Hi everyone,
Thank you for joining me for today’s Step-it-Up Sunday. I am using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set which which has been around for nearly 20 years. So it’s a favourite of many – me included. This is such a versatile set in that it can be used for ladies, men, sympathy – any occasion really. The tree images are so beautiful and natural. A couple of the images make great Christmas trees as well. I’ve teamed it with the Hold on to Hope stamp set for the sentiment. This would make a lovely sympathy card or just a note to say ‘I’m here for you’ or ‘Thinking of You’.
Instructions and dimensions are listed. I hope you give one of these cards a try and would love to hear from you with your comments.
Have a lovely week.
Love,
Rochelle
Basic
- Very Vanilla card base
- Stamp the leaf image along the 2 sides in Pear Pizzazz ink
- DSP panels – striped 7.5×2.5cm and wood grain 9×2.5cm.
- Cut a panel of Pear Pizzazz Cardstock 5×14.2 cm. Stamp sentiment towards the bottom in Early Espresso ink.
- Cut a Very Vanilla 7x7cm and stamp tree in Early Espresso. Attach with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
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IntermediaTe
I stepped up this card by adding some watercolour and embellishments.
- Die cut the square and stamp image. Colour in with Old Olive Warercolour pencil.
- Punch tag from sentiment panel and attach to card base with Dimensionals
- Attach tree image with Dimensionals to tag
- Tie the Copper Trim and open it out so it looks lacy.
- Stamp 3 leaves in Old Olive onto Crumb Cake CS and fussy cut. Attach with glue dots.
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Advanced
The Advanced card adds the reflection technique. This is a rather simple technique which gives really great results. I have also created a rectangle using the square Stitched Framelits die.
- Cut a 7x11cm panel from Very Vanilla CS
- Place the die on the Big Shot platform with the bottom edge off the platform so this doesn’t cut through. Run it through the Big Shot.
The die will cut partially leaving the other end uncut.
Align the die to the cut portion and then run it through your Big Shot and this will give you the large rectangle. This is a great way to extend the use of your dies.
- To create the tree with the different inks, mask off the trunk. Ink the tree in Old Olive ink and add Shaded Spruce with a sponge dauber. This is a new colour and will be available 1st June for purchase. Not long to go! Take off the washi tape and take your Early Espresso ink pad direct to the stamp and you have your coloured tree.
Reflection Technique
- Stamp the tree as above onto a piece of window sheet and place beneath the other stamped image. Press firmly and rub with finger or bone folder ove the image so it transfers as a reflection. Image will be lighter because of the transferring.
- Using a blender pen, add a background with Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay Watercolour pencils and Balmy Blue reinker (another pretty new colour).
- Matt onto Early Espresso cardstock.
- Sentiment panel – Pear Pizazz 3.8×5.4cm Old Olive 4.2×5.8cm
- Add leaves and embellishments
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