Wednesday, December 02, 2015

{Spotlight Project} Shirley Chooses a Christmas Tree


I've been choosing a Christmas tree - from the Mixed Media Elements set! Can you see any Christmassy images in there? The ones that sparked my imagination are the second and third down on the right. With those nice tapered sides I thought they had the great makings of a tree when used the other way up. The image below them, and the top two, could work as fillers. The one next to the numbers could be a tree trunk. That inksplat one near the bottom would make a great tree top. See where I'm going with it?


I arranged the stamps on my block, inked them up with Pine Needles and Forest Moss Distress Inks, then spritzed and stamped onto mixed media paper. There was still plenty of ink left on the stamps, so I re-spritzed and stamped on a second piece of paper.


The trunk was inked up just with Forest Moss, spritzed, stamped, respritzed, restamped. Then I needed a pot for the Christmas tree. Enter, Vignette: Retro Mod Shapes. This is such a versatile and useful set.

I decided against any sentiment or text on the front, but I couldn't go past splattering :) I added a bit of machine stitching on both, then mounted them onto kraft, trimming one to show the kraft card base, but leaving the other full sized.






I can see quite a few more Christmas images in that set. The two circular images would make great baubles, don't you think?


Stamps Shirley used in today's project:

    

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20 comments:

  1. JerrieWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 12:18:00 PM PST

    Shirley, pretty cool how you put the stamps together for a Christmas tree! Your tree is holly jolly!

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  2. CarolWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 12:30:00 PM PST

    Love this Shirley...what an inspired way to use the stamps! Carol x

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  3. Mac MableWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 12:44:00 PM PST

    Ohhh now that's really clever and creative. What a unique idea and loving the technique you've used for the 'trees' x Off to take a look at my stamps in a different way, thank you for the inspiration x

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  4. FikretaWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 1:27:00 PM PST

    great card
    >^.^<

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  5. SandyWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 2:02:00 PM PST

    Wow, it takes a special eye to start with that set a see a tree. Well done Shirley.

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  6. maria f.Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 2:28:00 PM PST

    So creative. Love that bold one.

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  7. CharkWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 6:18:00 PM PST

    these are so cool!

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  8. kiwimeskreationsWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 7:44:00 PM PST

    WOW - these are stunning Shirley - love the texture you have gained by using the water colour look, as well as that wonderful splat on the top :-)
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  9. nancy littrellWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 8:34:00 PM PST

    Love your mixed media stamped cool tree Shirley. TFS your steps too.

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  10. LisaWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 8:41:00 PM PST

    Love this! The cards are cool and I have to try that technique!...

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  11. SuchiWednesday, December 2, 2015 at 10:26:00 PM PST

    How very clever and creative! Love it.. :)
    Suchi xx

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  12. Becca YahrlingThursday, December 3, 2015 at 2:48:00 AM PST

    What a genius mind you have! These are so awesome.

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  13. hellerlittleThursday, December 3, 2015 at 3:05:00 AM PST

    what a great idea to use the stamps put together for a xmastree !!!
    TFS it Shirley
    CU hellerlittle

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  14. Julia AstonThursday, December 3, 2015 at 5:22:00 AM PST

    What a creative design - love your tree and the colors you used!

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  15. Dr Sonia S VThursday, December 3, 2015 at 9:08:00 AM PST

    How you do have "creative" eyes!! Such a clever design
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  16. cghundleyThursday, December 3, 2015 at 10:08:00 AM PST

    How cool!
    Great way to
    use them in
    a different
    way.
    Carla from Utah

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  17. Helen GullettThursday, December 3, 2015 at 11:06:00 AM PST

    Wow! This tree is so cool! One creative way of creating tree from that stamp set! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  18. UnknownThursday, December 3, 2015 at 4:02:00 PM PST

    Your tree uses one of my favorite stamp sets. Love I to use my imagination when looking at sets such as this one.

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  19. UnknownThursday, December 3, 2015 at 4:02:00 PM PST

    Your tree uses one of my favorite stamp sets. Love I to use my imagination when looking at sets such as this one.

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  20. Denise BryantWednesday, December 30, 2015 at 6:33:00 PM PST

    Very clever use of the stamps! Love these fun cards!

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