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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. Kathyk9 April 2012 at 10:26

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

    Happy Easter

    Kathyk

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  2. downrightcrafty9 April 2012 at 10:41

    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. Sandra H9 April 2012 at 11:02

    Simply gorgeous card Helen l love these trees:)x

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  4. Chrissie9 April 2012 at 11:11

    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. Catherine9 April 2012 at 11:36

    Fantastic Christmas card, love those trees....

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  6. Scrapmate9 April 2012 at 11:59

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

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  7. JoanieMc9 April 2012 at 12:20

    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. Karen M9 April 2012 at 12:49

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

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  9. Dorte9 April 2012 at 16:15

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

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  10. Marianne9 April 2012 at 16:20

    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. Vicky9 April 2012 at 17:38

    Fabulous Helen...:o)

    big hugs Vicky xx

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  12. Squirrel x9 April 2012 at 19:27

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

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  13. Trish and Treasure9 April 2012 at 23:56

    Fantastic Christmas card!
    Trish

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  14. Trish and Treasure9 April 2012 at 23:56

    Fantastic Christmas card!
    Trish

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  15. Little K Smith10 April 2012 at 00:15

    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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  16. Darnell10 April 2012 at 06:06

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

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  17. Toulouse10 April 2012 at 11:50

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

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  18. Pauline C10 April 2012 at 20:14

    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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  19. Venus11 April 2012 at 01:43

    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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  20. Mandi11 April 2012 at 08:44

    WOW this is a stunner Helen, really appeals to me

    Thank you very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  21. Mynn xx12 April 2012 at 03:51

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

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  22. Helen T13 April 2012 at 08:45

    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