Christmas Tree card

I know this post is late (worked late last night and didn't get home till 8:00 PM ) but to make up for that I have a two-for-one today.

First, the snowy tree card:

 

This was inspired by several cards I saw online using a pine tree branch punch that I currently do not own. I know, how is that even possible you might think. Over 600 punches and yet there are still great must-haves I do not own yet. I'm having a hard time with it myself :)

 

I looked through my vast collection and thought there has to be a good substitution in there somewhere. What I came up with was the large duty miller leaf punch from PB. For the above tree I  actually used a combination of the large and the medium, but it's not necessary to have both sizes. I'm not sure how many but I'm guessing approx. 24 leaves were used.

 

The tree decorations are several 3/16" circles punched from silver sparkling cardstock and a few little clear jems. The tree is topped with a small northern star (EK) also punched from the sparkling paper. The snow is a torn piece of white cardstock. My greeting is an old SU stamp.

 

 

After I made this card I thought to myself, I can do better.

So, I played some more and came up with an indoor decorated Christmas tree.

 

 

I arranged the leaves a little differently, added a tree skirt and more assorted decorations, some sparkles and volia. Hope you like it.

 

As you can see I made several different versions. All are mounted on white embossed cardstock.

 

Full instructions for the punch art tree below.

 

 

 

This concludes my 24 (+) days of Christmas punch art.

Next I'm working on some gifts I have to finish by Christmas.

 

 

and a partridge in a pear tree

Today I am sharing the instructions for my Partridge punch art card.

 

The greeting is an old SU stamp. I split the 3 words by punchign each with the word window punch (SU), 2 are double punch to shorten the label. These are then mounted onto the modern label (SU), one is trimmed as well.
All pieces are inked along the edge, and the bird has been inked and detailed with black marker.

Full instructions for the partridge punch art is below.

Come back tomorrow for my Christmas tree punch art card.

Dove Christmas Card

Today we'll take a closer look at my Dove Christmas card.

The green background strips were embossed with the Spellbinders Flora embossing template and then mounted onto black. The greeting is from an old SU stamp set on the curly label (SU), mounted onto EK's large flourish label.
The punch art dove is mounted on a 52mm s.giant oval (PB)
I also accented the card with various gems.

Full instructions for the punch art dove below.

Come back tomorrow for another Christmas punch art card

Two ornaments card

Let's take a closer look at my two ornaments punch art card.

Just like yesterday's card, this one doesn't require a punch art recipe.

Card base and black mat were embossed using the Provocraft Swirls embossing folder.
The greeting is an old SU stamp on an large EK flourish label.
I inked over the embossing with silver to add more depth to the design.
The ornamenets are embelished with a north star punch (EK papershaper). I also punched the top part of the SU ornamenet in silver for the hanger.
Both ornaments have been hung with silver thread and were accented with a bow.
I also added a large red crystal to the red one and 4 small clear crystals to the corners of my greeting mat.

Hope you come back tomorrow for another punch art card.

Ornament Card

Lets start out this week with an easy one, the single ornament Christmas card.

The instructions  are quite simple, yet (I think) this card looks very elegant.

I embossed silver glitter cartdstock with the Provo Craft Swirl embossing folder and then punched my ornament (SU).
I mounted it on a large label (flourish by EK). This was matted onto 2 of the same label punch that I cut in half. The first was cut legnth wise and the other widthwise. Adhering these onto the back of the black label,  overlapping slightly at the corners, creates a mat effect.
The grey and white cardstock are embossed with the Flora Spellbinder embossing folder. I also used a corner punch (PB) at the top left of my grey mat.
The greeting is an old SU stamp on a double punched curly label (SU); which is matted with a double punched large flourish label (EK).
I then accented the card with a few gems and a red ribbon bow.

Come back tomorrow for another one of my Christmas punch art card.