Welcome back for another round of inspiration from the Stamp Review Crew! This week we are featuring Lovely As a Tree. I am #2 on the hop. You may have just left stop #1: Mike Funke. If so, you are in the right spot.
Lovely As a Tree is a classic. It was in my Starter Kit when I joined Stampin’ Up! five years ago. I opted to make a Christmas card, using a sentiment from a new Hostess Set, Good Greetings, from the upcoming Holiday Catalog. In addition, I also created a sympathy card. If you were at Convention, you may have seen these cards on the Stamp Review Crew Display Board.
The Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding bow adds texture, while the Gold Foil adds a touch of elegance. Gold and Mossy Meadow are a dynamic duo for sure. And how about the Pearls, colored with the new dark Cherry Cobbler Blendability? It’s great to be able to color match! This card is an updated version of this one from a couple of years ago:
I really love the look of the Mossy Meadow color on the updated version!
The second card also features Mossy Meadow, and a plethora of Pearls. Blender Pens and Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, and Hello Honey inks were used to faux watercolor the leaves. I wanted to keep this card simple and serene.
I hope you enjoyed today’s Lovely As a Tree cards. Won’t you let me know in your comment? Your comments are important to me. Now, hustle along to Stop #3 on the hop: the talented Holly Krautkremer. If you get lost along the way, visit The Stamp Review Crew blog for a list of all of the hoppers!
(This is the second post for today. Please scroll down for this week’s The Paper Players challenge card.)
Stamp Sets: Lovely As a Tree, Good Greetings, Thoughts and Prayers; Inks: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist; Tools: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Ovals Collection Framelits, Blender Pens, Paper Snips, Simply Scored, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate; Glitz and Glam: Pearls Basic Jewels, Gold 5/8″ Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Mossy Meadow Stitched Satin Ribbon
Beautiful cards and your signature touch of pearls always makes me smile!
3 beautiful cards Ann. Love the layouts of the Christmas cards and your ribbon treatments are gorgeous. Very pretty coloring on all of your projects.
Wow! Your cards are stunning! I love your color combinations and the elegance of both cards.
Ann, your cards simply make my jaw drop. They are absolutely gorgeous overall and created with wonderful attention to detail. Gorgeous!
Miss Ann you hit it out of the park with all three of these gorgeous cards. Thanks for sharing the inspiration. What a wonderful idea for a blog hop. Very cool to see so many different takes on one stamp set.
Wow, what beautiful Christmas cards! The banner really draws the eye, but I love how you chose to fill the background space with the tree scene. Beautiful sympathy card. Love the little leaves behind the sentiment.
Your work is both beautiful and amazing! Thanks so much for sharing
This was one of my favorites from the boards. Just gorgeous!
Gorgeous! I think I like the updates Christmas card the best but the other two are really gorgeous too! I think the bow really is my favorite part maybe. That is the only thing I can figure out. I started with you on the hop – I bet I didn’t save the best for last!
Chris R. from Iowa
Oh Ann! Your creations just take my breath away some times! Your use of color and texture is just stunning – and of course there’s the pearls!
Gorgeous cards! Both your original and updated Lovely as a Tree Christmas cards are stunning. Your sympathy card is perfect.
Ann, you never cease to amaze me with your talent. You add details and a look of elegance to everything you make. Mossy meadow and gold? FABULOUS!
Both cards are simply gorgeous. From your examples it is easy to see why this set is a treasure after all these years. I think I have had this set for at least 12 plus years. Darlene
As always beautiful and amazing works of art! I just love all of them!
Pretty, all of them. Great way. To mass produce without making the same card over and over. TFS
I love this set, and I love the background you created using it! Lovely!
WOW!!!!!!!!! No favorites in this trio…they are all FABULOUS!!!! But have to say that I am slightly partial to the last one…and the pearls!
I’m so glad you posted these. I hoped you would after you told me about them. They are as beautiful as I thought they would be. I really like the addition of the pearls colored with the blendabilities. The red really makes them pop. The background on the sympathy card is especially striking with the double lined embossing and the pearls. Beautiful.
Lovely cards, they are really pretty
I love the second the best. The lovely as a tree is a great stamp set. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous Christmas card! Love the way you used the ribbon! And the pearls really add a special touch!
They are all lovely! I do like the second one a little bit more though!
O wow – these are beautiful! Love the Mossy Moss with the Cherry Cobbler and the touch of gold. Your second card is so elegant.
Gorgeous cards! I love the background for the first one, and the gold is such a great touch. The pearls on the second one really add an air of elegance to it.
I loved your original and now the updated version. The second card is equally wonderful, with the “mighty oak” showing through the oval window, and of course, with your signature pearls! 🙂