Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Lovely as a Tree

It's time for another Make Your Mark challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! and I had some fun with an oldie but goody, Lovely as a Tree. For my first card, I used the challenge at The Friday Mashup! and used embossing and a tree, as well as the tall and skinny sketch challenge at Mojo Monday.

I thought this would be a great chance to get a head start on some Father's Day cards, and I just got the perfect stamp in my My Paper Pumpkin kit to accompany Lovely as a Tree.
I started by sponging a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with Marina Mist and Night of Navy ink. I then spritzed it with water. I'm sure you have noticed that I use this technique a lot! :) I think it ended up looking like a globe! I then embossed the tree on Very Vanilla cardstock with Early Espresso cardstock and used my Blendabilities to color the tree in, followed by some sponging with Marina Mist and Night of Navy ink. My tree kind of disappeared so I embossed it again on top of all of the coloring.

I used similar techniques on my second card, along with The Friday Mashup! challenge again, as well as the sketch challenge at The Paper Players.

This time I started with a few more colors on my background panel.  For the tree panel, I embossed the trees on Vellum and colored the back with Stampin' Write markers. I then used my two-way glue pen to glue it down to another panel that was sponged and spritzed.  I pulled it off of that panel, and it left the lighter colors on the vellum. I love how it turned out!  I think the trees pop a lot better on this one.
I hope you enjoyed my cards for our Make Your Mark challenge. Make sure you stop by the other gals' cards from ATSM and leave them some love as well!


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12 comments:

  1. DeeptiMay 27, 2014 at 10:57 PM

    Beautiful cards Shana, love the embossed tree and amazing night view :)

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  2. sandieMay 28, 2014 at 2:10 PM

    both cards are stunning and the embossing perfect x

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  3. AnonymousMay 28, 2014 at 3:37 PM

    Hi Shana. I really like how you colour the trees from the Lovely as a Tree set, must try it myself. Thanks for the inspiration. Have a great day! Hugs Monika xxx

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  4. Simply Sara Stampin'May 28, 2014 at 6:30 PM

    Shana, I really like both of your cards...so cool! Great idea to emboss the tree again on your first card. It makes it look like it's really popping in the picture. Thanks for joining us this week at the Friday Mashup.
    Sara

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  5. Avery MurphyMay 28, 2014 at 10:40 PM

    Shana I really love how you created the background on both your cards. Reminds me of a stary night!

    Thank you for playing along with us at The Friday Mashup.

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  6. LisaMay 29, 2014 at 1:35 AM

    Wonderful cards, love the blue in the first one and then how you've got some brighter colors on the second card. Great job!

    Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

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  7. LeAnneMay 29, 2014 at 6:38 PM

    Gorgeous cards....love your techniques! Thanks for playing with my sketch this week, too, Shana!

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  8. Danielle VincentMay 30, 2014 at 12:53 AM

    Both cards are lovely Shana. I really like how you use that technique to create such a gorgeous background. Lovely as a tree will always be a good go to stamp. Hugs D

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  9. KylieMay 30, 2014 at 3:08 AM

    Amazing cards, Shana!!! Great colours and designs xx

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  10. SueMay 30, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    Two gorgeous cards, Shana! Really like the second one with the embossing on vellum xx

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  11. hollybeary creationsMay 30, 2014 at 10:55 AM

    These are both pretty.. I love the dark colors you used. Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup.

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  12. Deborah FringsJune 1, 2014 at 9:30 PM

    Both these cards are absolutely gorgeous. I particularly like the shaded panel on the second card! Great work!

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