Combining Trees
September 2025 Concord & 9th
The September release from Concord & 9th is all about holiday - Trees and greens, and holiday scenes and Santa himself! I’ll be adding more variations, so check back again later. For this card, I combined trees from a couple of the sets with the Accordion Pop-Up Base dies from the previous release for a peaceful winter scene.
Techniques:
I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Accordion Base Dies. There’s a Tree Farm add-on for it in this release, but I also had a vision of of creating a peaceful winter tree scene with some of the other new dies as well. This card mixes a few different sets.
You’ll notice that the colors on the card generally shift from lighter at the front to darker in the background. This technique enhances the depth created by the accordion fold.
The back layer is Midnight cardstock, with silver embossed stars/snow from the Triple-Step Evergreen stamps.
The Peace on Earth is from the same stamp set, but embossed in white.
The moon is from the Tree Farm dies, and cut from white glitter paper.The second layer from back features trees from the Tree Farm dies cut from Blueberry.
The next layer forward features trees in Lakefront, and you can see the curve of snow (created with a die from the Sleigh Full of Cheer dies).
The most forward layer within the window is created with Aqua Sky trees and the same snowy curve.
On the front of the card (window panel cut from Powder cardstock) I embossed more of the silver snow from the back panel. I positioned it to appear to flow seamlessly to increase the continuity of the scene.
On the front of the card, two more trees with the Tree Farm dies are on the right (in Harbor and Aqua Sky). The taller one was created by stacking three small trees together. (I wanted a taller one with that texture.)
The main tree on the left is created with the Triple-Step Evergreen stamps. And I added it with foam tape for additional dimension.
Throughout the trees, I’ve added some tiny Silver Nuvo Drops to embellish the trees and repeat the embossed silver detail.
Colors:
cardstock: Concord & 9th Lakefront, Aqua Sky, Powder, Harbor, Blueberry, Midnight.
ink: Concord & 9th Lakefront, Harbor, Blueberry, White.
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