I shared this card on my Facebook Live last week where I used Lovely as a Tree. As I explained on the Live, I started out by stamping the fisherman from Best Catch in Memento ink onto the center of the Very Vanilla c/s layer. I didn’t know where the card was headed from there. From there, I colored my tree stamp with a Garden Green and Soft Suede marker and stamped it to the upper left of the fisherman. The water looks very real, doesn’t it? I wish I had colored the water directly around the fisherman, but I instead built up the lake using the water stamp from High Tide and the Pacific Point ink. That’s one color that I haven’t used a lot lately, but it’s perfect for the water on this card. To stamp the water, I started in the center of the cardfront, directly below the fisherman, then re-inked each time and stamped to the left and right, almost like I was laying bricks if that makes sense?
Hmm… what should I add next?!
Well, the mountains from Waterfront using Crumb Cake classic ink was the next image to be stamped. I then masked the mountains and stamped the Mango Melody sun peeking behind it. The only 2 things left to do were fill in my grass which I did with Garden Green ink and a blender pen, and to sponge my sky: I used the Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight inks to color the sky — I’m sorry it’s difficult to see the sponging!
Well, that’s my card for today! Have you been following the retirement party that Stampin’ Up! has been sponsoring online? It’s almost the end of another Stampin’ Up! catalog and sadly, Lovely as a Tree will be leaving us. For my product spotlight, I’ve been featuring the Lovely as a Tree stamp set on my Facebook page and will continue to do so for another few days. If you use the Hostess Code, D7N2NTWA and purchase the Lovely as a Tree stamp set, I will send you a card using this stamp set, and will also send you 1/2 package of the Leaf Trinkets.
Thanks for checking out my card today! Join me tomorrow for another Lovely as a Tree card or project!
