Creating a Branch Out look . . .

. . . using Lovely as a Tree stamp set.

I love the cards that I've seen created with the stamp set Branch Out but since I don't have it (yet) I thought that I'd try to get the same look using Lovely as a Tree and Itty Bitty Backgrounds.  The layout is this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge #86.

Card Recipe (All SU!) : Stamps - Lovely as a Tree, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Hugs & Wishes; Paper - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive Textured, Certainly Celery, Sweet Slumber DSP; Ink - Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Ruby Red Craft Ink; Accessories - Chocolate Chip Marker, Post-It Notes, Crystal Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals, Certainly Celery Twill, Aquapainter, Scallop Edge Punch

To get the individual trees I used the Chocolate Chip Marker and colored each one.  The branches over lapped a little but once I stamped the leaves you couldn't tell.  The leaves are stamped using the Itty Bitty Backgrounds set with Certainly Celery and Old Olive Ink.  I used my heat tool to make sure the images were completely dry and then I stamped the flowers/fruit with Ruby Red Craft Ink and then embossed it with Crystal Clear EP.  To color the grass I used Certainly Celery with an Aquapainter trying not to touch the Chocolate Chip Ink because it would bleed.

For the inside I created a border on the bottom that copied the front of the card and then stamped the trees using Certainly Celery and the leaves using Old Olive.  TFL!

Have a wonderful day and happy stamping!

~ Michelle

Comments

[jmniffer]

Great idea for those of us who have Lovely as a Tree but not Branch Out (at least, not yet!). jmniffer

[Kim]

Wow! It's like having a whole new set! Very creative!

[Melissa Fenner]

I like your take on the Branch Out stamp set, very creative!