The Wilderness Awaits with Lovely As A Tree

 

Hello, welcome back to my blog.  My share today is my take on a masculine card.  I really struggle with these, but definitely have men in my life that I like to send cards to.  I searched Pinterest for this stamp set and found something similar to this.  I had the corrugated kraft paper that I hadn't used yet and think it's kind of manly so I knew I wanted to use a layer of it.  I am trying to use up my 2014-2016 in color supplies so my card base is Blackberry Bliss with a layer of Mossy Meadow next.  I stamped the Elk on Whisper White with Stazon ink and then added some trees from Lovely as a Tree in Mossy Meadow.  This layer was mounted on more Blackberry Bliss.  I got my greeting from Going Global, stamped in Mossy Meadow on a banner of Whisper White.  I sponged the edges with Marina Mist and used the banner punch for the ends.  For my sky I used my sponge daubers with Soft Sky, Marina Mist and So Saffron inks.  I masked off my sun with a 1 3/8" circle punched from a post-it-note.  For my little bow, I cut the surged edges off of the burlap ribbon and then pulled the ribbon apart.  I like this look because it has more texture than linen thread and it's thicker.  Well, that's all for today.  I really appreciate you stopping by!!

 

 

Lovely as a Tree landscape

 

Hello, welcome back.  I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest and I fell in love with the sponging and the reflection so I thought I would give it a shot.  I started with a base of Pool Party (8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored in half) and then a layer of Basic Black (5 1/4 X 4).  My next layer started out as Whisper White (5 X 3 3/4), but with all of the sponging, you would never be able to tell.  I started and sponged both the top and bottom of the white with pool party.  I then masked it off with post-it notes and sponged in Smoky Slate.  I tried to make it look like mountains with it being a little darker at the top.  I then did the same thing to the bottom creating my reflection of the mountains.  I used the Archival Black Ink and stamped the trees from Lovely as a Tree stamp set.  I stamped the same image on vellum card stock and flipped it over, making sure to line up the trees, and then just rubbed it over my sponging.  I wasn't sure it was going to turn out, but love how it did.  I then sponged a little more at the roots of the trees for the ground.  I used the stamp set And Many More for my greeting.

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