For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you. -John Greenleaf Whittier
Hope you all had a Wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was amazing, we had family friends up from Utah and it was so nice to sit and visit and reminisce. We ate WAY too much food (my favorite Thanksgiving Tradition!!!) I made PW's Corn & Wild Rice and my family's newest favorite pie, Pumpkin Creme w/ Apple Butter. Football was Awesome, the Packers won, the Raiders lost and my Boys in Blue and Orange kicked but!!! It was a good day all around!Today is Black Friday, which means I sleep in as late as possible, check my bank account and then Shop Online!!!! No 4 am lines for me!!! Since it is Friday that also means it is time for another Blogger's Challenge! This week's challenge was to "Alter It!" Perfect challenge for me, I love to alter things and I just finished up the front of my new Standing Christmas Tree from Say it with Letters!
I started the tree by painting around the edges with Bright Green Acrylic paint from Making Memories, then I cut a piece of pink PP a tad smaller than the actual tree, distressed the edges and glued it on. Then I just went wild with Pearl Flourishes, Green & Pink Crystals and Snowflakes! The letters are sparkly stickers I picked up last year.
For the base I stamped some Memory Box CS with a Basic Grey swirl using my new Favorite white ink, Sugar Candy by Elzybells. After the ink had dried I adhered the paper to the base with Decoupage Gel and added some stickles to the swirls after the gel dried.
Here is a detail shot of all the bling...
Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with my card for this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge! You still have time to play, too! I will pick the Top 5 tomorrow night at 9 pm MT.
Love the non traditional colors and all the bling! Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Rachel! I love the swirls of pearls and all of the bling! :D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tree, Rach! I love all the bling, and the daintiness of the snowflakes!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Rach, this is really beautiful! I can't believe all the pearl swirls you used, it seems almost a crime -LOL! But soooo pretty!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Home Decor piece, love the colors and the added bling.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Love the colors and all the bling!!
ReplyDeleteVery cute project, Rachel! Great bling!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this, Rachel! Those swirly pearls are awesome!
ReplyDeleteI slept in (until my son woke me up at 6:30), checked my PayPal balance and shopped. lol.)
I love pink! I love your project! Very pretty with the swirls- love the pearls too. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteThis is so darling! I love the colors and the layout of all of the embellishments.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love using non-traditional Christmas colors.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Rachel!!! Pretty how you decorated it! We went to Freddies at 5 and were home by 8...had to go to Crafter's Warehouse. ;)
ReplyDeleteACK!!!!!!!!! I love this tree Rachel - you always rock altered items. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! Bling, bling, let the Christmas bells ring! Love ya!
ReplyDeletegorgeous, Rach! pink and green is perfect for EVERYTHING, isn't it? (except maybe boy cards)
ReplyDeleteyour tree would make the perfect centerpiece! those swirls are fantastic. :)
I love all the things I see people doing with trees--and your choice of colors is great! Glad to see you are not limited to only red & green at this time of year!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun holiday decoration! Love the pink tree!
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, this is GORGEOUS!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis tree is too cute!!! Love the non traditional colors and all the bling!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty. The pink and green colors are just so cheery and I love the "bling!"
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