Posts tagged ‘Lovely as a tree’

October 17, 2015

Lovely as a tree …

Hello and welcome to my blog. This week’s theme challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is the wild woods, so I turned to my old faithful Lovely as a Tree stamp set from Stampin’ Up to make my Design Team card …

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I used masks for the moon and hills and brayered in the wintery sky – I love the soft, air-brushed effect the brayer makes…

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I stamped the trees with full strength and second generation ink, masking off different areas to create height and depth. Snowflakes were stamped using my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set from Stampin’ Up …

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And, I was inspired by Deborah, one of my Design Team colleagues, whose cards are always so beautifully finished, both inside and out, so I added some stamping to the inside of my card too …

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I hope you like my card for this week. The Design Team has created lots of lovely wintery wood cards to inspire you, so I do hope you pop over to 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge blog to take a look.

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April 25, 2015

Lovely as a tree with a triple time stamping technique…

Hi and welcome to my blog. It’s Louise’s last week to host over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, and this time she has a triple time stamping technique for us.

I took inspiration from a diorama card I made some time back, and inked up my card using my brayer, before stamping across all layers with the fir tree image from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set by Stampin’ Up…

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I then stamped over the top with whisper white craft and illuminate inks using the gorgeous grunge stamp set, to give the illusion of snow. I inked the shaped base card to match.

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The card was embellished with a hand-tied bow and glittered snowflake die.

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I am linking my card to the following challenges:  

Virginia’s View Challenge #14 – layers and dimensions  

Winter Wonderland Challenge – twinkle, twinkle (all things sparkly and bright)

Word Art Wednesday #180 – anything goes/family friendly 

I hope you like my card for this week.  Our Design Team has created lots of lovely cards to inspire you, so do pop over to 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge blog to take a look.

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stamps: lovely as a tree, petite pairs, gorgeous grunge;

inks: soft sky, night of navy;

cardstock: whisper white, night of navy;

punches and dies: word window, modern label, 1 1/4″ circle (for the moon mask), Martha Stewart snowflake punch;

accessories:  whisper white organza ribbon, dazzling diamonds, glue dots, stampin’ dimensionals, shaped card from my stash;

All supplies from Stampin’ Up unless otherwise stated. 

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