Tin Holtz Colorize Trim a Tree

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The great thing about getting together with crafty friends is that you get to use all their stuff.  I was able to craft with friends a couple of weekends ago and that is exactly what I did.

This Colorize Trim a Tree die set was calling my name.  I will admit that I have a bit of a love hate relationship with Tim Holtz dies.  I love how the look and the results, but sometimes the process makes me a little crazy because there are so many pieces.

I was actually pleasantly surprised at how quickly the tree itself came together.  It's just five layers (I used three shades of green cardstock) and it was a breeze to create.

The rest of the pieces on the other hand were a bit more fiddly.  This was mostly because they were on the smaller side, especially those little ornaments.  It probably took me ten times as long to put together all those pieces as it did the tree itself, but overall they were pretty easy to create.

Because of the size of the tree, my card is a bit larger than normal - 7 1/2" x 4 1/4".  I adhered the tree itself to a panel of soft gray cardstock, popping the star up with some foam tape and tucking the trunk under the bottom branches.  Then I adhered all those little ornaments.

I added a little snow drift to the bottom to ground the tree and a subsentiment from Waffle Flower's Christmas Tree Diecut set, both of which were popped up with foam tape.

The background seemed a little stark, so I stamped the little cluster of stars from the Festive Print set with Fawn ink all over the background.

That's all for me today.  I'll have some more Christmas cards to share tomorrow!