12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 6

August 30, 2019August 7, 2022 | ullycatdesigns

Each day for 12 days, I will be showing card variations made with Karen Burniston’s Christmas Tree Pop-up die. I recommend watching her assembly video before attempting to cut and assemble the pop-up tree.

For all of these cards I started with an A7 size card base (10 x 6 ½ inches), but because my die cutting machine can only accommodate 6-inch-wide pieces of paper, I had to trim the cards down to 10 x 6 inches.

Day 6 – Gingerbread Joy

This card was inspired by my grandmother who always made her grandchildren gingerbread men for the holidays. Sara Davis’s Winter Wonderland-Frosty Christmas dies have the proportionally correct size ornament, candy cane and gingerbread man for the pop-up tree.

Gingham checked paper became the cover base paper while scrap pieces from the inside decorations (green strips from the inside tree pieces and the circle tree skirt) came into play with decorating the cover. The Gingerbread man hints at what is to come when opening the card.

The tree ornaments were decorated using gel and metallic pens following the embossed features from the dies. Merry Christmas is die-cut as well. The “with love” tag is hand lettered.

Follow the rest of the 12 Days of Christmas Trees with a new post tomorrow.

Day 1 – Give Joy -Plaid

Day 2 – Home for the Holidays-Village

Day 3 – Holly Joy

Day 4 – Snowy Day

Day 5 – Give Joy – Holly

Day 6 – Gingerbread Joy

Day 7 – Home for the Holidays-Joy to the World

Day 8 – Nutcracker Greetings

Day 9 – Plaid Joy

Day 10 – Home for the Holidays-Let It Snow

Day 11 – White Christmas

Day 12 – Home for the Holidays-Peace and Joy

Bonus Day – Tropical Christmas

Click Here for video of all 12 trees

SUPPLIES USED:

Dies

Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company 1020 – Christmas Tree Pop-up
Card Deco Essentials Merry Christmas CDECD0003
Scrapbook.com Wafer Thin Metal Die Set-Nested Circles
Oriental Trader – Pattern Rectangle Cutting Die 13829169
Crafter’s Companion Signature Collection Winter Wonderland by Sara Davis – Frosty Christmas from Cardmaking & Papercrafts Issue 189

Stamps & Ink (on envelope)

Studio 112 – Mini-Assortment -5 – Evergreen Trees
Disney Vintage Micky Mouse & Friends A6 Stamp
Stampin’ Up Classic Stamin’ Pad – Tranquil Tide

Paper

Miscellaneous

American Crafts’ Sticky Thumb Double-sided Super Sticky Red Tape
Tombow Aqua Mono Liquid Glue
½ inch white double-sided tear tape
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner

12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 5

August 29, 2019August 7, 2022 | ullycatdesigns

Day 5 – Give Joy – Holly

This card was inspired by the desire to use the snowflakes and holly embellishments from Papercrafter Issue 126 Snowglobe Shaker Card Kit and mistakes I made in cutting the pop-up mechanism.

Because I placed the die that cuts the two flaps to hold the tree stand upside-down, I ended with the assembled tree sticking out of the top of the card. To cover the half inch of tree that showed, I cut a border from Angela Poole’s Flutterfly’s die set. (Another fun pop-up card to make!). Next I cut the border apart using the top section for the front of the card and the bottom section for the back of the card. Left over pieces were used to embellish the front of the card.

I made a second mistake when cutting the two flaps into the card base. I had covered the front of the card before I had cut the flaps leaving a hole which I patched with a matching piece of holly paper and then covered with the holly and snowflake embellishments.

Follow the rest of the 12 Days of Christmas Trees with a new post tomorrow.

Day 1 – Give Joy -Plaid

Day 2 – Home for the Holidays-Village

Day 3 – Holly Joy

Day 4 – Snowy Day

Day 5 – Give Joy – Holly

Day 6 – Gingerbread Joy

Day 7 – Home for the Holidays-Joy to the World

Day 8 – Nutcracker Greetings

Day 9 – Plaid Joy

Day 10 – Home for the Holidays-Let It Snow

Day 11 – White Christmas

Day 12 – Home for the Holidays-Peace and Joy

Bonus Day – Tropical Christmas

Click Here for video of all 12 trees

SUPPLIES USED:

Dies

Stamps & Ink (on envelope)

Studio 112 – Mini-Assortment -5 – Evergreen Trees
Disney Vintage Micky Mouse & Friends A6 Stamp
Stampin’ Up Classic Stamin’ Pad – Tranquil Tide

Paper

Brazzill Thicket 12 x 12 inches embossed polka-dotted cardstock
American Crafts 341345 Holly Berries 12 x 12 inches paper
Printed die cuts from Papercrafter Issue 126 Snowglobe Shaker Card Kit

Miscellaneous

American Crafts’ Sticky Thumb Double-sided Super Sticky Red Tape
Tombow Aqua Mono Liquid Glue
½ inch white double-sided tear tape
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner

12 Days of Christmas Trees – Day 3

August 27, 2019August 7, 2022 | ullycatdesigns

Day 3 – Holly Joy

With such a busy background paper as the red holly is, the inside decorations are simple. The bird and “with love” tag are from Papercrafter Issue 126 Snowglobe Shaker Card Kit. The white rectangle is from a patterned die. The tree’s star is cut from gold holographic card stock.

The outside of the tree pop-up cards need to have a cover paper on both the front and back to hide the holes cut for the inside mechanism. I used a kraft paper for the front and back covers because it matched the “joy” sentiment topper. The half circles are the cut outs from the tree skirts on the inside. The green zig-zag trim is the scrap from between the big trees die.

Two different stamps were used on the front and back of the envelope. The Studio 112 stamp of four trees acts a seal to the envelope while the Disney Vintage stamp gives a hint as to what is inside the card from the front of the envelope.