As I had the Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies out for yesterday’s card, I decided to make another using a similar design – images in the top left corner and sentiment in the bottom right – to show how different cards can be with a little tweaking.I fully intended to used the pretty pines thinlits dies to cut out the branches again – and I did cut them out, but as I piled more and more pieces of cardstock on top of each other, it was getting a little out of hand.

I really wanted a gold frame around the very vanilla and after abandoning the idea of a line of gold wink of stella (too irregular) I cut a piece of gold foil. I left a deep frame of the always artichoke and I really like the effect. Next I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder and then assembled the layers. It was only after gluing the layers together that I realised how chunky the card was going to be with die cuts so I had to stamp my pine branches onto the card front – not my preferred order of operations. Fortunately it worked out fine and next was to attach my soft suede pine cones. I know that technically they would look the same, but I liked the variety. The second pine cone was popped up with dimensionals. This left a dilemma – the gold foil bow needed to be slightly on the pine cone but also off. So I dabbed tombow glue on part of the back with a sponge dauber and then cut a teeny tiny piece of dimensional to go under a little piece of the bow for support.

Now I’ve got three always artichoke branches already cut out. What to do with them?

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz