Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop: Lovely As A Tree

Hello everyone! It's time for The Stamp Review Crew to host another fantastic blog hop featuring a stamp set from the Stampin' Up! catalog! This time we are featuring the well loved stamp set, Lovely As A Tree! If you started at the beginning, then you arrived here from Debra Burgin's blog. If you are starting here that's o.k., too, as you can still see all the fabulous projects by clicking the link at the bottom of this post and going through the hop!

So I think that that this stamp set has been around since the beginning of time - lol! I feel like I have had this stamp set forever! I don't know about you but I tend to focus on all the new stuff coming out that I forget about my older stamps so this blog hop was a great motivation for me to get it out and work with it. Here's my card:

I used the sketch at Freshly Made to help me put this together. Love the earthy masculine feel of this! Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Run a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder and adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Really Good Greetings onto a strip of Garden Green using Chocolate Chip ink and flag the end then adhere to card
• Flag the end of another strip of Garden Green card stock and adhere to card
• Loop some linen thread and adhere to card
• Stamp the tree from Lovely as a Tree onto a piece of Watercolor paper using black StazOn and cut out using the Circles framelits
• Use Garden Green and Chocolate Chip inks and an aqua painter to watercolor the image then let dry
• Adhere stamped circle to card with dimensionals

Pretty simple! Don't forget to click the link below to go to Shana Gaff's blog to see more wonderful inspiration! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lovely as a Tree, Really Good Greetings; Paper- Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, watercolor paper; Ink- black StazOn, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, Circles framelits, linen thread, aqua painter, dimensionals

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Hello everyone! It's time, once again, for another fabulous challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a great color combination! Take a look:

Happy colors, aren't they?! Most probably don't think of black as a "happy" color, but I love to use black as it can make other colors "pop"! And I feel like that is what it did on my card. Take a look:

So, the challenge colors are Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive. I started with a card base of Old Olive. Then I glued down a piece of Basic Black. For the focal point I stamped the trees from the Lovely As A Tree stamp set on a scrap piece of typing paper and cut right at the horizon. This created a mask for me that I used for sponging. But first I stamped the trees on Very Vanilla card stock using black StazOn. Then I masked off the sky and sponged Old Olive on the grass part. Then I masked off the grass part and sponged Daffodil Delight on the sky part making sure it was darker at the horizon and gradually got lighter at the top. Then I glued it to a piece of Basic Black card stock and tore the bottom at an angle. I put in two silver brads to the left and glued this to a piece of Old Olive. I stamped a greeting in black StazOn from Friendly Phrases on the right hand side of the Old Olive panel and then popped it all up on the Basic Black. And there you have it!

So now I highly recommend that you all visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to get even more inspiration from the very talented design team. Then make your own wonderful creation and upload it to their site so that we can all have a look. I always love to see what others come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lovely As a Tree, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Old Olive, Basic Black, Very Vanilla; Ink- black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive; Accessories- silver brads, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning! Ahhhh! And it is a long weekend! For us it is extra special because it is the last day of school and my parents and my brother are coming out for a visit! We don't get to see them as often as we like. In fact we haven't seen them since Christmas! The JUCCO World Series starts this weekend and we are going to be watching a lot of baseball! Fun, fun, fun!! But Friday also means that there is another wonderful sketch challenge from Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tina Taves. Take a look:

So simple and so many possibilities! Here is what I finally came up with:

I hope it doesn't look too fall like (because I am not ready for fall just yet). I started with a card base of Garden Green. Then I ran a piece of Cajun Craze through the Big Shot with the square lattice embossing folder and sponged it. This gets glued to the card. Then I cut a 3 1/2" circle from Crumb Cake and stamped my greeting from Thoughts & Prayers in Early Espresso. The circle is sponged with Crumb Cake. Then I got my Lovely as a Tree stamp set out and dusted it off (literally) and stamped the leaves in Garden Green on Very Vanilla cardstock. I cut them out and sponged a little Wild Wasabi over them to give them a little more color. I popped these up on the circle and the circle is popped up on the card. The last thing I did was to punch a flower from Cajun Craze using the itty bitty shapes punch pack. I put the flower right over the acorn and added a basic pearl. And there you have it!

So now I am going to send you off to see what Jennifer has done with this sketch. Be sure to click your way through the tour to get inspired! By doing this, you will eventually end up at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog where you are able to upload your creation! I do hope that you will find time to play along this week! I love looking at all your wonderful creations! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lovely as a Tree, Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Garden Green, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla; Ink- Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze; Accessories- square lattice embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic pearl, 3 1/2" circle die, sponges, dimensionals