I am very attracted to any stamp set that has trees or leaves. My very first stamp set was a Stampin' Up! set with several leaves and an acorn stamp. That was in 1999. My next tree set was the Lovely As A Tree stamp set, which I purchased the year it came out. (2001) I still own it and it is STILL available in the annual catalog. I own just about every tree set that is available currently and love all of them. However...the new bundle called Winter Woods is now my favorite.
The group of wintry trees makes me swoon! The birch trees are going to be quite useful as background accents on many things. It even has the perfect shaped Christmas tree. AND the dies, can we talk about the dies?? This bundle is going to be perfect for so many occasions.
For this card, I didn't use any of the matching dies. I fussy cut the sentiment and it has 2 layers of stamped vellum. I wanted there to be a shadow or hint of trees in the background. I adore the Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon on this card and think the Pool Party cardstock gives it a dreamy feel. I used an image from the Artisan Textures stamp set to stamp a bit of color over the sentiment with Pool Party ink.
After stamping the bottom layer of vellum with the tree image using Jet Black StazOn Ink, I used the new Corrugated Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder on that piece. (see the "stripey" looking texture under the top layer?) I sponged a bit of Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue on the embossed layer to adhere it to the top layer of vellum. I wanted more dimension on this card, so I took a scrap of paper and used the same embossing folder to emboss it. I used it instead of Stampin' Dimensionals to give the bottom layer of Pool Party some depth. The photo below shows the underneath side of the layers.
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Gorgeous card, I just love this set, what is it about trees and leaves, I want them all.
ReplyDeleteLove your card and the techniques you used. Very clever design!
ReplyDeleteI am simply wowed by this design and execution. What an artist you are!! Thanks for the idea about embossing the under-layer. Love it
ReplyDeleteI love your use of this amazing stamp set. It's hauntingly beautiful. You really captured the season and I love the embossed layer under the trees. Well done!
ReplyDeleteJust stunning! Would you consider a video?
ReplyDeleteKim ~ so pretty. I’m not quite sure I understand all of the steps. The pool part is embossed . Did you emboss a piece of vellum with that same folder? Or did you use the. Corrugated folder on the vellum with stamped trees? Love the look 1st would love to cas this for my November class :)
ReplyDeleteThe embossed Pool Party was used under another piece of Pool Party to give the card dimension. You do not see the embossed Pool Party on the finished project. The trees were stamped on 2 different pieces of vellum. I used the embossing folder on the second layer of vellum I had stamped the trees on. Top layer of vellum is not embossed. Hope that helps!
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