Sunday 23 September 2007

Saturday Stampers - Trees

I found this new challenge blog, Saturday Stampers, last week & really wanted to take part. However, I had several items to complete for others & wanted the decks clear. I have only missed one challenge & that was poetry. I did my last GD DCM card mid week with a poem but as I had not stamped on the design it wasn't eligble for the challenge. Never mind, this one is & I adore trees. I especially love Autumn as the colours are amazing. Tree stamp, Inkadinkadoo & leaves, Autumn leaves 2, Habico. Frame is part of a transparency set by Crafty Bitz.

I stamped the front tree first in Versamark StazOn, timber brown I love what a crisp image I get with these inks on clear stamps & the ink comes right off the stamp onto the background. Sadly my coloured inks are rather cheap ones & the images are never quite so clear.
I use Pretty Color pigment inks which I got a set of 30 for £10 from Lakeland. I used golds greens & browns mixed for the two trees either side & only partially inked the stamp.
This tree was actually sold in a Christmas set but I thought it look more like a grand old Oak.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is gorgeous Paula, love the trees and the buttons at the bottom are cool. lovely work :o) Thanks for taking part.
Kaz x

Je@net said...

Wow, what a fantastic card Paula!! Love the trees, the colors and the buttons!! Lovely!!

Debbie said...

Beautiful colours... excellent

Andrea, said...

Love this card, it is so perfect for this time of the year, the colours are just right. I'm hoping to do a card for this challenge later

Mika said...

Love the colours great work. Mika (www.mikascrap.typepad.com)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful colour combination Paula. Great composition.

Emma said...

Really love this, love the colours you've used :o)

Rika said...

Beautiful card Paula!

Gillian .... said...

Beautiful autumnal colours, great card paula:)

Karin said...

Stunning use of autumn colours great combination. :o)

Crissi Harvey said...

great card paula lovely colours

Anonymous said...

wow weee Paula love that stampig and they do look like autum colours to me....love the touch of the buttons down the bottom.

Heather Robinson said...

Such a great combination of elements in this piece! Beautiful tribute to trees!

Zuzu's Blog said...

Lovely work Paula.. I love your colour shades with the stamping .. gives a feeling of depth :-)

Caroline Moore said...

There's such a lovely autumn feel to this - its lovely

Vintage Papers said...

this is so gorgeous!

Marjolein said...

Oooooh I love this!! Great colors, and those buttons at the bottom are adorable!
I also love the colors of fall.... it's a joy to be out in the country now, some of the trees look golden.... wonderful!!

alice k. said...

Wow, a lot of nice things have happened since I was here last! I loev what you did for charity challenge, it's so clever. The France 4x4 is enchanting and the trees stand tall and firm, I love the colors! Btw, I'm sure you've noticed, but Gothic Arch has Fall theme - more chance to use your colors!

deb said...

Great colour combination Paula.

Lisa Renéa said...

Stunning, beautiful details, too!

Deb said...

Beautiful Paula, I love the effect you have achieved with the trees, the rear ones look like they are in the distance, fabby!

Dawn♥ said...

Lovely card Paula!

Far North said...

Lovely!...I really like the buttons with this composition.