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Today I’ve created a clean and simple Christmas card that is easy to mass produce. All the items I used can be found at the Catherine Pooler store AND are linked at the end of this post. To create the tree, I masked off a triangle (I cut masking paper with scissors) and applied the negative space to my card panel. Then I stamped various images from the Holiday Mittens and Candy Cane Lane stamp sets, removed the mask and my Christmas tree was born.
I added a bow to the top of the tree using the coordinating die, stamped the mittens onto some vellum and used the coordinating die to cute it out and adhered it to my card base. To see the trick to adhering vellum without the glue showing, click HERE. I added a strip of Peppermint to the bottom of the card panel to ground the tree – not really- my tree wasn’t perfectly lined up – ha ha ha ha ha. All the inks I used are Catherine Pooler inks and the exact colors I used are linked below.
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Loving your card & use of Catherine’s products x Great colours x
This,card is so cute! I have both of those sweats, so I am going to give it a whirl! Thanks for sharing.
What a fun way to count down the days til Christmas! Thanks, Laurel!
What a cute card! I love this tree and the mittens are adorable! TFS!
Love your sweet card Laurel!
I am drooling over this pretty creation and placement of mittens, love the snowflake tree!!!!
The vellum mittens are so cute!
This is super cute!
So very cute! Love the advent hop!
This is so cute! I lvoe the advent hop!
Festive spirit soaring in seeing your wonderful tree…and those mittens are only tooooo cute! Thank you for being part of Taheerah’s Advent Extravaganza!
~carol
Really fab card,
Such cute mittens on this card! This card is awesome!
Love it!!!
so cute! always looking for holiday inspiration. thanks!
what a great idea for making your tree Laurel – love it!
Cute card! Love those vellum mittens….great idea! Thanks for sharing!!
I just love how you made this pretty tree and can’t wait to CASE this genius idea.
Your card is beautiful.
Hey the re Laurel!! Super cute card!!
love the mitten card.
Love how you made the cute tree. Thanks for sharing!
Super cute, Laurel!!! ♥
Wow! Gorgeous card!!!
Sweet card! Love the mittens!
Awesome card
Cute card—thanks for the vellum tip.
Laurel,
Thank you for sharing such great inspiration. Now I will have to purchase the Holiday Mittens stamp set as it is the only one which I don’t already own.
Lovely card. I love the vellum mittens!
Thanks for the inspiration.
Cute card! I love the masked tree and the vellum mittens. Plus I went back and watched your video about adhering vellum. Very helpful!
Lovely! Festive, great colors!!
Love these stamp sets! You have create such a cute card…as usual! 😉
So fun! Love the whimsical tree behind the mittens!
Your masked Christmas tree is just adorable! And I LOVE those vellum mittens!
Fun card! I love CPD products, too!
Lovely stamping and
designing your tree.
Carla from Utah
Such a sweet card!
Lovely card.
Gorgeous card, Laurel, thanks for the tips!
Ohhh this is brilliant! I love it.
I love how you used vellum on the mittens! What a great card!
Oh my gosh!!! I just love this!! Great concept that could be used a lot.
Love how you made the tree!! Great idea!!
I love seeing several stamp sets being used together! This is such a cute card!
Super fun card!!
Fantastic card! I love the cute vellum mittens over the patterned Christmas tree – so cute!
Cute, cute, CUTE!! Love the vellum mittens!! :0)
Can’t wait to use vellum this weekend… really like the masked tree.
I love this event every year and your card is fabulous! Love Catherine Pooler’s products. Thanks for sharing!!
Lovely card! I really like the gloves done onto the vellum. Perfect!
Love this layout – the “tree” is so cute!
What a cute idea to create a tree and the vellum mittens are precious.
Love this tree Laurel and the vellum mittens are a great idea. Love it , very clever of you.
Love the tree, snowflakes, and mittens. It’s a great combination that comes together to make a pretty card.
Great idea and so simply to make.
What a fun card! I love the mittens stamp set too.
Love the very pretty Christmas tree!
I love how you stamped the tree in the background. So creative!
Love this card and I have all the components from CP to make it myself! Thanks for the inspiration.
I love this card! It’s so modern and the colors are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
This card is so cute! What a great idea with the vellum.
What a fun Christmas card! I love those adorable mittens!
Darling card and vellum see thru really sets it off.
Great card.
I like your use of the peppermint stip at the bottom. Finishes it off! Very cute.
Amazing card! I love these adorable mittens.
Love how you made the tree.
So sweet. I like the design and colors.
Cute mittens!
I like how you used the vellum for the mittens. Sweet card!
What a great card, I’m pinning this one for sure!
Fun card! Thanks for participating.
How cute! Love that you created the tree with stamped images.
Super cute vellum mittens and love your stamped tree from negative of a mask!
I love your card! So cute and such gorgeous colors! 🙂
Your mittens are the cutest! Very Christmasy and happy card.
Love this cozy new mitten set! Your snowflake decorated tree is gorgeous!
Super cute card–love the bottom strip!
Fun card Laurel!
Fantastic card! Love those mittens! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Your mitten and tree card is so clever and cute- the vellum mittens add an interesting touch. You made me want to sit right down and stamp this minute!
Such a cute idea. Thanks for the info inspiration.
Cute card. Thank you for sharing.
Cute card. I love the mittens!
It’s so sweet the way the strings form a heart.
Love the inspiration!
FANTASTIC!
Darling card. Mittens always get me. So appreciate the vellum and glue tip.
Thanks for sharing. Love the card design!
What a clever technique that adds such dimension to your card! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!
Your card is awesome ! The idea of the vellum mittens is really great.
Loving the colors of your card!
Pretty card! I just received the candy cane background stamp!!
this hop is so fun and the event is very special…the anticipation is very fun! I adore your card!
Ooohh my goodness what a gorgeous card.
You are very inventive, love the way you made the XMas tree and the way it shows through the Mittens.
I love how you created your tree! Very cute card.
“Let the fun begin!” Thank you for your darling card. I love the peppermint border!
Great stamped colorful card!
I LOVE the multitude of colors on your card! Very pretty and very festive!
Your vellum mittens are so cute!
Love the color combination. So bright and cheerful for Christmas!
AWESOME! I love the vellum mittens letting the ornaments show through, great idea!
I love the way you made your tree, Laurel, and vellum mittens? Who would have thought.
Fabulous! Thanks for sharing!
What a cute, modern tree.
Talk about fun. This is where it is.
Great card Laurel! Love the mittens out of vellum.
What a fun card. Very colorful!
I love this hop and look forward to it! Thank you for participating too!
How adorable is this card? I love those vellumn mittens…and thank you for the video and hint for the adhering it to a card base. I’m going to give it a try.
What a darling card.
Love the little Christmas tree and
adding the mittens in the vellum
was a fun idea.
thanks for sharing.
Absolutely lovely card!
Oh the bow is the perfect touch.Super cute.
Cute card and loved your coloring and gluing vellum tips from the link in this post!
Love how you created the tree background with stamps. Great card.
Absolutely adorable card.
what a fun card – thanks for sharing;)
Fun way to use some of the smaller images!
Such a cute card 🙂
Such a charming and colorful tree and the vellum mitts are a fun idea!
Love the way you made the tree and the vellum mittens add the perfect touch.
Such a cute mitten card. This hop is so much fun already.
The vellum diecut mittens are the perfect accent on your card. Love me some vellum – gotta pull some out and play today!
Cute and colorful card!
Very cute and super pretty card, Laurel!
Such a cute idea to use vellum for the mittens. Darling card!
Your layered layout is divine!
Very pretty card. Thank you for sharing.
Such a cute mitten card, fun!
I love how you did the mittens. This is a very cute card.
cute vellum mittens!
Love your card. It’s festive and beautiful and the colors are lovely!
AWESOME card, love it. That tree was so cool and I ADORE those mittens !!!!
Delightful card.
love your mittens so much!
SUCH A FESTIVE AND HAPPY CARD! LOVE YOUR COLORS!
Super cute card!!
Super fun and festive card! Love the color combo.
Love the colors of this card! I would love to try these inks!!!
what an adorable card Laurel. Just love the inks
What a fun, festive tree! I forget sometimes that people can make things happen in their brains, so triangles look like trees if you give them the right context! Thanks for the timely reminder, and thanks for sharing a beautiful card.
Great colorful card!
Love…LOVE it!!
Oh, those mittens! so cute!
Thanks for your inspiration!
Such a beautiful card!
Oh fabulous, what a fun design!
Such a cute card – love how your made the Christmas tree!
Such a really cute card. Cheers.
Very cute card – I love the collage of the different winter/seasonal elements!
What a great cute card Laurel, I love the combination of the tree and the mittens. I am in love with the mittens an hope Santa will bring them.
Very pretty card.
Beautiful card!
Great stamping and the vellum looks super like this!
Making the mittens in vellum added a great touch to this beautiful card. Great job!
A cute modern Christmas card! Thanks for sharing the inspiration.
I love the way you designed this card by using all of these different stamps. Colors are cute too.
Lovely color combination
Your card is so sweet. It is very bright and cheery. Thanks for your amazing ideas
What a great idea to use when making the tree. Love it!
Fun, fun, fun way to hop. Love your cards.
Very pretty tree! I love the vellum used for the mittens, too.
What an adorable card! I love the vellum mittens!
Beautiful card and such a fun way to do a blog, my first year and what a lot of work of Taheerah’s part, great imagination
Cute card! Love the vellum mittens!
I think this is so much fun! And we get to see great products and cards!
Love the vellum mitts…great idea!
Super cute card! TFS
Your tree is adorable! And, it is so good that you grounded it 🙂 I love mittens and the extra details a ad without distracting from the tree. You really did do a very nice job on your card. Thank you for being part of the Advent hop.
Adorable card with those vellum mittens! The colors are perfect!
Mittens!!! I’m so inspired to do a mittens card today and this is the 2nd confirmation that it’s the right time to do it lol… I would love some mittens stamps as I only have mitten dies… thanks for the inspiration!
Am loving your modern twist to Christmas cards!! Great “everything” with those fab images, and colors!! Just yummy!
Such a bright and festive card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your card is so festive and fun, Laurel! Love those sweet mittens.
Oh wow, cool card! Love the effect of your stamped tree and cute mittens too 🙂
Beautiful card ! I love the vellum-mittens.
Thank you for the link to the video.
Such a pretty card – love the mittens.
What a lovely card, Laurel!
What a gorgeous and adorable card!
Hi Laurel, such a cute card with a heart in the string of the mittens!! Great inspiration!! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
I just love the tree and mittens!
Love those mittens & your cute card design!
So cute…love all the festive colors!
love the mittens stamps you made a great card so fun to see how to use those stamps to create a beautiful tree this is a wonderful idea
Cute card. I love those little mittens.
Super cute card.
Very pretty card. Those mitts are just too cute!
The vellum mittens are adorable. Love the confession about your tree. You are too fun!
Those mittens are just to cute!
How utterly ADORABLE!
So cute! Love the mittens.
That’s an adorable card ! margessw@icloud.com
That’s such a beautiful and creative card!! Love the mittens 🙂
adorable! I love the mittens!
Adore the card and its colors. I’m a sucker for the mittens.
This card is so much fun!
Such a lovely card!
Cute, cute, cute card, Laurel. Love the idea of the negative-space tree, with all the decorations created right on top. Happy Christmas decorating, for reals! 🙂
Great card! Love these mittens so cute and the colors on the tree are so pretty!
I just love the stamping on vellum idea. I’ll be stealing that one for sure!
Adorable card, Laurel!
Cute card! The vellum mittens just give it the perfect touch.
Hi Laurel!
I want to THANK YOU for sharing your creativity and inspirations with us. Your artistic talent is a gift, and it’s so nice to have you share your talents to inspire us all. Have a blessed Christmas and THANK YOU for sharing the gift of art.
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth
So super cute!! MAkes me want to take my grandchildren to the snow !!
Sweet card, love the mittens.
I love the mittens and patterned Christmas tree!
These mittens are adorable! Great card!
How super creative to do the mittens in vellum and overlap your festive tree. So cute!
Very cute card.
This is such a great card!! Love how you used these products!!
I love what you created!
As always, Laurel, your card makes me smile! Thanks for the reminder on how to adhere vellum without the glue showing!
Never in a hundred years would I have thought to do clear mittens, but they are FABULOUS!! I love the peppermint strip at the bottom, too!
Laurel…I love how you created your tree!! And all the other elements make for a wonderfully festive card!! 🙂 PS….I didn’t notice anything crooked about your tree! lol Thanks for sharing!! ☺
I love how you used vellum for the mittens! Happy Holidays!
Really cute. I followed the link to your adhering vellum video. I’m going to try the mousse and dots. Thanks!
luv the softness of this!
What a great idea! Build your own Christmas tree with fun little stamps! THAT way you get to be as crazy as you want with the color combo! Just so sweet!
Laurel, your Christmas tree and those mittens are just darling!
I love, love, love your tree and your mittens! It’s just way to cute! I had never heard of Catherine Pooler before and when I went to explore her site I’ve found I might have to make a purchase because I loved so many things. That what Christmas is for, right? I love those snowflakes on your tree. I have a stamp that says Snowflakes are winters butterflies and it would so go with your snowflakes. I love all the colors you used and will check out how you did the velum without the glue showing. That’s what I hate about velum. Whatever you use to adhere it shows up. Otherwise, I love velum!
Thanks for showing us your card and I can’t wait to see how you got the glue not to show. Off to the rest of the Advent Calendar!
Fun card! I really like how you did the mittens and the colors are wonderful! Thank you for sharing and happy holidays.
super cute card, love the vellum mittens!
Cute card. I love how you used vellum for the mittens and layered them over the tree.
Cute card! Cute idea with the vellum mittens.
love how you made the tree – and the mittens are a cute idea!
I just LOVE your card – so clever and wonderful colors! TFS!!
Very cute Christmas card! Love the little mittens. Thanks for sharing!
These mittens are the bomb! Will for sure try them!!
Very pretty card. I love that candy cane stripe stamp.
Yay! A new sketch to use my peppermint stick background stamp on. Love it and it looks easy to mass produce. Thanks.
Wow! your card is amazing, just got to love Catherine Pooler products, inks, die-cuts they are awesome. Love the ideal doing the tree will have to give that a try, oh the inks are super got to love them.
The vellum mittens are the cutest. What a sweet card!
Cute, Unique, Colorful, Creative Work of Art. Love the tree and vellum mittens!
Super cute and easy! Like you said, great for mass-producing!
I like the vellum mittens and the peppermint paper at the bottom of the panel.
So cute!!!!!
I will never tell…I do like the peppermint stripe on the bottom and it’s the actually an eye-catcher and draws you into the scene. I popped over to check the vellum adhesive trick, too. So…there’s lots here to say ‘thank you’ about!!!
Love the mitten card Laurel. Thanks for a chance to win.
Thanks for sharing your talent. The mittens are so cute.
Adorable card. Thanks for the tips and video on using vellum on your projects.
Love the card and the video tips! Thanks for the chance to win, too. 😀
This card is super sweet . I like how you’ve put the strip along the bottom it draws your eye to it and brings everything together. Love the tree idea too. All in all I LOVE your cute card. Thankyou for being in this unusual blog hop. I’m hopping about all day today and really enjoying all the talent out there. Xx 💕
What a fun card, love those mittens!
I love your card!
What a fun cute card! Love it!
Love this! Oooh, that vellum! Such a neat idea.
What a cute card! Love the fun tree!
super cute card!
I love the card and the colors are great.
Love the outlined mittens with the yarn, so cute!!!
Amazing colors! Love your vellum mittens.
I love the use of Vellum in your card.
Awesome card! Love how you made your tree! What an awesome idea!
Love the stamped tree and the vellum mittens! Clean, yet colorful and whimsical! So creative!
Super Cute Card! Thanks:)
What a cute idea! And I love the way you used vellum for the mittens so the design shows through – perfect!
Love this idea. Thanks for showing us.
How fun is this card!!
Super cute card layering!!!
I just love your fun, whimsical card, especially the tree. Thanks for sharing!
That is a lovely card.
Pretty card. Love how you made the tree.
Adorable card. Love how you layered vellum mittens on it.
I like the use of vellum. Really cute
Oh using the vellum for the mittens is clever, I think I need to try that!
Lovely card…
Beautiful card…
Your card is just adorable! What a great idea that can be adapted to use many different stamp sets.
Love the snowflake tree!
your card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing
what a lovely card, thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful holiday card! Thanks for sharing.
Love the vellum mittens!
Great use of vellum to make the card complete.
Love it Laurel!! Jenny x
Love that the mitten string is shaped into a heart. The tree is really cute too – very original.
Whimsical.
Great Card!
I love the holiday mitten stamp set… so cute! The peppermint stripes looj great with this holiday card… love.
your masked tree is so clever and so pretty!
SQUEAL!! So SWEET!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and INSPIRING!! Have a FABULOUS New Year!! =)
Great card. I love your tree.
I love the sweet mittens and your lovely tree! Thanks for the chance at winning some great prizes.
Merry Christmas!
The ink colors are very fresh looking. Lovely card
What a sweet Card, Laurel, and love you vellum coloring and adhering tips!
What a cozy card. I love the layout and I [heart] those little mittens
Such a clever card!!! Thanks for the joyful inspiration!!!
Such fun card.