Oh Christmas Tree...

I can't seem to stop working on a Christmas theme! This card was made using the fantastic sketch this week at http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/. As soon as I saw this I loved the rounded corners on each piece in the layout. I think this is a sketch I will be using again and again.

The papers used are from the English Paper Company and being on the red, green and gold theme are perfect for the challenge at http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/.

To bring the colour scheme together more I chalked the card my Christmas tree image is stamped on and paper pieced the trees with the same green paper used for matting and layering. As the challenge at http://tandastamps.blogspot.com/ is 'oh Christmas Tree' I think my small Anita's Christmas stamp fits this theme well.

In the original sketch there is a flower at the top left corner. A flower would not have worked with my design, but I was really pleased to remember my holly leaf punch that I bought recently and as one of the papers has holly leaves on I think this works well. It also means I can enter this card for the challenge at http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ where this week the challenge is to use punchies.

Yeah a quadruple whammy!!!

I finished the card off with gems to decorate the tree. Found I only had 3 of the red, but actually the mix of colours is growing on me.