Whatever Wednesday - Lovely Sky

The Stampin' Up stamp set called Lovely as a Tree has been a classic set through the years, however, I only recently purchased this beauty.  Today's blog post is a gatefold card, one of the first cards I stamped with this set.


The stamping is done with the card closely tightly.  It is a good idea to lay a scrap paper inside the card before stamping, just in case the edges don't meet exactly - you can avoid getting ink inside the card where you don't want it.


The sky is created by sponging ink over an oval template with either stamping sponges or sponge daubers.  Make sure you sponge along all the oval edges so the entire oval shape is apparent.  Next, the tree stamp is inked and stamped over the sponged oval on the card front.  I inked the rubber with Stampin' Write markers, using the thumping technique to add several colors of green and brown onto the rubber so the tree looks realistic.

The bow is tied from Stampin' Up's new 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon and adhered with a glue dot.  The message is a stamp from the Petite Pairs stamp set, stamped in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink.  Check out the Petite Pairs stamp set - it has many pairs of messages, small enough to fit inside punched pieces of cs!

Have a great day!

Linda