2015 Countdown to Xmas: 25 Days, 25 Cards - Card #23

Card 23: The Christmas Fruit Tree.  I never liked Fruit Cake, but a Fruit Tree?  That sounds pretty fun!  This features stamps from Lawn Fawn and Mama Elephant.

Materials:

• Kraft card base: 4.25"W x 11"H, scored at 5.5" mark
• Patterned Paper: Pebbles "Harvest"
• Lawn Fawn: Trim the Tree stamp set
• Mama Elephant: Little Edibles stamp set
• Simon Says Stamp: Stitched Rectangle dies
• Copic Markers
• Wink of Stella Pen
• White Adhesive Pearls
• White Gel Pen
• Adhesive Tape Runner and Foam Adhesive

Directions:

• Die cut the stitched rectangle from white card stock.
• Stamp the tree and fruit with Memento Tuxedo Black ink; color carefully, it takes a while.  I didn't plan ahead, but if I were to do this again, I would have spread out the red and yellow fruits so they weren't too close together.  I probably would have added some other fruit colors too (oranges, grapes).
• Stamp the tree base and trunk on patterned paper; paper piece onto the main tree. Accent the base with white gel pen.
• Add Wink of Stella for a subtle glitter affect
• Add pearls to the edge of each tree rim; accent with white gel pen
• Add all the layers together.  

Here is a close-up of the card:

Happy Holidays!