I used the Stampin’ Up! Sheltering Tree stamp set to create a spring card for the Happy Stampers blog hop.  We’ve got a sketch challenge to play along with this week and this is what I created:

Here is the sketch that we’re using this week:

I started out with a completely different card in my head, but things changed once I got it down on paper…I had this grand plan to create a window frame effect with looking into the card base with several layers.  I wasn’t happy at all with it when I laid everything out, so I scraped that idea and went back to the basics.  Ever have that happen with a project?  🙂

I pulled out my MISTI for this project so that I’d have the images lined up exactly on the layers.

 I started by stamping the tree trunk images from the Sheltering Tree photopolymer stamp set in Crumb Cake ink first on a Thick Whisper White card base, then on a 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ Whisper White card stock panel.

I stamped the leaf image from the Sheltering Tree stamp set in Blushing Bride, So Saffron and Calypso coral inks across the card front and the card stock panel.  Then I added the grass images in Pear Pizzazz ink.  I cut the center of the Whisper White card stock panel with a Deco Labels Collection Framelits Die, sponged the edges with Blushing Bride ink, then adhered it to the card front with SNAIL.

I stamped the sentiment from the Sheltering Tree stamp set in Soft Suede ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock, cut it out with the banner die from the Gift Card Envelope & Trims Thinlits Die set, then adhered it with SNAIL to the card front.  I pulled apart a strand of the Calypso Coral Thick Baker’s Twine and I threaded part of it through a Vintage Faceted Designer Button, tied a bow and adhered it to the card front with a Glue Dot.

I stamped the tree images from the Sheltering Tree stamp set in Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake inks on a Whisper White panel inside the card.

You can find a complete list of supplies, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what Shelagh Freemantle has created today.

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members involved in the hop today:

1. Amy Koenders – You Are Here
2. Shelagh Freemantle
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Jari Francis
5. Kristi Gray
6. Heather Wright-Porto
7. Heather Van Looy

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New #imbringingbirthdaysback Stamp – Available March 7!

Good news! Stampin’ Up! let us know that the #imbringingbirthdaysback stamp will be available again beginning March 7!  And it will be a part of the regular stamp lineup for the foreseeable future, no longer only while supplies last.  So head over to my online store starting March 7 to get your stamp too!

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Weekly Deals From Stampin’ Up! March 1-7

Here are this weeks Weekly Deals:

Click here to see the Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up! in my online store.  The Weekly Deals are only while supplies last and only available at these great prices through March 7.

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