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.
The greeting is from Itty Bitty Greetings. I stamped it in Early Espresso and punched it out with the Classic Label Punch. Then I added two gold Metallic Pearls to the label.
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!