Lovely as a Tree!

I had a workshop on Thursday, and we made this card using Lovely as a Tree.  This is the oldest current stamp set, and I don't want it to retire!  Only a few more weeks until we find out for sure.

The card base is Wisteria Wonder, which I will miss greatly!  On top of that is Natural Composition DSP.  Like my previous card, I sponged it with white craft ink to enhance the pattern.  It makes me think of birch!  We colored the tree with Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso.  After stamping, we added wisteria dots to look like blossoms.

Happy stamping!

Natural Composition specialty DSP!

I just got the Natural Composition specialty DSP!  Why oh why did I wait so long?  This stuff is amazing!  It's a kraft colored paper with embossed images.  It's so pretty on its own, but you can jazz it up even more!  For this card, I used a Wisteria Wonder cardbase and cut a 4 X 5 1/4 piece of DSP.  I sponged the whole thing with white craft ink and then buffed it with a tissue to remove the ink from the embossed areas.  (This lightens up the paper a bit and makes the embossing stand out more.)  Then I used an aquapainter and ink to lightly color in some of the flowers and leaves.  I tied on some Wisteria Wonder ribbon and added a flower from the flower trim in the spring catalog.  I used my heat gun to shrink it down a little, and then I rubbed the edges with a little Wisteria Wonder ink.

Happy stamping!