Leaves
Posted: February 5, 2008 Filed under: Designer Paper, Lovely as a Tree Leave a comment
As A11 and I were creating the other night she noticed that most of my cards featured flowers or butterflies. It is harder to create cards for males but I think this one could be a man’s birthday card. It is one of the cards inspired by someone else’s sketch. Debbie Olsen posted this sketch on her beautiful blog the other day. The card was very quick to make as I used a strip of designer paper for the vertical panel.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Wild Wasbi, Chocolate Chip
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Porcelain Prints d.p.
Also: corner rounder punch, stampin dimensionals
Winters’ Night
Posted: October 24, 2007 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Stamped Landscapes Leave a comment
Some nights really do look like this after a fresh fall of snow. Once again I used Lovely as a Tree to create this winter scene but didn’t use embossing to put snow on the trees this time. The moon is embossed with clear embossing powder before sponging all around it with Night of Navy and Brocade Blue ink. Stamping the trees several times without re-inking gives the effect of distance.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Christmas Cardinal(the word Christmas), Island Blossoms( the moon)
Inks: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Versamark, Basic Black
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Whisper White
Also: Clear embossing powder, sponges
October Stampers’ Club
Posted: October 22, 2007 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Snowflake Spot Leave a comment
Everyone at Stampers’ Club was happy to get going on Christmas cards this month. I decided to demonstrate a technique for making the trees appear laden with snow. First I stamped the trees in Handsome Hunter and then inked the same stamp with Versamark and stamped a little above the first image. I embossed with clear embossing powder before sponging with basic black. The embossed area resists the black ink and appears as snow on the branches. Some people added a moon in the sky by stamping a circle in versamark also.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Many Merry Messages
Inks: Handsome Hunter, Versamark, Basic Black
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Whisper White
Also: Clear embossing powder, sponge, red grosgrain ribbon
Our second card featured the designer paper ‘Cerise’ which seems so Nordic to me! Everyone commented that it was a quick card to make, which it was, once I had determined the sizes of the squares and how many to make (that took me so long that my younger daughter finally gave me a talking to, told me it was fine and it was time to move on!)
Supplies:
Stamps: Snowflake Spot
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Cerise d.p.
The next day I made another one with left over pieces and fiddled a bit more and added another couple of layers.
Peace
Posted: October 9, 2007 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree Leave a comment
This is a favourite from the cards I made last year. I was inspired by this beautiful card by Debbie Olsen. Lovely as a Tree is great set all year round but I probably use it most at this time of year. I will have a few new Lovely as a Tree designs to share over the next few weeks but I thought I’d show you this one first.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, All Year Round
Inks: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Versamark, Basic Black
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Also: White and clear embossing powder, versamarker, sponges
Lovely as a Pine
Posted: October 5, 2007 Filed under: Lovely as a Tree, Rollers 1 Comment 
My design for this one is inspired by Laurie’s card which also features a stamp from Lovely as a Tree.
Supplies:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Pine bough roller
Inks: Handsome Hunter, Bashful Blue
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Bashful Blue, Blue Bayou, Very Vanilla
Also: Hunter grosgrain ribbon
Heather Telford 
