Snowy Pine Needle Oval Frame and Pine Tree Hill by Anne Thompson

Living in Maine, the Pine Tree State, I was drawn to both the PINE NEEDLE OVAL FRAME 94283 and the PINE TREE HILL 94295 for my winter and holiday cards.

I was trying to think of a way to put some snow on the die cut branches and its oval as well as on the pine trees. Why not try VersaMark direct to the paper and heat set white embossing powder over it? I tried it on the needles first. And it worked! I got just what I was hoping for.

And then I added a little bit to the oval.

Now to try the trees. After die cutting the Pine Tree Hill, I left the die in place and pounced the VersaMark pad on top of the die to leave sticky stuff in the openings and around the base of the trees. Those are the darker shiny spots you see in the photos below.

After carefully removing the die (and washing it with warm water and dish soap), I sprinkled on opaque white embossing powder and heat set it.

The next thing was to remove the die cut from the extra paper. I used sharp scissors to cut from the edge to the slit by the trees on the left and right. Then I trimmed the bottom edge straight using my paper trimmer.

I used foam tape along the base and the bottoms of the three trees and adhered this strip to a piece of blue dotted paper cut 4 X 5.25. I snipped off the edges that overhung the paper. Using a tape runner, I attached this panel to the front of a top-folded A2 notecard.

I chose "enjoy the beauty of the season" for the sentiment from the MISTLETOE SWAG Clear Stamps Set CL5247. I stamped it in VersaMark on a scrap of the same green paper and embossed it with opaque white embossing powder. I trimmed it down and adhered it on the card using foam tape.