Hi Sheila! I had the same thought as Heidi and April ... try adding a mat behind your stamped image. I would try black, though it might get lost on the background, more likely red to match the ribbon/background or maybe even gold, as it looks like a little bit of gold/neutral in the background and yellow/gold in the image. If you are afraid of popping the image off your pretty background ... someone recently shared a tip to use Glide ribbon style dental floss. They said it was even better than Un Do.
Thanks for playing and using the prompts April! And you're so quick!
Your blue card is harder ... I think it might need just a tiny pop of another color. It already has bling. I looked at the embossed section, but you really don't want to draw the eye too much away from your tree ... for some reason I'm thinking a tiny bit of red, even though that would make a red, white and blue card. You are the embellishment queen! Do you have a little holly piece with tiny red berries, or a silver/red somethin', somethin' to add on top of the ribbon crossing the top corner? Just thoughts, don't feel like you need to change it.
Hey! Just had one more thought ... Yankee added a tiny red bird to her
tree card. Your tree might be too busy for a bird, but maybe in the top corner? or somewhere else? Under the tree, on the ground?