Good Monday morning!  I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend and that your leftovers are long gone.  My house is back to it’s nice quiet state, Mallory having gone back to school around 8:00 last night.  We usually like to put the tree up and decorate during the Thanksgiving weekend, but she was gone so much of the time that it never happened.  I should have known to drag it all out myself and then she would have had to help.

I finally made it into the studio late yesterday afternoon . . . I felt the need to stamp.  Once I got in there however, I didn’t know what I wanted to stamp.  After playing around with a few different images and really not happy with anything, and I wanted to get a little dirty and a little vintage, I decided to try this snowy pine tree.

The tree was stamped in Peeled Paint Distress Ink and Old Paper was sponged along the edges to make it look like it had been handled quite a bit.  For the snow, I applied a layer of Tulip White Puffy Paint and sprinkled on Fine Diamond Dust Glitter.  Once again, in my attempt to make it look old, I pressed down the puffy paint and added a dab of Old Paper Distress Ink to the snow.  Here’s a close up  . . .

it almost looks like flocking to me.  I remember when I as a child that flocking on trees was a huge deal.  We also took our trees down to the body shop and had them spray painted white.  I found that red vintage button with the thread still attached and couldn’t resist using it “as is” as an embellishment.  The button on the bow is also another vintage button, but I think that is actually the top of one that was gray. 

• Stamps:  D3074 Snowy Pine, Large from Just for Fun Rubber Stamps
• Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Wassail; Cranberry Crisp and True Thyme
• Ink:  Ranger Shabby Shutters, Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Accessories:  Spellbinders™ S7-014 Grand 12” Classic Lace Border, S4-140 Petite Ovals – Small, S4-138 Petite Ovals – Large, S4-139 Petite Scallop Ovals – Large; Art Institute Fine Diamond Dust Vintage Glass Glitter; Vintage Buttons; Tulip White Puffy Paint; Sewing Machine; Tsukineko Sponge Daubers; Papertrey Rustic Cream Button Twine; Foam Mounting Tape; May Arts Ribbon and other Ribbon

I have a few errands to run today and then hopefully I can get back in the studio.  I have so many things I want to get finished.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!