Tamara's Paper Trail: Lovely As a Tree Conference Swaps

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Lovely As a Tree Conference Swaps

Happy Tuesday!'

Day 3 of sharing my Conference Swaps. Today I'm sharing the cards made using the CLASSIC Lovely as a Tree set. This is the swap I made ...

As I said, this set is a classic. It is THE most popular set amongst demonstrators, it has been around the longest of all the stamp sets EVER (seriously!) and I hope it never retires. It really doesn't seem like much at first glance. Once you start playing with it, though, you realize it's one you MUST have in your stash. When I first bought my Starter Kit I was talked into getting it. I trusted the "experts" and got it. SO glad I did. It's great for every occasion … even masculine and Christmas! It's a must. Period.

Lovely As A Tree - $27.00 clear; $36 wood

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Here again is the swap card I made …

Love it!

Whisper White card base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Early Espress Banner - 1 1/2" wide by 5" long
Whisper White layer - 2 1/4" x 3 1/2"
Early Espresso layer - 2 1/4" plus 2 ticks x 3 1/2" plus 2 ticks :)

- Use the Triple Banner punch to flag-end the banner piece
- run the banner through the Woodland embossing folder
- stamp the tree image in Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock
- cut out the tree using the largest Stitched Shapes oval
- stamp the sentiment (from Rose Wonder) in Early Espresso Ink on the whisper white layer
- Cut 11" of Tip Top Taupe striped ribbon and tie it around the white layer
- attach the white layer to Espresso layer
- attach Banner to base and sentiment pieces to base (o dimensionals)
- attach tree to base using dimensionals - two to the bottom of the oval and then two DOUBLE dimensionals to the top. By that I mean stack two dimensionals on top of each other to make a "double thick dimensional". You need two-thick so the image lies flush with the rest of the card. If you only use one-thick dimensional the tree isn't level. (It will make sense if/when you make it)

there are a few steps to this one but it's worth it. I love how it turned out.

Here are 9 other cards made by top Canadian Demonstrators using this awesome set …

Made by Jenilee Pauls ...