Heart of Christmas - Sparkly Forever Forest

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Welcome to another week of Heart of Christmas. Each week, the talented ladies from the Art with Heart team will bring you inspiration for your holiday craft projects. 

We have lots of choice in Glimmer Paper at the moment, so I've pulled out some colours and created a very sparkly forest for my cards this week. Apologies for the oversize photos, but Typepad isn't playing nice with uploading images at the moment (so frustrating!).

This first combination is Summer Splash and Shy Shamrock from the the 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper. I've used the Forever Forest Dies to crop trees of different heights and then I've cut and joined a couple to give me some taller ones.  Unfortunately, the camera can't do justice to the gorgeous vibrant colours. I added the trees to a panel of basic White dry embossed with the Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder and added a couple of rows of the 1/8" Gold & Silver Trim Combo at the bottom to ground the trees.

This photo gives you a better idea of the amazing sparkle. The Summer Splash Trees are popped up on Foam Adhesive Strips and the Shy Shamrock are adhered flat. The panel was added to a Thick Basic White card base and I finished with a trio of Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems. The greetings are from the Greetings of the Season stamp set, stamped in Shy Shamrock ink, trimmed and popped up.

For the inside I have a Basic White writing panel with the strip of silver trim at the bottom. The greeting from the Peaceful Season stamp set was stamped in Shy Shamrock ink and I added a couple of leftover pines at the bottom corner to finish.

The second colour combo is Garden Green and Granny Apple Green from the Festive Glimmer Paper pack and I've paired it with gold trim, gold sequins and the greeting from the Decorative Trees stamp set heat embossed in gold and fussy cut. The background panel has been dry embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. I actually made this card first and used Dimensionals to pop up the Garden Green Trees. It wasn't as easy manually cutting strips off the edge of the Dimensionals sheet, but I think I prefer the slightly lower profile it gives.

 

Project Details
Stamps	Peaceful Season, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Festive Glimmer Paper, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper
Ink	Versamark, Shy Shamrock
Accessories	Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems, Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, 1/8" Gold & Silver Trim Combo
Tools	Forever Forest Dies, Forever Plaid 3D EF, Snowflake Sky 3D EF,  Stampin' Cut & Emboss, Dimensionals, Foam Adhesive Strips, Gold EP, Heat Tool

 

Now it's time to hop along to see the fabulous project Catherine has made for us this week.

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Comments

[Catherine Proctor]

Judy, these sparkly tree cards would look even more amazing in real life! I love the way you have chosen which colours to pair together and then chosen either gold or silver ribbon - your colour and design choices are simply perfect.

[Kate Morgan]

Fantastic glimmery cards, Judy. Love the colour combinations with the narrow ribbons and the embossed backgrounds add extra interest.

[Andrea Sargent]

Your sparkly Forever Forrest cards are wonderful Judy. I am sure the sparkle would be gorgeous in real life. I love both your cards and their colour combos with the focus on die cut trees. Gorgeous xxx

[Rachel Woollard]

I love both of your cards Judy. Beautiful sparkly cards are enhanced by the Sparkle Gems. It's great to see so many colours of Glimmer Paper at the moment.