Lots of Sparkle with Curtain Folded Christmas Tree

Today I tried a great trick that I learned from a YouTube video by Maymay:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe3P7OC8qUM

It is for a curtain folded Christmas tree, and was so much fun to make. The pretty Christmas tree paper was printed from a beautiful selection of papers I won at A Bit More Time to Craft. I have been hoarding a string of plastic Christmas lights in my drawer for years, just waiting for the right occasion to put them to use, so today was the day! The tree need double-sided paper, but Maymay suggests that if you do not have any, just stamp the wrong side of the paper with a patterned stamp, so I did.

I started out with red cardstock and ran it through a Darice EF, but that's kind of a moot point now, because all the glitter (both coarse and fine) pretty much made the embossing undetectable. But, what can I say? I like bling!  I also ran the trunk of the tree through an EF for some extra texture.

Here is the card:

Sparkle:

Closeup of the Christmas tree lights:

I am entering this card in the following challenges ending:

Jul 24 Deep Ocean Challenges - Christmas in July UE

Jul 25 Card and Scrap - AG UE

Jul 25 Sparkle and Sprinkle Challenge - AG UE 

Jul 26 Through the Craft Room Door - AG 2E #2

Jul 29 A Bit More Time to Craft - AG 3E #1

Jul 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - ATG as Long as It's Christmas UE

Jul 31 Lemon Shortbread Challenge - AAG 3E #2
Jul 31 Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Christmas 5E #4

Jul 31 12 Months of Christmas - AG UE

Jul 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - AG UE

Aug 03 Simply Create Too - Lots of Sparkle 3E #1

Aug 08 Not Just Cards - AG UE

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I always appreciate your visits, and your encouraging comments mean more to me than you know. As always, God's highest and best to you today and every day.

Many rich blessings,

Ginny B.

Romans 10:9-11
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. NLT