Wednesday's Worktable with Charlene

Hello, stamping friends!

Last week, I shared a fall-themed card I made using the polished stone technique. This week, I'm moving us up to Christmas with this Christmas tree I made using Rubbernecker's Pine Sprig stamp set. I used the small pine sprig image for my tree, and am sharing this picture of what the sprig image looks like in the stamp set so you have a little perspective of how I created my tree.

Here's the finished tree:

(click on photo for a larger view)

I stamped the sprig in various shades of inks (Adirondack Lettuce and Pesto and Ranger's Old Olive and Pine Needles Distress Inks) forming the shape of the tree. I then used my Moss Copic marker (YG67) to fill in the white space with light brush strokes. I used Copic marker Dark Suntan (E15) for my tree trunk and outlined the trunk with a Chocolate Chip fine tip marker.

I had fun using my paper piercer to pierce the holes for my garland, which was hand stitched with gold metallic crochet thread. I used this same thread for the bow. I also used a gold leafing pen in between the stitches and for the gold frame around my square panel. My ornaments were punched out of Bravo Burgundy cardstock with a 1/4" circle punch and then covered with Glossy Accents for shine. The small star was punched out of brushed gold cardstock. The lovely green designer paper is by Bo Bunny Back to Basics.

Here's a close-up of the tree so you can see the sprig image, the stitching, and the shine on the ornaments: