Pine Tree Branches

Growing up we always had a real Christmas tree for the holidays. The smell was amazing, however, stepping on pine needles in your bare feet was not. Those little suckers would even get caught in your socks too. Easter would come and you were still finding pine needles in the carpet. Too funny! As the sole decorator of my own home now, I have an artificial tree. Much, much easier but I do miss the aroma. The paper from the Stampin' Up! Designer Series Set, Merry Moments, has a beautiful design of pine tree branches. It reminded me of the real Christmas trees I had growing up. I didn't want to cover up the patterned paper too much on this card, so I kept it simple by just adding a little snowflake, sentiment, and finishing it off with that big chunky ribbon. I used Kraft colored Stampin' Up! card stock to keep it earthy looking along with Chocolate Chip and Old Olive.

I had a great Halloween weekend! We went to my sister's in Indiana to trick or treat with her two boys. She lives in a big subdivision and we collected way too much candy! I've been sneaking a little out of my son's bag everyday. Shhh! Don't tell. He had a blast being a fireman for Halloween!

Enjoy your day and have fun stamping!!!


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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes (#115438), Four the Holidays (#116921)
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Designer Series Paper: Merry Moments (#115672)
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Kraft
Accessories: 1-1/4" Striped Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Ice Brad in green
Tools: 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch

Patterned Pines

I have raved about Stampin' Up! Whisper White Craft Ink in the past and hopefully if you were on the fence about it before, you'll be on that fence no more! I just love how amazing these trees from the Stampin' Up! set, Patterned Pines, looks stamped in the Whisper White Craft Ink. It really pops the designs embedded in the trees. You could also emboss the trees using the same ink and embossing powder to give the trees a shiny raised impression.

Stampin' Up! Patterned Pines stamp set is a hostess level 1 set. What does that mean? Well, if you place an order of $150+, you can get this set for free along with $15 or more in free merchandise. It's not a bad deal! You can order items from both the idea book & catalog as well as the holiday mini catalog. Patterned Pines can be found on page 4 of the current holiday mini catalog.

It felt a little Christmas-like this evening. My son & I were at Kohls tonight and when we came out of the store, there were actually some snowflakes. His response was typical of a 3 year old, "I want to play in the snow!" Mine was typical of a 30 something year old "oh no, snow!" Thankfully it only lasted a few minutes and then went back to rain.

I plan to stay nice and toasty warm in my craft room this weekend making some more creations for the upcoming holidays. We will be shopping for boots this weekend too, unfortunately!

Stay warm and happy stamping!

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Recipe - All Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Patterned Pines (#116525), Teeny Tiny Wishes (#115370)

Ink: Craft Whisper White (#101731)

Card Stock: Old Olive, Real Red

Designer Series Paper: Merry Moments (#115672)

Accessories: Ribbon Originals Mistletoe (#116792)

Tools: Modern Label Punch (#116630), Word Window Punch (#105090)