Tuesday 1 February 2011

OLW38 - Spring tree ...

... the challenge set by Jennifer over at Styles Ink for this week's OLW is to use a sketch.  Now, normally I don't have a problem with a sketch, but I think it's that we still had to have just one layer!!  That was a real challenge for me.



Anyway, I spent some time in my craft room yesterday afternoon and came up with my Spring Tree card - actually I'm quite pleased with it.  I did flip the sketch - it worked better for me with the tree on the left!



I used my favourite bare tree stamp from Elusive Images, only this time I was able to add some leaves and flowers!!  To make the sun I made a stencil with my Spellbinders inverted scalloped circles - it gave the sun little points!  Finally, I added a very simple greeting.

Stamps:  Elusive Images - Trees;  Greeting - don't know the company who made this one (any idea?)
Inks:  Memento - Rich Cocoa, Cottage Ivy, Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout, Lulu Lavender, Lilac Posies;  Distress - Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold
Pens:  Marvy le Plume - Black, Scarlet
Spellbinders:  Lg Classic Inverted Scalloped Circles (S4-194) die #2

That's all for now.  I'll be back later with a few more challenges to show you.

11 comments:

Pauline said...

Perfect take on the sketch a lovely scene!

Susan Hogan said...

WOW - great take - such a pretty tree.

Paula (PEP) said...

I love this - all those leaves & that sun is glorious.
Paula (PEP)
http://pepcraftchallexp.blogspot.com/

Mona Pendleton said...

That tree looks so pretty Deb! Love the mixture of colors :)

Jennifer Styles said...

And there ya go, GORGEOUS! Love this card and the colourful flowers you added to the tree.

Great job on the challenge and thanks for playing along with OLW38!

Jackie said...

Fab one layer card, they are so difficult :o)
Jackie xx

Buffy said...

Truely stunning card, very inspiring. I love the colours. Buffy xx

Chrissie said...

Great card Deborah!
Love that tree image!
Chrissie

Teresa Kline said...

this is fabulous, I luv the tree so bright and colorful, a beauty...have a super week!

enjoy *~*

Vicky Hayes said...

The tree is stunning Deborah and the sentiment is lovely too.

Stella said...

Perfect take on this sketch; your tree is gorgeous. It really looks like spring and I love the mix of colors you've used. I love it; it;s fabulous!

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