Christmas Tree with Sentiment

Ok, I totally had a late night brainstorm. The image for this card is for Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge. The stamp is by Nana Vic. The idea behind this card was to take a flat 3d image in the shape of a Christmas tree and turn it into a 3D Christmas tree on a card. So (drum roll please) the reveal: (sorry, too much DIY channel)

The papers are all scrap. The ribbon is from my stash as are the half pearls.

The image started out like this:



I sectioned out the image and cut each out in as a section of a Christmas tree and printed it out on a celery colored cardstock. Once the image had been sectioned and cut, I then trimmed the edges of the tree with decorative scissors. Then I inked the edges in Always Artichoke ink from Stampin' Up. I did the same thing with the tree trunk except using kraft paper and crumb cake ink.

The trunk was adhered directly to the paper. The base of the tree was popped up on one layer of foam tape. The next section of the tree is popped up on 2 layers of foam tape and the top section on 3 layers of foam tape.

The bow is acting as the tree topper. The half pearls are randomly places and adhered with hot glue.

I really like the way this one turned out. It was an idea I had right away when I saw the image, but was unsure how to go about getting the effect I want. I hope you like it.

This card will also be entered into:
3 Girl JAM: Kraft and Ribbon

Miranda