I’ve been struggling with the Fab Friday challenge over the weekend; I find it tricky to use five colours on a card since I love the clean and simple style – even though the 5 colours look good together.

I was trying to go off in a non-Christmas direction but in the end, the Stampin’ Up! Festival of Trees set called to me.

I started by stamping the tree in old olive on crumb cake (2 colours down!) and then stamped the pot in cherry cobbler (three). I used the medium old olive blendability to colour in the lines on the tree where the tinsel or lights are – it is still noticeable but I prefer that it’s not stark white – or crumb cake. Then I took the coastal cabana blendabilities and coloured the baubles in the three colours along with the Stampin’ Write marker in bermuda bay (that gets me to 5 colours!).  I really like the variety in bauble colours.

Next I coloured one of the largest rhinestones in the medium cherry cobbler and put it on the top of the tree. To finish off the front of the card, I used Endless Wishes and cherry cobbler to add the sentiment. I put my crumb cake piece onto a cherry cobbler base.

To finish off the card, I used the On Point embossing folder on the flap of the crumb cake envelope – I’m so happy that Stampin’ Up! offers these.