Tropical wishes

Today's card is for the current challenge over at Papercraft Star - a tree.
I went with a tropical tree as this card is for my supervisor who will be retiring to St. Lucia in the New Year. I just couldn't help but to bling it out a bit. 

I do love this paper pack - isn't this the one we were talking about the other day Lee-Ann? Its from "12 days of Christmas" by MME. Such a fun colour palette!

I struggled a bit with this one as it is out of my comfort zone for sure. One minute I love it, the next I really don't, lol! Oh well, it fit the bill in this case.
Oh, and here is a shot of the inside as well as the matchy gift!

I would also like to share over at Winter Wonderland where the challenge is "Oh Christmas Tree."

I also thought you may get a kick out of at shot of my extremely messy craft space! I had to have this totally cleaned up for my Annual Open House last night - what a job!

See you soon,
Shanna :)