Bookmarks XXVIII: Wintergreen

I'm pretty pleased with how the sparkly embossing powder worked on that Christmas tree.

On the other hand, I wish I'd had some teeny little presents at the same scale as the tree; that would have made a neat little scene. I should have just used some little squares of paper, but I keep forgetting that there are ways to make images that don't involve a stamp. Hopefully I'll remember that for the next time I use this tree.

I do like the background of the bookmark, though. I had fun weaving the washi tape and paper strips together, although you can really only see the effect once. It looks like a really fancy kind of thing you could do to put ribbons around a present.

I probably should have fussy cut the present, or paper pieced it or something. I'm a little sad about how much it disappears into its background and matting. Oh well, can't win 'em all, and the tree turned out really well.

I am entering this bookmark into the following challenges:

• Creative Card Crew Challenge 19: Tree
• There She Goes 137: Everyone loves Presents
• Incy Wincy Designs: Monochromatic Green
• Simon Says Stamp and Show: Tape it Up!
• Simon Says Stamp: Emboss It! (both stamped images are heat-embossed)
• Penny Black and more... @ Allsorts: Early Christmas Makes (but alas not with a Penny Black image)
• Fashionista: Anything Goes Christmas
• Paper Play Week 38: Choose a Holiday (Christmas)

Supplies: (white 110lb. cardstock is from Staples, washi tape from Recollections/Michaels, and the middle-size green oval was cut from the packaging of the Christmas tree stamp.)