Been absolutely ITCHING to make some plaid backgrounds!!! Had a mo last night! I used Barn Door and that Honey colour, the name escapes me, see pic, both Distress Inks...Yumliness! Stamped away for ages making plaids....ahhh.
I used the narrower plaid-maker stamp from
pic-nic-patterns to make the plaid. Can't wait to do some with the wider one! You can see how it is laid out here:
I made the tree very simply as follows:
I punched a 1.5 inch circle from a bit of spare cardstock and sponged some green circles onto my card making sure they would roughly correspond to my branches! To make my tree trunk I used the branch stamp from
Asian Gardens - Love it when I can get plenty of mileage from one stamp!
I stamped the tree truck and cut out the tree with a long rectangle nestability die (Spellbinders TM). I left the piece in the die and did some sponging with warm colours to match my plaid. I was thinking hot summer afternoon, DH wanted to know why the tree was on fire...
I went back and sponged some smaller green circles over the larger ones just to add a little depth. Think tese were 0.5 inch.
Used a plaid maker stamp from
pic-nic-patterns to make grass, curved it a little to make a wee hill, just cos I can (Love that about clear stamps! LOL)
Then I stamped the Tag with a fabby sentiment from Fancy Phrases. I thought the tag looked a little 'baldy' and so I restamped a portion of the tre over it and added some sponging to make it match the tree panel. Very much like how that looked!
Tip - the stamp "Mon Amie" would be most appropriate for a card for a female, if your recipient is a guy, simply don't ink up the 'e' and your sentiment will read "Mon Ami" which is the correct address for a male! Simple!
Hope it tickles!!
PS don't forget the new Challenge blog is now open
HERE! New one up on Saturday but you do not want to miss out on the fabulous inspiration from this weeks entries!! I am absolutely washed away with new ideas i got from surfing all the entries last night!!
incredible card !!! So clever!!!Bravisssima Ciao Lory
ReplyDeleteGorgeous plaid Claire! Your branch turned tree is a fabulous as well.
ReplyDeleteJust love that card...so clever of you to combine those colours...the wild honey is great with Barn Door - will have to get that one too....and your trees are great - not too cute for the likes of me...and tell DH that the tree was on fire as the temperature is so high today! The plaid is absolutely beautiful. Thanks also for the French lesson...LOL! I only know 'supermarket French'!! Only because you do need to eat and you'd learn anything to be able to buy the food you want!!
ReplyDeleteI was feeling a wee bit fragile before I spotted this post, and now I feel worse! I love your card and the way you've combined the two sets, it's really pretty! Wish I'd made it, lol...
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool technic, love it. The card is sooo pretty.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous
ReplyDeleteAnn xxx
Just gorgeous and inspiring ( as usual!) Pauline xx
ReplyDeleteLove it.
ReplyDeleteEveline.
Love the tops of your trees. I really must play with my distress inks. The plaid is too cool, I am intimidated by that process. Thanks for stopping by Asleep on the Couch and leaving a comment. I appreciate the feedback.
ReplyDeleteLOVE, LOVE, LOVE your background. Such a wonderful color combination!
ReplyDeleteWow! Gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteThis card is stunning, Claire! I am sooo in love with the new Tim Holtz colors, too, that I ordered them all at once from Eclectic Paperie when they first came out. Barn Door is SUCH a fun red, and don't you love Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, and Spun Sugar, tooooo!
ReplyDeleteThis is really FABULOUS Claire! I love the plaid background you made, and those trees are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, this is divine, Claire! Love those circle trees!
ReplyDeleteOh i just love this Claire!!! The colors and the boldness of the wide stripe is super FAB!! off to see what I've missed!
ReplyDeleteJust popped in and my jaw dropped, as usual! You continue to amaze, Claire! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I LOVE this card. The tree is fabulous! And of course I adore the plaid - I'm using it everywhere at the moment but these colours are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely challenge comment on my blog Claire - it made me laugh out loud!
This is fab, Claire ! thanks for the inspiration !
ReplyDeleteLove these colours! You've done a wonder with your plaid again-lol!!
ReplyDeleteMust get those 2 colours, too ;)
I love how you've simplified the trees. You've used something we all have and made it brilliant :)
oh my WOW! Claire! That is SO gorgeous!!! LOVE that background!!!
ReplyDelete(((HUGS)))
Gorgeous! I love the plaid background. Even up close it looks like real material! Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this card, Claire!! It was pure genius to do the trees this way and your plaid is so perfect and vibrant!! Amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteAgain, so pretty: how do you get so creative!!! thanks for showing us how you did all the little techniques:) So glad I found you and your stamps: you're on the top of my favorites!
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LOVE IT! the whole thing, so wonderful :)
ReplyDeletetook me a little while to follow how you made that plaid, but ohhhh! super cool :)
What an absolutely beautiful card, Claire ... the colours are fabulous and make it so joyful to look at. Your inspiration for creating the tree tops, to align with the branch stamp, and then to tie-in with the tag too ... comes from I know not where!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I've commented on one of your cards ... I just 'found' you a few weeks ago via another blog, and have been 'glued' to you ever since. I've gone right back to your very first page ... what a great read! ... and your wonderful cards have really inspired me. I'm so delighted that your 'tippy toe' into the stamp-making-business waters has been so successful. I've recently received my first WM stamps order, and am now wondering how I can hide the credit card statements from my husband, because I must have more, more, MORE!!