Think About Color Thursday - Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Concord Crush

This week's featured color combination:

Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Concord Crush

 Here is an untraditional Christmas card that is sure to attract attention.  The Concord Crush and the Tempting Turquoise are a nice change from the usual holiday red and green.

The Petite Penants punch is used on Old Olive cs.   I did stamp the tree trunk with Pennant Parade stamp set, however, I did not stamp the tree itself.  Only the punch is used to create the tree.  I also punched holes with a Crop-o-dile in the tree to give the appearance of ornaments.  After matting the tree onto Tempting Turquoise cs, the turquoise "ornaments" show through the punched holes.  I also punched some holes along the edge of the Tempting Turquoise cs and matted it onto Whisper White cs, so the white shows through the edge punched holes.  It is an interesting look, don't you think?

The Concord Crush background layer needed some interest, so I have embossed it.  You could use an embossing folder, texture plate, or even Stampin' Up's Simply Scored platform to create a criss-cross pattern.

The "merry" message is from the Pennant Parade stamp set.  The pennants really are designed to also become Christmas trees; I haven't come up with this idea on my own!

The  eyelet border punch also decorates the edge of the Old Olive cs.

Stamp camp soon - gotta run!


Linda