Sunset Pine

Supplies:

Loaded the Tim Holtz tool, starting with the lightest reinker color, Barely Banana, I applied it to glossy white card stock using a bouncing motion.  Continued to add reinkers in the same manner moving out a bit with each color in the following order, Barely Banana, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip.

Heat set the colors using my Stampin’ Up Heat tool.  Note:  if you don’t heat set it, the color will stay wet a long time on the glossy card stock.

I cut a circle with a Stampin Up 1 1/4″ circle punch out of Apricot Appeal card stock and rolled edge on Really Rust ink pad, adhered to background.

Cut a curvy edge on pieces of card stock, 2 pieces of Whisper White, 1 piece of Apricot Appeal and 1 piece of Really Rust card stocks to layer as the ground.  Adhered all but 1 piece of Whisper White.

Using Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, I stamped the Pine tree twice, once in Peeled Paint and again in Black moving the image just a hair when stamping the black to create a shadow.  Note:  you need to give lots of pressure on the tree stamp, due to stamping on multiple layers of card stock.  My image had gaps in it where the ground met the background.  I used an Old Olive & Black marker to draw in the gaps.

Adhered last Whisper White ground piece.

Sponged White Card stock with Really Rust and Chocolate Chip inks.  Put white highlights with a white gel pen in the tree to simulate snow.

Finished by layering, adding ribbon, brads and stamping sentiment in Old Olive Ink, using Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

There you have it, Sunset Pine

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did making it!  Stamping keeps me sane.  It’s cheaper than therapy, lol.