakers twine to tie a bow and faux hanger loop (I actually just used an embroidery needle to punch holes to give a taut hanging loop look). The edges were trimmed down with one of my first border punches, Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake Punch Around the Page (retired), to add a decorative edge. The patterned plaid paper from my scrap box is so old that I have no idea where it came from! :P

The inside I kept simple with just a couple of hand cut banners from more small patterned paper scraps and a stamped out sentiment from the Your Next Stamp Hammie Holiday Fun stamp set