International Ambassadors Informal Bloghop: Christmas in August

Hello everyone,
Welcome to the 8th International Ambassadors Informal blog hop hemed "Christmas in August".
Yep...only a couple of months before it'll be Christmas again...how time flies!
And with the newest Spellbinders Christmas die-templates now being available in stores, we thought it would be a great subject for our monthly blog hop.
We International Ambassadors hope to inspire you with our projects, each of us in their own style.

I chose to make a Christmas card in traditional colors.
For the Holly farme I stacked Holly Frame and Matting Basics B #4 (with #1 being the smallest die-template). Cut/emboss from kraft cardstock and then use some metallic paint to give the frame an antique gold color.
Cut Matting Basics B #5 from patterned or stamped (music) paper and glue the die-cut behind the Holly frame using 3D foam squares.
Cut/emboss Tree With Bows from green cardstock and glue to the frame using 3D foam squares
Cut/emboss Bird Banner from white cardstock and alter the edges using brown in and a dauber.
Glue to the frame using 3D foam squares.
Mat the frame onto burgundy and then kraft cardstock and finally glue to a white cardbase.
embellish the banner with a Christmas text and glue red rhinestones to the tree.

Used materials Spellbinders®:

• S4-552 Tree with Bows
• S6-002 Matting Basics B
• S6-040 Holly Frame
• IN-002 Bird Banner
• T-001: Tool 'n One
• T-003: Stylus
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Other materials:

• Deco Art®: Metallic Lustre: gold and brown
• Imagine Crafts® Tsukineko: Stazon Timber brown - ink pad, dauber
• Kaisercraft: Sheet Music (CS757) - clearstamp
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: EZ tape runner, 3D foam squares
• Want2Scrap: self-adhesive rhinestones red
• Worldwin Papers: cardstock
• printed alphabet for text

I hope you will take some time to visit the blogs of the other participating and ever so talented ladies:

• Christine Emberson
• Christina Griffiths
• Linda Lucas
• Yvonne van de Grijp (you're here) :-)

And a small reminder: Blogcandy....
Have you seen I am doing a multiple give away here on my blog?
Yes...there are 5 chances on winning!
If you would like a chance to win, simply click here to go to the blog candy blogpost.

Thanks so much for stopping by
and have fun blog hopping!