Rustic Lovely as a Tree for PP413

Hello and Happy Sunday! Time for another weekly card challenge over at The Paper Players. This week, Sandy has a theme challenge for us: Leaves and Trees. I started out with a fall card but then when I saw the little note on the challenge graphic that Christmas trees were also welcome, my plans changed. I really NEED to make some fall cards, but I’m kind of smitten with Christmas cards right now. 

Lovely as a Tree is one of those stamp sets that I think I will have in my collection forever. It is perfect for so many occasions and not only can you make some beautiful fall and holiday cards with it, it is perfect for masculine cards too. I wanted to make a rustic Christmas card so I immediately grabbed the Buffalo Check Background stamp. This is a stamp that really is a great accent in ANY color, but I decided on the traditional red (Cherry Cobbler) and black. 

For added texture, I embossed the Crumb Cake Layer with the Pinewood Planks Embossing folder and then distressed (using a sponge) around all of the Crumb Cake edges with black ink. I finished it off with a Linen Thread triple-bow, a True Gentleman Button and then colored some pearls with my Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends Marker. Since they are alcohol-based, they are perfect to create rhinestones and pearls in any color your heart desires! 

It is tough to see in the photos, but I did go over the tips of the branches along with the base of the tree with Clear Wink of Stella for a little pop of “frost” on the tree. I think it’s a cozy card and if it weren’t 90 degrees here, it would inspire me to bundle up in a big, fuzzy blanket and sweater. If cooler temps have arrived in your neck of the woods, I’m very jealous of you. We still have a little while to go here...

Card Measurements: 

• Mossy Meadow card base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2”
• Basic Black cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Crumb Cake cardstock - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Cherry Cobbler cardstock - 2” x 5-1/8” 
• Crumb Cake cardstock (for stamped image) 2-1/2” x 4” 
• Mossy Meadow cardstock (behind stamped image) - 2-5/8” x 4-1/8"

Won’t you join us and share your project this week? 

You can link up your project through Friday October 12th, 2018 at Noon PST.

 All of the details can be found over at The Paper Players 

Please stop by and and show some love to the Design Team and please leave a comment here so I know that you visited today. I’ve listed all of the supplies I used to create this card below. You can click on any of the photos to shop in my online Stampin' Up!® store. 

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

Jaydee

Anne Marie Hile (that’s me!)
Ann Schach

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Sandy Mathis

Annie Abrahamson

Jan Clothier

Elizabeth Stewart

Have a HAPPY day today! :)

-Anne Marie

Product List

Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set [127793]	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702]	Buffalo Check Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147794]	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]
Linen Thread [104199]	True Gentleman Buttons [145596]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119685]
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]	Cherry Cobbler Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144575]	Stamping Sponges [141337]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]
Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Stamparatus [146276]	Big Shot [143263]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Lovely as a Tree and Shimmer Paints

Hello and Happy Monday to you! If you are here in the United States, I hope you have been enjoying this long Labor Day weekend. Today I wanted to share another one of the cards I created after my Facebook Live Video that I shared on Friday. In that video, I shared 7 different techniques to use with the new Shimmer Paints that will be coming out in the Stampin’ Up! ® Holiday Catalog on September 5th. There are 4 colors of Shimmer Paint in the catalog: Frost White, Champagne Mist, Vegas Gold and Bright Copper. My card today features the second of seven techniques from the video. I hope you enjoy it! 

**If you would like to take a peek at all of these techniques, you can watch my Facebook Live Video by clicking HERE.** 

Lovely as a Tree is such a classic stamp set. It was sitting on my desk and when I got started with the Shimmer Paints, I thought it might be fun to see how it would look to add a little “flocking” to the tree. It’s really easy to achieve this look. Just grab a paint brush with a fine tip and dust the tree and the “ground” with some of the Frost White Shimmer Paint. A little bit goes a long way with the paint and it creates such a fun detail. 

I stamped the image in Shaded Spruce ink but didn’t stamp the ink on the base of the tree and the ground below the tree. For that I used a Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker. Stamping the image on Crumb Cake cardstock really helped the shimmer paint stand out a little more. I distressed the edges of the cardstock with some Crumb Cake ink on a Stampin’ Sponge and then “flicked” a little bit of ink from the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker around the image for a little more of that rustic look.  

 Did you know that with Stampin’ Blends you can create any color of pearl or rhinestone you want? Because the Blends are alcohol based, they work well to shade those accents. I used the Dark Old Olive Stamping Blends Marker to make some Christmas decorations for the little tree. I sponged more ink around the Old Olive embossed layer to add some more of a weathered look and I love how the Under the Mistletoe DSP looks like falling snow. I couldn’t decide what to do with the sentiment, so I just stamped it right on the Old Olive layer. 

Here are the measurements: 

• Shaded Spruce Card Base - 4-1/4” x 11”, scored at 5-1/2” 
• Crumb Cake Cardstock - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Old Olive Cardstock - 3-7/8” x 5-1/8” 
• Under the mistletoe DSP - 2-1/2” x 3-7/8” 
• Shaded Spruce Cardstock - 2-1/4” x 4” 
• Crumb Cake Cardstock (for stamped image) - 2” x 3-3/4” 
• Whisper White Cardstock (inside of card) - 4” x 5-1/4” 
• Under the Mistletoe DSP - 1” x 5-1/4” 

Finally, here is a quick look inside the card. Just using a little pop of the DSP and the coordinating sentiment from the Farmhouse Christmas stamp set. 

I hope you enjoyed this card featuring Shimmer Paint. Be sure to stop back by soon because I have many more projects to share with the remaining 5 techniques I featured in the video. I’ve got a lot to share with you in the next couple of days. 

Again, if you would like to watch the video of my Facebook Live with all of the techniques, you can see it HERE. 

If you would like to purchase any of the products I used on these cards, I have listed them below. You can click on any of the images and it will take you directly to my Online Stampin’ Up! ® Store. The Shimmer Paints and Farmhouse Framelits will not be available until September 5th though. Just a few more days! 

In September I will be offering Clear Rhinestones as a thank you gift for qualifying orders. Please use the Host Code below on your order of $30 or more (before tax and shipping) and I’ll send you a pack of my favorite embellishments as a gift. 

These will be mailed to you in the beginning of October. 

If your order is over $150 (before tax and shipping) please do NOT use the Host Code. Just shop in my online store and you will earn your own Stampin’ Rewards. I will also send you the gift! 

September Host Code: JA9TEE62

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a HAPPY day! :)

-Anne Marie

Product List

Lovely As A Tree Wood-Mount Stamp Set [128655]	Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set [127793]	Farmhouse Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [148478]	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046]	Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921]
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708]
Linen Thread [104199]	True Gentleman Buttons [145596]	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219]	Old Olive Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144573]	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088]
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116]	Stamping Sponges [141337]	Big Shot [143263]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
Glue Dots [103683]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]