Good morning!
Today's card is a fun take on alternative apertures.
I'm a big fan of using dies to create apertures - whether as a window or to showcase a sentiment or design element.
But usually I reach for simple geometric shapes to create these apertures.
Not today!
Today I wanted to use something festive, and hey presto I found a large tree die from PTI in my stash that would do the job:
Paper: Crate Paper - Hey Santa, Crate Paper - Merry Days (r)
Stamp: Mama Elephant - Mini Merry Messages
Dies: Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Rectangles, Pinkfresh Studio - Artistic Bows, Pinkfresh Studio - Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, PTI - Christmas Tree (r), The Stamp Market - Tiny Tags
I found a great plaid green pattern in the Hey Santa pad from Crate Paper that would make it easy to line up the tree die and also the stitched diagonal rectangle die so that everything would be nicely centred.
For the inside of the aperture I used a left-over piece of foliage paper (also from Merry Days I believe) that had lots of nice bold colours against the black and the foliage was spread out in such a way that it looks like the tree has floral garlands on it now.
I used the larger artistic bow from Pinkfresh Studio, cut from spotty red Christmas paper, but layered the elements the other way round than normal to hide the blue on the other side of the patterned paper so it wouldn't peek out. It's a different way to use the die, but I thought it worked fine, especially with the placement to look like it is tying both sides of the paper together.
Finally, I added a sentiment from Mama Elephant on a tiny tag and tied it on with silver thread.
Happy crafting, until next time!
 Mama Elephant - Mini Merry Messages stamps Shop at: EH | SHC |
 Hero Arts - Infinity Nesting Rectangles dies Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Pinkfresh Studio - Artistic Bows dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC |
 Pinkfresh Studio - Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC |
 PTI - Christmas Tree die (r) Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market - Tiny Tags dies Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Crate Paper - Hey Santa - 6x8 paper pad Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 Crate Paper - Merry Days - Frosty Days paper Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 Crate Paper - Merry Days - Merrily paper (r) Shop at: MISC | SBC |
 Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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