Merry Christmas Among the Pines
by Anne Thompson

I had some time this week to experiment with the PINPOINT SNOWFLAKE PLATE 94513 and cut a number of backgrounds from a variety of materials–foil papers, different colored cardstocks, and printed papers.  I love the way it cuts not just the pinpoint snowflakes but the edges for a perfect card front at 5 1/2 X 4 1/4.  I chose the one I made from the pale green dot paper as the background for the PINE TREE COLLAGE 84504.

materials used

• PINPOINT SNOWFLAKE PLATE 94513
• pale green  and dark green dot papers from GARLAND STRIPES AND DOTS PP1011
• PINE TREE COLLAGE 94504
• SPECIAL MERRY CHRISTMAS 94499
• POINTED PINE NEEDLE FRAME 94483
• white notecard, white cardstock
• tape runner, glue pen, Glue Dots

to make this card

• I began by adhering the Pinpoint Snowflake paper to cover the front of a white notecard.
• I cut the Pine Tree Collage pieces from white cardstock and trimmed the tree frame to fit so that a little of the Pinpoint Snowflake paper showed around the edges.  
• I used Glue Dots to add the four tree triangles.
• I cut both the Special Merry Christmas and the Pointed Pine Needle Frame from the darker green dot paper.  I snipped off most of the frame and place the pine needles in the upper right corner after adding Merry Christmas across the tree tops.

I have been thinking of ways to add light behind the Pinpoint Snowflakes…perhaps a three-dimensional box card lit from above with tiny LED lights might give me the effect I'm after.  I'll let you know if I come up with a plan and a product!

…And because I love working with the plaid papers…and it is fall…and plaid is this month's challenge theme…here is a bonus card for inspiration.

Happy Crafting!