Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Swirl Tree / Cuttlebug Acrylic Mat


'Up A Tree" is the theme Sherri chose for this week's Jitterbuggin' Challenge. I have almost been up a tree trying to choose a tree! Liking the swirl tree from Christmas Solutions Noel I decided to go with a winter Christmas theme. Along with adding a tree on the card, the challenge includes follow the sketch, add something yellow, and of course, a Cricut cut.

To add embossing to my background, I embossed a piece of acrylic--actually the clear packaging from a Cricut cartridge box--with the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder. To add yellow, I cut a small starburst and placed on the tree. Adding a subtle hint of color for the appearance of a starburst, I inked the snowflake at the top of the tree with yellowish-gold ink. I thought that particular spot of the embossing looked good for the top of the tree! Edges of acrylic mat are slightly inked.

My tree is cut from Martha Stewart Holidays pack which was a previous Christmas clearance item. Love the green glitter page....cut it using pressure at 6 and multicut function on my Expression....cut beautifully! So much sparkle! Green corners are handcut. Using Martha Stewart snowflake punch, I cut a small length of white paper. Using the negative snowflake cut, I placed one on each corner.

Embellishments include 4 red circle-shaped gemstones on the mat and a little yellowish-gold gemstone on the star, plus some inking!

Cricut Cartridge: Christmas Solutions Noel - Tree cut at 4 inches and Starburst cut at 2 inches.
Cuttlebug Folder: Snowflake

Challenges:
Jitterbuggin' - Up a Tree
ABC Challenge - H is for Holidays
Anything Goes - Emboss It
Crafty Cardmakers - Dry Embossing
Fantabulous Cricut - Color Green and a Circle Shape (circle shapes in the embossing, paper and gemstones)

Hope you enjoy this card!!


22 comments:

  1. gorgeous! I really like the little stitched accents!

    Thanks for Jitterbuggin'

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  2. Very pretty card Glenda. I love the embossed acrylic great idea. Thanks for sharing and Good Luck in the challenge.

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  3. gorgeous card so elegant, thanks for joining us at anything goes x sue x

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  4. This is beautiful! Just beautiful!!! I love it!
    :)

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  5. Very cool technique! Beautiful card!

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  6. I want this card! I may have to scraplift this one... it's gorgeous!

    Thank you Glenda for all your wonderful comments. You surprise me every time you visit my blog. Thank you!

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  7. Wow, this is gorgeous! Such a great idea to emboss the acrylic packaging - definitely will have to try that! Thanks for joining us at FCCB this week.

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  8. A lovely card - thank you so much for joining us on abc this week x

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  9. So, So Pretty! Thanks for joining in the fun at FCCB!

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  10. Very pretty. I like how you used the acrylic piece for the embossing. Thanks for playing along with us at FCCB this week.

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  11. This is a beautiful card and I love the idea of embossing packaging!! Thanks for playing with us at FCCB :O)

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  12. This is stunning....

    TFS and playing along at FCCB this week.

    Erin

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  13. This is SO beautiful - I just had to sit and stare for a while. Whoever gets this card for Christmas is going to frame it! Thanks for joining us at FCCB!

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  14. What a pretty tree!! Lovely:) Thanks for joining us at FCCB this week!

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  15. Wow! This is so elegant and absolutely gorgeous! Great job, Glenda!!
    Thanks so much for playing along at FCCB this week!

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  16. this is really pretty! thanks for playing at FCCB

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  17. Simply beautiful! Hope things are going well for you. Thanks for playing with us over at FCCB

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  18. This is so pretty. I love everything about it! Thanks for playing along at FCCB!

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  19. Your card is so elegant! Love your tree choice! Thanks for joining us at FCCB!

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