Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree (WM128655/CM127793) is one of those "must have" Stampin' Up! Stamp Sets and will be an all time favourite and "go to" for Christmas, scenery and those more difficult cards like sympathy and masculine. It is timeless and can be used for anything from a focal point or a background image. Today it is used on its own with parts of the tree highlighted using the double mount stamping method. The card in its basic format...
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| A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree |
The card is stamped and brushed over with an Aqua pen. To dress it up, restamp the image on coordinating paper and die cut (stitched shapes) and position over the original image.
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| A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree |
It is easy to line the images up on the original stamping - sponge the original with ink, add a contrasting ribbon, and mount on a base card. In this example I added a panel of embossed and sponged Pinewood Planks (143708)...
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| A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree |
From stitched squares to stitched circles and a colour swap - Wild Wasabi on the stamped panel, Very Vanilla for the focal points...
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| A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree |
The images were stamped in Old Olive and the base card embossed in Pinewood planks (143708) and inked over directly off the pad.
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| A Crafty Cat: Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree |
The double mount stamping technique looks great! And can be created using any colour combination.
I hope you are inspired to dust off your Lovely as a Tree and start stamping - don't own one but would like too? If you live in Australia, please contact me and I'd love to help you, or you can shop on my online shop 24/7. Your custom would be appreciated.
Yours in paper craft,
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