Tree of Ribbons

It is time again for the Instagram CASE It Hop! Once a month some cardmaking friends each choose a card they like on Instagram and CASE it...make a similar but not exact copy of it. I chose the @sammakescards beautiful version of this Alex Syberia Build a Bow Christmas Tree die set. See her card after these two photos of mine. Her colors are so bold and beautiful! It is such an elegant tree, isn't it? I actually ended up with two cards after I felt like my first one seemed too similar to hers. Here is my card for the hop.

I added this gift card holder (below) inside my card that I've seen for a while but never tried. I love it! Here's the link to Amanda Mertz' tutorial. It folds flat when you close the card.

This is Samantha's gorgeous card below. I love how she used black to contrast the bright colors of her gorgeous bows. The gold bows are just beautiful!

My card above Samantha's is the one I am using for the CASE It Instragram Hop. It is the "pinks and oranges" one on a silver tree. I doubled up some of the bows by using a smaller bow on top of a bigger one to add dimension. I added silver rhinestones to the center of the bows too to "fancy" it up. Our Christmas tree when I was a child was a silver one with a color wheel sitting nearby that rotated through the primary colors to shine on the tree. I loved that tree so much. I enjoyed helping put it up each year.

I am also playing along at Inspired by Challenge #IB366 Bright Christmas with my card. I love their graphic with the gorgeous colors!

The card below is the first one I made after getting the dies. It has an acetate window that peeks in at the pink tree inside. The bows are on top of the window. My daughter loves gold with pink so that was why I used my dies with those colors.

I die cut the tree opening on a white panel that is smaller than A2 size. Then I added the acetate behind the tree opening. I popped up this panel with foam tape on the front of the A2 card base. After die cutting lots of bows, I placed them on the tree. Last, I added the rhinestones for sparkle!

What I used for the two cards:

• Alex Syberia Build a Bow Christmas Tree die set
• Pink, gold, orange cardstock scraps
• Gold and silver glitter cardstock
• Spellbinders rhinestones
• Crate Paper patterned paper for the gift bag
• Stampin' Up! sentiment stamp (older)
• Ribbon

You can start the hop at my account: @sawithadtomakeit if you wish. This is a fun hop because you see two card ideas per person, their own card and the one they CASEd. Hope to see you there!

Happy Holidays!

Carol