I cannot believe that Stampin’ Up! is retiring the classic stamp set Lovely As A Tree, so I made this Lovely As A Tree A Little Hello Card to enjoy my stamp set before it goes away. Not that it will ever really go away because it will always be in my stamp collection and I’m sure will get used in the future. I personally don’t think Rooted In Nature is a real replacement, but I suppose we must move forward with newer and more modern trees!
This card is just 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ in size, kind of a nice size to work with for something different. The card base is Garden Green. The trees from Lovely As a Tree are stamped on Very Vanilla in Early Espresso Ink. Even though Memento ink is what we are supposed to use with Stampin’ Blends Markers, I let the Early Espresso Ink dry and tried not to color right on it at first with the grass and sky. Then I did dab some green markers on the trees for some leaves. Luckily nothing smeared so it worked just fine! I love coloring with the Stampin’ Blends!
I layered the tree piece on some Crumb Cake cardstock and also added a strand of the Braided Linen Trim to add a little more earthiness to the card. I love this Braided Linen.
If you don’t already own Lovely As a Tree (hard to imagine that not every stamper has it!) you might want to get it before it’s gone! It will be a real treasure! Last day for the current Stampin’ Up! Catalog is June 3rd!
On Earth Day 2019 here is a Lovely As a Tree Watercolor card to celebrate. Earth Day is to celebrate our planet and appreciate nature, and I think one stamp set that can do that is Lovely As a Tree.
Lovely As a Tree has been around longer than I have been a Demonstrator! I see the copyright on the stamp set is 2001. I can’t think of another stamp set that is more classic and just as “current” now as it was 18 years ago. I wonder how many millions of cards and projects have been made with this stamp set!
However, Lovely As a Tree is on the Last-Chance List this year! Say it ain’t so, Stampin’ Up! I know we have other “tree” stamp sets available now, but I doubt anything will fill the shoes of Lovely As a Tree! It was good for masculine cards, Father’s Day cards, all-occasion cards and oh, the gorgeous Christmas cards!!
I’ll always remember with fondness one of the first stamped Christmas cards I learned to make with Lovely as a Tree, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, and the Two-Way Glue Pen we used to sell! This is a card I made again years later! You can’t always do that with other stamp sets that become outdated, but this set stands the test of time!
All good things must come to an end, I suppose so this is how I made today’s card. I used the good Shimmery White Cardstock since I thought I would try watercoloring the sky and a background suggesting hills or mountains. Shimmery White will hold up to watercoloring better than Whisper White Cardstock (and not quite as good as real Watercolor Paper).
I was going to use Stampin’ Blends markers, but I decided to watercolor the background with my Aqua Painter and ink refills. I simply chose a couple of greens and Crumb Cake for the ground and a couple of blues plus a yellow, pink and coral for the sky. Just lay down the colors! Nothing is professional painting about this! Just pick up some ink with the Aqua Painter or a watercolor brush and paint it on the paper!
When this background dried, I stamped the evergreen trees in the foreground with Mossy Meadow green. I would ink up a stamp and stamp it, then stamp again without reinking. That gives some lighter images. Next, I chose a sentiment to stamp in Memento Ink, but I used my Stamparatus to make sure I got a good image! Good thing I did because I had to over-stamp it a couple of times! That’s why the Stamparatus is so good to have!
I had a card base of Mossy Meadow Cardstock and I added a layer of Blushing Bride Cardstock which brought out the pink in the sky. I tried various colors, but I liked the pink the best.
Next, I added a layer of Shimmery White for inside the card since the card base is so dark. I stamped some other trees from the Lovely As a Tree Stamp Set on the inside. There is still room for a greeting or a note.
If you don’t already own Lovely As a Tree, you are probably a newer stamper, but don’t let this one get away! If you have to buy it online in the future, I would bet the price might be quite high. Go check it out in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store in the Last-Chance List (sob!).
If you don’t already own Lovely As a Tree, you are probably a newer stamper, but don’t let this one get away! If you have to buy it online in the future, I would bet the price might be quite high. Go check it out in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store in the Last-Chance List (sob!).
This Lovely As a Tree Watercolor Card for Earth Day is, of course, not just for Earth Day, not by a long shot, but for many, many occasions you will have to send a card!
