Sunday, August 23, 2009

SPCC#11 .....hello tree

Happy Sunday friends! I had a flash last night that the SPCC challenge #11 colors were perfect for a tree! I had to give this challenge a second shot since I had this idea burning a hole in my pocket and hey....did you all know the prize is copics this week? That is SO exciting to me so I decided to run with my idea number 2!
the challenge:

my project:

Sorry about the dark picture, it's night time and I usually use the daylight hours for photography. Anywhoo, I used some great stamps from My Cute Stamps called Spunky Nature for stamping the little sprouts along the bottom and for stamping the leaves on the lighter circles in the tree. The darkest green circles (with polka dots) are a DCWV DP. I stamped and circle punched the pieces that form the leafy tree and the trunk has been handcut and randomly folded and inked to simulate wood grain. More green galore colored accents were added in the form of buttons, flower sequins and ribbon.

This seems like a fun card just for saying hi to a friend so I grabbed this hello stamp from the Papertrey Friends til the end set, stamped and popped it up on foam dots. A little swiss dots cuttlebug also fit well here....but then, if it's up to me, Swiss Dots fits EVERYWHERE! ;)

Thanks for coming by today. I hope you had a great weekend. I sure did!

Supplies:
Paper: Georgia Pacific, Stampin Up! DCWV
Stamps: My Cute Stamps, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stampin Up!
Embosser: Cuttlebug
Sequins: Doodlebug
Craft Supply: buttons and ribbon



19 comments:

Karen said...

Now, Dana, you have gone and fancied up a creatively crafty tree to share! And she's a beaut!! My goodness, you never fail to inspire!! :>:>

heidi said...

WOW. This is so creative and wonderful.

Heidi SP Diva

Susan said...

What a cute card! Your little tree is a delight to behold.

Elise said...

Holy Moly, SLD! This is the MOST darling tree! I love the collagey, greeny, Mr. Greenjeans thing going on with you lately! You are the reining queen o green! LOVE THIS! I wish you could hear me doing a "George of the Jungle" bellow right now! Oooooaaaahahahhhhwwwwooooooowwwwwooo!

Emily said...

Another great card!

Emily-SP Diva

Traveling Mama said...

Dana, you are so right- these colors were perfect for a tree card! And your card is SOOO cute!!

Kristina said...

This is gorgeous - great scene - and great techniques.

Laurel Beard said...

Wow! I absolutely love this! And love what you did with the circle punches to create the tree. How creative! TFS!

Melissa said...

Very pretty! I love the ribbon around the tree, cute!

Anonymous said...

This is so fun and fresh! Beautiful!

tg said...

Cute Dana! What a fun way to make a tree! And you are so brave with the scene, love that! And a new banner. I wish I had your energy!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely adorable. I really like how the tree leaves are made out of circles. Thanks for playing at SPCC!

Melisa-SP Diva

Cat said...

Your layering rocks! So pretty!

Ann said...

So fresh and fun! Love this card!

Kelley Eubanks said...

This is great Dana! That tree is awesome! What a great card!

Courtney Baker said...

Oh I love the tree, but really both of your entries are fantastic! Great job girl!

Stephanie said...

This card rocks! LOVE it! Great job!

~kelly marie~ said...

This tree is the coolest thing! I love the way you used that MCS set! So creative! I am seriously in love with that tree! :)

suzARTe said...

this card is really lovely, that tree looks awesome with the different green PP's