Inky Images: Springtime Sheltering Tree

One of the prettiest stamp sets in the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog has to be the Sheltering Trees (137163-Photopolymer) stamp set. I know it is one of my favorite! With this 14-piece set you can create your own friendship-scape card with flowers, bikes, and trees. These Two-Step stamps give you so many creative options--combine individual stamps to build the final image you want in the colors you want.

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Fold a piece of 8-1/2” x 5” Soft Suede (115318) card stock in half. Adhere a piece of 5-1/4” x 4” Blushing Bride (131198) card stock to front of card. Adhere a piece of 5” x 3-3/4” Whisper White (100730) card stock inside of card.

2. Ink up the “leaves” from the Sheltering Trees (137163) Photopolymer stamp set in Pink Pirouette (126956) Classic Ink. With a Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Marker (retired) or any darker pink marker randomly add a few dots of color to the image, then stamp image onto a 5” x 3-3/4” piece of Whisper White cardstock.

3. Ink up the “tree trunk” with Soft Suede (126978) Classic Ink and stamp .

4. Ink up the little “dots” image with Wild Wasabi (126959) Classic Ink and stamp lightly in a few areas on tree.

5. Stamp “thinking of you” in Wild Wasabi under tree. Adhere to front of card.

6. Tie a bow with Tangerine Tango Baker's Twine (134578) and add to tree using a Glue Dot (103683).

List of Product Used

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198] $6.95	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318] $6.95	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad [126956] $5.95
Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker [121074] $3.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] $5.95	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959] $5.95	Tangerine Tango Baker's Twine [134578] $2.95
Glue Dots [103683] $4.95	Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set [137163] $24.95

Happy Stamping,

Karen

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