Vellum Christmas Trees

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you all enjoyed the weekend, I was hoping to spend the day crafting yesterday but we ended up getting loads of jobs done around the house, you know the ones that you keep putting off, Paul had load of stuff to put up the loft, then I wanted him to use the Dyson cleaner to reach up and get all of the cobwebs, cleaned some windows, swap some cupboards around in the utility room and cooked a lovely roast beef dinner which we were all ready for by teatime! The girls were busy at the Wildlife park too which is unusual for this time of year, they were puffed up like peacocks yesterday as the had praise heaped upon them for their amazing Supervisory skills on Saturday, the got a message late on Friday night to say that there were no supervisors to cover Saturdays shift, so the girls thought that maybe the restaurant would close, they went into work and were told that they were going to be the Supervisors of both the Restaurant and kiosk, it didn't seem to worry them though, they said that they just put all the staff on jobs that they like to do and are good at and they covered the rest, the day went very smoothly, I think it did their confidence a world of good to be honest.
When they got into work yesterday they were thanked and were told that they had done a great job!
So they had huge smiles on their faces when they got home. xx

Today's card was made with the 'Snow is Glistening' stamp set that I shared with you on yesterday's post, I saw a similar card to this on Pinterest made with the one of Crafters companion stamps.  

I stamped my Christmas tree on to a piece of Vellum using Versamark ink, with vellum you must make sure that you use your anti static bag with vellum because it seems a lot more static than regular card or paper.  I then used some white embossing powder with a bit of glitter in, just to give a little sparkle to the tree, although it doesn't really show up on camera.  I then heat set the powder and then attached the vellum to a piece of leftover 'Galvanised' card with tiny silver brads.

I made my base card a little wider that usual so that I could add my very last piece of Dotted Tulle ribbon, ( I think I will HAVE to order more as I love it).  I attached the ribbon to the back of my mat with glue dots and then used another piece to tie a knot, I popped a tiny foam pad behind the knot to secure it, I topped that with one of the Snowfall Trinkets.  To finish the card I added a few clear, sparkly gemstones around the tree. I am going to have my sentiment on the inside of the card.

I hope you all have a lovely day, however you are spending it, stay warm and dry, we are forecast rain all week! 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx