My Other Creations: Holiday Collage Using Concord & 9th's Take a Bough Dies

Winter Wonderland is our theme this week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I'm a sucker for pink trees, so I decided to incorporate them into my little wintery collage:

These trees were made with the new Take a Bough die from Concord & 9th.  There's a spiffy YouTube video on how to make them, but it's just a matter of cutting lots of branches and gluing them into wagon-wheel designs, like so:

I added little splotches of Distress Ink to my branches to give them even more visual variety.  I then painted a skewer pink and loaded all of the branches onto the skewer to form the trees.

  
Once I had the trees done, I set them against a fabric scrap background.  I added some scribble circles using My Favorite Things' Scribble dies, then added a scallop banner using Reverse Confetti's Double Scallop die.  I finished it off with a sentiment made from Reverse Confetti's Winter Word Coordinates stamp.  I put the whole project in a teal frame I had in my stash with the trees layered in front of the scene.  

Here's how it looks as it gives a little holiday cheer to my craft space (because as you can see, I don't have enough stuff in there as it is).

Here are the supplies I used on this project that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Concord & 9th Take a Bough die set	My Favorite Things Scribbles Die	Reverse Confetti Double Scallop Garland die set	Reverse Confetti Winter Word Coordinates stamp set	Sizzix Big Shot	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink
Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad	Witty White Acrylic Paint

So where will winter take you for this challenge?  Can't wait to see your brrrr-illiant ideas (see what I did there?)  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for your chance to win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!