O' Christmas Tree...

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's Trio-Tastic challenge...we hope you can join us this week too because...

and the theme for this week is...

O' CHRISTMAS TREE

it's hard to believe that Christmas is less than 4 weeks away

and it will soon be time to decorate our own Christmas Trees for real

I decorated an Idea-ology Burlap Panel to create a non traditional rustic "way out of my comfort zone" Nordic look.  I applied a coat of Gesso around the front edges and sides of the panel...

 then die cut Holiday Knit strips from the Dapper Stash Pad...

fixed them to a panel of Substrate Sheet using Distress Collage Medium to create the look of a Norwegian cosy hand knitted sweater...

I die cut 3 trees from white cardstock using the TimHoltz/Sizzix Thinlits Woodlands Die and layered them up to create a thicker tree...

which made it easier to ink the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink...I did the same with "Believe" from the Sizzix Thinlits Holiday Script Words Die

I die cut the tree again from Denim Textile Surface and filled in the negative spaces on the cardstock tree...I was amazed at how snuggly they fitted and not nearly as fiddly as I thought...just like doing a jigsaw really...the only one that didn't want to co-operate was that little blighter at the top but he was no match for the Tim Holtz piercing tool.

I used Grit Paste with the Snowflakes Layering Stencil and decorated the snowflakes with self adhesive pearls...added a Crinkle Ribbow bow and rusty jingle bells from my stash...

I created splatters with White Gesso using Tim Holtz Splatter Brush...

cut the numbers from the Dapper Stash Pad and fix to an Idea-ology Fragment with Glossy Accents.

You can find all the products I used over at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp online store...just click on the links below...

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you all have the chance to win a $50 gift voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2 pm CET to join in...

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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx