Friday, September 25, 2009

Fall like a Tree












The last of my LNS Pastel challenge I did this card with my club girls... We used the Woodgrain background stamp with Chocolate Chip Ink. I did it on Natural White Paper so the wood grain has a real natural feel to it. I wanted this too look like a Birch Tree and couldn't find my grey stamp pad. I then ran it thru the Stampin' Up! Distressed Textured plate (I tried to picture the texture... not sure it shows...) but it's so cool - looking and feeling like real wood.
Next I, on The Naturals paper, stamped w/ Versa Mark the Oval ' Just for You' and then popped on Mustard and Old Olive. I then (after the image had the colors I wanted) I rubbed the background with Mustard shading it as such. Adding the Vintage Brads as an accent after punching out with our scalloped oval punch. I then stamped the various images from Lovely as a Tree and then popped on Chocolate Chip onto the stems and acorns. Garden Green and More Mustard. I then tied the Mustard Ribbon around and fixed the images on with Dimensional. I like the layered and aged look of this... the texture of the paper after running it thru the textured plate is very cool.
Recipe:
Stamps: Loveley as a Tree, Woodgrain
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark
Accessories: Big Shot Distressed Textured Plate, Mustard Ribbon, Vintage Brads
Papers: Natural White
Challenge: What can you do to feel like Fall?

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