Lovely as a Tree

Have you seen the foil paper in the sale-a-bration catalog? Not only is it beautiful it is also FREE!! With each $50 purchase from Stampin' Up! you get to choose something free out of a special catalog. Choose this foil paper! You get 4 sheets of Grapefruit Grove and 4 sheets of Lovely Lipstick. For this project I used Grapefruit Grove.

The Old Olive card base is 11 x 4 1/4, scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2.
The Cajun Craze layers are cut at 5 1/4 x 4 and 2 1/2 x 4.
The Very Vanilla layers are cut at 5 x 3 3/4 and 1 1/4 x 3 3/4.
The Wood Textures paper is cut at 3 1/2 x 2.

Stamp the trees from Lovely as a Tree in Early Espresso ink. You will need to stamp them twice to stretch across the bottom edge from right to left.

Use sponge daubers to add the colors to the trees. I started with Old Olive so it didn't get muddied up. I swirled on the Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Cajun Craze ink in small areas until I had color everywhere.  Be careful with the darker colors making sure to use a very light touch. I added more Crushed Curry over the other colors in the end. It seemed to brighten them all. You will need to repeat this process on the edges of the smaller Very Vanilla piece.

Attach the Wood Texture piece to the swirled Very Vanilla piece. Wrap and tie a the Old Olive thread around this before attaching it to the Cajun Craze piece. Attach all of this to the front flap.

Using the leaf from Seasonal Layers, cut out two leaves from the Grapefruit Grove foil paper. Do not remove all of the tiny cut pieces from the leaves. Use mini dimensionals to attach the leaves to the Wood paper.

For the words (from Humming Along) I used the daubers to the add the ink to the rubber stamp in small areas until it was covered with the olive, curry, pumpkin, and cajun inks  then I stamped it above the trees. Be sure to stamp off the ink left on the daubers onto scrap paper in the end because this will muddy up the ink on the dauber. for future projects.

Attach the layers for the inside and you are finished. I did stamp the left corner of the envelope with a few of the trees and swirl some color on it but that is optional of course.

Click on any of the products below and it will take you to my store where you can order the supplies to make this card. You can easily turn it into a get well card or a sympathy card.

Thank you!
Chris

tams# 28997

Product List

Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[127793]

$20.00

Humming Along Cling Stamp Set

[148758]

$20.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

[143751]

$33.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$7.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$7.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$7.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$7.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[147085]

$7.50

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100702]

$8.50

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119684]

$8.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.75

Old Olive Linen Thread

[148811]

$5.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$11.00

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

[149712]

$0.00

Snow Much Fun

I just found this one on Pinterest. Beautiful! I am going to start making 5-10 Christmas cards a month so I don't have such a crunch next year. This one by Bonnie Klass at bon2stamp is a keeper! She used Lovely as a Tree and Snow Much Fun

Stamp-a-Stack, Dec.1st

Summer Smooches DSP, butterfly punch, champagne glimmer paper, scallop oval punch, large oval punch, daffodil delight and whisper white card stock, daffodil seam binding, Petite Pairs, black stazon ink, itty bitty shapes punch pack (flower)

 white craft ink and white embossing powder, pool party and whisper white card stock, pool party classic ink, sponge, white taffeta ribbon, silver embossing powder, silver ribbon (non SU),  Lovely as a Tree, Loving Thoughts, spritz bottle filled with alcohol and frost white shimmer paint (adds a great sparkle)

 real red, gumball green, and whisper white card stock, dotted embossing folder, delicate designs embossing folder, Big Shot, large scallop punch, 2-1/2 inch circle punch, 1-3/8 inch circle punch, gumball stitched satin ribbon, cherry cobbler baker's twine, glue dots, mitten punch, Chock-Full of Cheer, real red classic ink, dazzling details (on mittens)

 

marina mist and whisper white card stock, Big Shot, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Trust God, Serene Silhouettes, old olive and marina mist markers, marina mist dotted ribbon

 

 

We will be making 3 each of these designs for $15 at my house Dec. 1st for a Stamp-a-Stack. Each one is pretty easy to make. Come on over and learn how to make them with us. There is always room for one more. Newbies are welcome. Send me an email if you are interested in coming. I am in the Memphis area.

Lovely As A Tree

This is a classic set. I have made sympathy cards, Christmas cards, men's cards, women's cards, and even used one of the trees as a pine branch on a scrapbook page. I added the woody background to help make it look more manly. These two colors together are wonderful. You need to order all the wide grosgrain ribbon you can afford because it is all going. It is my favorite go to ribbon. What's a stamper to do? Buy the new ribbon, of course. And wait until you see it. New designs and new colors!

Sets: Lovely As a Tree, Woodgrain background, Sincere Salutations

Ink: chocolate chip, very vanilla

Accessories: chocolate chip wide grosgrain ribbon (retiring), sponge

This is one of the cards we are making on June 14th. We will make 6 masculine cards for $15. I hope you can come! Contact me for directions to my Memphis house.

Christmas Scrapbooking Layout/ Delightful Decorations

I wanted to make a Christmas card using Lovely As a Tree ever since I saw people using the pine tree as a branch for the ornaments. Great idea! I used the new Tasteful Trim die and the Big Shot to cut the vanilla trim. Then I punched some 1/2 cherry circles to add a bit of color. The base is cherry cobbler with paper from the Jolly Holiday DSP. The ornaments are from Delightful Decorations and Tags Til Christmas. Each one is punched with the ornament punch and decorated with a rhinestone jewel. I used dimensionals to pop them up. The green is old olive. I used some old silver string to hang the ornaments. The ribbon is 1/4 grosgrain in olive and vanilla. 2010 is cut from an alphabet set and the Big Shot.

My next scrapbooking class is Dec. 3rd at 7:00. We are making this and the turkey page from an earlier post. We make three double page layouts for $20. Come and join us! If you can't make it but want the kit just let me know.

Lovely as a Tree

This card turned out beautiful and is pretty easy to make. I ran the white base through the Big Shot using the dotted embossing folder. Then I ran another piece of white through using the scallop oval die. On the center part of the oval I stamped 3 trees in garden green. Then I made a hill mask out of paper, laid it over the trees, then stamped four more trees. That made the snowy look. I used a dauber and bashful blue ink to add the sky. That makes the snow really pop. I add the holes to the scallop ring and used a glimmer brad from the basic pack to add the punched snowflake. I attached the scalloped ring using dimensionals. Then I set the stamped middle part in (exact fit) with tape. Very Merry came from Short and Sweet. It is stamped and sponged in garden green and mounted on a red scalloped oval. One of my stampers told me to add some sparkle to the trees. That would be perfect!