Celebrate The Season (MIM #229 Fabric Strip Christmas Trees)

I didn't think I was going to participate in this week's MIM and then remembered I had fabric from my cross-stitching days  - it must be about 15+ years old so time to use it for something else!  lol Melissa really wowed me with her video:  Make It Monday #229 Fabric Strip Christmas Trees.

I picked a light green straw and started to tie the ripped pieces of fabric and ribbon around it. This is the pattern I used: cream and beige ribbon, red snowflake print, green print, plain red and shiny green ribbon. I repeated this 3 times on the straw for a total of 15 strips.

I tied on a few of PTI's wood buttons with gold cording. The tag is cut in Vintage Cream cardstock with Antique Linen ink edged around it. I added a little strip of Pinefeather cardstock at the bottom and stamped the sentiment in the same color.

The background is Vintage Cream cardstock, embossed with Mistletoe Kisses. I rubbed Antique Linen over the top to help give it a more vintage look and placed the panel on a Pinefeather cardstock card base. To finish the tree, I die-cut a star in gold paper and placed it at the top.

I will admit, this card took me longer to make than expected, because I kept giving it a "haircut" until the tree looked perfect to me. lol  But I love the way it turned out and will give it to someone special at Christmas.

 Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Framed Out #8
• Paper:  PTI Pinefeather, Vintage Cream
• Ink:  PTI Pinefeather; Tim Holtz Antique Linen
• Dies:  PTI Tremendous Tags; Lil Inker Designs Stitched Stars
• Tools:  Cuttlebug Mistletoe Kisses Embossing Folder
• Other:  PTI Buttons; Fabric; Ribbon; Straw; Gold Cording
• Size:  5.0" x 7.0"