Monday 9 April 2012

Green Trees

I have an ultra simple card for you today inspired by the Less Is More 'Three Shades of Green' challenge. I had planned to stamp my card...but couldn't find three shades of green ink that would work together in my collection...guess I need to go shopping! lol
So, I used die cuts instead...the trees are a Marianne Designs die...I cut them from various shades of green Core'dinations card...then layered a tree cut from white behind each one to look like snow on the branches...the dark green one in the front is popped up on 3D foam. The kraft card blank is by Craft UK ( I love these!) and the sentiment stamp is from the 'Bubble Tree' set by Woodware.


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22 comments:

  1. Simple, elegant and would make a fabulous "batch" Christmas card too

    Happy Easter

    Kathyk

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  2. classy and love your take on the LIM challenge, been thinking on mine for a whole day, off to try it out or not as the case may be
    Hugs Kate xx

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  3. Simply gorgeous card Helen l love these trees:)x

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  4. The touch of white behind each tree is a great idea Helen.
    Super job!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  5. Fantastic Christmas card, love those trees....

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  6. I love the 'snow' idea. A simple but elegant card that would be perfect for Christmas.

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  7. A really clean and simple, but very nice Christmas card. I wish I could have your mojo and start this early with Christmas. Sure hope I got some Christmas inspiration here. :)
    Thanks for sharing with The Crafty Pad Challenge this week.

    Hugs
    Joanie

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  8. Beautiful christmas card - I love the simple, yet elegant design x x

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  9. Once again that sentiment!!
    Lovely CAS card, Helen.
    hugs Dorte

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  10. Absolutely love it Helen!
    I love that die, too. I finally managed to get hold of it a few weeks ago.

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  11. Fabulous Helen...:o)

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  12. Oooh, super hun! Classic elegance and I love how you have layered the trees. Hugs Sxx

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  13. A fabulous CAS card Helen! I love this tree die, I finally just bought it recently! :D And I'm determined to keep up with you on the Christmas card tally! ;D
    Kelly.x

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  14. How cool is this card?! Those trees are kissing!

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  15. The layer of snow effect is great, Love those trees ,I must try that myself !

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  16. Hi Helen - love this! As you know i'm always last minute with my Chrimbo cards and for Christmas 2010 I used this fab die * 3 to make a number of CAS Christmas cards quickly ... mine were all blue lol! (not sure why trees would be blue but hey!) Love how you have layered the white to create a slight edging with the kraft background - gives it a really different look ... must try something like that :-)
    hugs
    pauline x

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  17. Hi Helen! I love how you layered the trees to create a snow effect. Great for quick cards :-) Thanks for playing along at the Crafty Pad :-)

    Venus - DT

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  18. WOW this is a stunner Helen, really appeals to me

    Thank you very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  19. What a perfectly fabulous holiday card! LOVE those trees!!! :)

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  20. I also have this die and what you have done is a great idea for a very quick and easy Christmas Card. Well done :)

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x