I fell in love with Papertrey Ink's Merry & Bright stamp set and scooped it up as soon as I saw it.
The rest of the card uses PTI's Holiday Vintage Prints Patterned Paper, White Opal and Ruby Red Liquid Pearls. Liquid Pearls are my latest favorite embellishment. As long as you wait for them to dry, they are so much easier and cheaper and lighter weight than many other embellishments.
For a funny discussion of how to get your Liquid Pearl dots to lay flat instead of looking like Madonna's .... oh, just go to Splitcoaststampers and check out this discussion! Make sure you read until at least post #8!!
And, as you can see, I took a scrap of the red patterned paper and included it in the inside of the card.
Other supplies: Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink; SU Dimensionals; SU black marker; Memories Black Dye ink, circle punch.
Hope you are having a good week!
ps. 18 years ago I gave birth to my favorite child (my only!!). Happy Birthday Andy!
This is so pretty and festive, Joan!! I love it!! Happy birthday to Andy!! (Goin' to check out that thread now).
Posted by: Rose Ann | December 02, 2008 at 08:14 PM
Happy birthday Andy!
Another fabulous card for Christmas.
Posted by: Juanita | December 02, 2008 at 08:46 PM
FABulous card!!! Happy Birthday to your Boy!!!
Posted by: ~amy~ | December 02, 2008 at 09:49 PM
Love that paper! Great card.
Happy Birthday, Andy!!!
Posted by: Lora Lee | December 02, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Very cute, Joan! I love the stitching!
Posted by: Niki Estes | December 02, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Gorgeous card, Joan! Love those awesome trees and the Liquid Pearl accents!!! LOLing at Julie's "cone bra" description...but I totally get it too! Great tip for getting them to be round! Thanks! :)
Posted by: Cindy Lawrence | December 02, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Beautiful card, Joan! I love the stitching. I'll have to remember that trick with the Liquid Opals; I was getting so discouraged!
Posted by: Jessica Canham | December 02, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Love the bright and merry card. Happy Birthday Andy.
Posted by: marciad | December 03, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Awesome card Joan! I totally love this set as well - it can be used in so many ways. Happy Birthday Andy! And thanks for both the morning chuckle about Madonna's ________ and a reference to where I can finally know how to use Liquid Pearls.
Posted by: SueB | December 03, 2008 at 05:37 AM
Gorgeous card, Joan!! Happy birthday to Andy!
Posted by: Colleen | December 03, 2008 at 08:14 AM
Please give Andy a birthday hug for me!
Posted by: maggie | December 03, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Great use of this set, Joan! Happy birthday to Andy (if a day late!).
Posted by: Jenn E. | December 03, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Lovely card, Joan! LOVE all of the dimension to it!
Posted by: Barb F | December 03, 2008 at 11:31 AM
GORGEOUS card Joan! I fell in love with Merry & Bright as well, and have used it quite a bit! Bout fell out of my chair laughing from the LP discussion on SCS! Thanks for providing us with the link! Made my day!
Posted by: Anne | December 03, 2008 at 12:43 PM
this is so cute! love those trees and dimension. just adorable, Joan! :)
Posted by: Lori Craig | December 04, 2008 at 12:13 AM
LOVE it!
Very fun!
And thanks for the pearls link!
Posted by: Tracy | December 04, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Your card came out absolutely beautiful Joan. Love the satmp set and the wonderful colors that you used. It is Andy's birthday again? Gosh this past year sure did fly by. Happy birthday Andy I hope your day was every bit as special as you are.
Mary
Posted by: Mary Anderson | December 04, 2008 at 03:37 AM
Fabulous card. I love the combination of patterns. Great peek from the side. Hugs, Mary
Posted by: Mary Fish | December 04, 2008 at 08:32 AM
Happy Birthday, Andy! Great card, Joan. My great, great neice was born today, so it's a happy, happy day.
Posted by: Becky | December 04, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Very pretty, love the pearl accents on the trees! A Happy birthday to your son! My daughters birthday is the 6th of Dec. and she is turning 19, my only child too!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | December 04, 2008 at 07:30 PM
Happy Belated Birthday Joan! How come that wasn't in the blog? I hope you had a great day!
Posted by: maggie | December 05, 2008 at 09:32 AM
I especially love this one, Joan--so festive. I like how you cut up the trees. Love my Liquid Pearls, too, but I only have them in pink. So pretty, though. Someday I'll stock up. I just wish I could find everything in one spot... Happy belated birthday to Andy!
Posted by: Leslie Miller | December 13, 2008 at 05:10 PM