Hello on a Thursday! Today's play is for the Twofer Card Challenge. The prompt is "trees" and I have no shortage of tree stamps and dies. The hard part was choosing which to use. Ultimately I went with a very old wood block stamp from All Night Media called Tall Pines.
The sympathy card will go into a batch I'm making for a friend. I stenciled a cloudy sky in Pale Plum and the hillside in Going Gray. There's a moon nestled in the clouds, but I'm not sure how obvious it is. After all the ink was applied I smooshed the whole panel with Versamark ink and embossed with ultra-thick embossing powder.
The Christmas card shows the trees stamped just once on black cardstock and embossed in white. The Memory Box Pine Forest Frame was cut in gold and situated over top. I brought the sentiment in from the side and dry embossed a border along the bottom of the card.
Two different occasions, two completely different card designs, both using the same tree stamp. Now I've filled a card need and I used a beloved old stamp from my stash.
Thanks for taking the time to visit. I hope you have a beautiful day!
Sympathy Card -- Stamps: All Night Media Tall Pines, Just Right Sympathy Nested Sentiments Paper: SU Whisper White, other black Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pale Plum, Going Gray, Versamark Other: Ranger Queen's Gold embossing powder, gold brads, Heffy Doodle Cloudy Skies stencil, Spellbinders Scored and Pierced Rectangles, Spellbinders Double Ended Tags, Scotch brand foam mounting tape
Christmas Card -- Stamps: SU Many Merry Messages (retired) Paper: SU Whisper White, other black, gold mirror Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Other: Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, white embossing powder, Memory Box Pine Forest Frame
27 comments:
Both cards are beautiful and elegant. The first card is my favorite with all the gorgeous stenciling in the background and what a fabulous stamp you have in your 'stash', I really enjoy bringing out my older stamps as much as I love getting new ones, it's an addiction for sure! Really love the gold added tree to the holiday card, so elegant but looks as though it would mail easily too, both very pretty Leslie!
These are both such stunning designs, Leslie. That sympathy card is really moving with the emotion it evokes. I love that you did your clouds in purple behind those magnificent trees! And that sediment is beautifully said and perfectly placed as a label with gold brads. But the Christmas card is my fave! Love that elegant snowy tree design with the gold frame, gold tree, sediment strip, and dry embossed bottom! Thank you so much for playing in Twofer Card Challenge #31! Keep well. Hugs, Darnell
both cards are wonderful. those clouds look really great. Have a great day
Both of these cards are just so awesome, Leslie!! So different and wonderful. I love the sympathy card sentiment.
Both are just BEAUTIFUL but I LOVE the stamped one! You are SO GOOD with color!!! Thanks for inspiration ... I'm still trying to get around to the challenge! LOL
I think it is so interesting when you do the twofer to see how versatile one stamp can be. Both cards are stunning and the sympathy sentiment is just perfect. Nice way to finish it off with the embossing powder. Love the gold in the Christmas card along with the embossing. Have a great weekend! Be safe!
Both of these are stunning! If I had to pick it would be the sympathy card because this has such a quiet elegance about it! Sympathy cards are so hard to do.
Girl your cards are both so beautiful. I love them.
Absolutely Beautiful and Thoughtful sympathy card using your stamped trees. I LOVE your cloudy sky background with the tucked in sun and grey for ground. Love the black trees, frame and sentiment. Really Stunning.
Wonderful white heat embossed and over laid gold foil die cut tree and frame with the black background. Love the dry embossed snowflakes and sentiment too. You have used the die set is such a creative way.
TFS both your beauties, my friend. Love and Hugs..Nancy
I love the generational stamping and the wonderful sentiment on the sympathy card! Awesome sky and I do see the moon! Love this stamped on black and embossed in white with the elegant gold frame! The partial embossing adds extra interest! Two great cards, my friend!
Two very gorgeous cards. Love the Soft colors and multiple stamped trees on your sympathy card. The Gold embossed dies on your 2nd card are very elegant looking.
Leslie, so very elegant and classy! Love them both, the sympathy sentiment is beautiful. I love your sponging of the clouds, actually the complete card is breathtaking! Love the CAS design of your second card! This tree stamp is beautiful! Gorgeous cards Leslie. Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh Leslie you have knocked it out of the park with these two. I just love the forest you made in the first card and yes I could tell that was the moon before I even read your description. The inking you have done on the background is just awesome!
That memory box frame die is just a perfect match for that stamp, I love the white embossing against the black with the gold framing and that little touch of embossing at the bottom is so cool!
Stunning sensational and superb cards, love the pink clouds and absolutely fabulous results. xx
Leslie I love tree line stamps, this is one I've never seen but absolutely love what you did with it for both cards :)
Hiya, Leslie! (LOL)
Pink and black is so eye catching, but the way you have created a feeling of "eternity" in the scene, both close up, and in the sense of what is "beyond", is just incredible. I love the moon peeking from the clouds providing the hint of the great light of Hope is beautiful. I love this card. I can imagine your delight in stenciling, and then stamping the trees in the background. I have fallen in love with that sentiment. In fact, 10 minutes were just spent trying to find it on the internet, but Just Right stamps are long gone, even on e-bay. It's beautiful! Of course I am in love with the elegant gold and black Christmas card. That die cut works beautifully with the stamped trees! I have never thought of layering white on white sentiment strips the way you did on this card. Thanks for sharing your lovely creations today - both are pinned. xx
OH WOW, I love these two cards Leslie. The Sympathy card is fabulous, I did notice the moon. I love the cloudy background. I might just have to case something similar. Your christmas card is gorgeous and elegant. Thanks so much for sharing these beauties with us at Twofer Card Challenge #31.
Two fabulous cards. I particularly like the Christmas one - very elegant!
Beautiful cards, Leslie. Both of them are show stoppers (as they would say in the garment industry) ;) You always put cards together in such original and pleasing ways. I love getting to see your cards. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards, Leslie. Both of them are show stoppers (as they would say in the garment industry) ;) You always put cards together in such original and pleasing ways. I love getting to see your cards. Thank you for sharing.
Both gorgeous cards and love the beautiful tree stamps but your sympathy card is my favourite -very atmospheric and love the sentiment
Carol x
Leslie, both your cards are amazing, gorgeous and so very heartfelt.
The Sympathy card's sentiment truly conveys a comforting message.
Your Christmas card is elegant and beautiful, the golden frame and tree look amazing. Lovely embossing folder too.
Thank you for sharing.
XO
Maria.
Wow! They are both stunning but that pink sky... Beautiful!!! And such a wonderful sentiment.
Both cards are fabulous, of course, but the sympathy card is outstanding. I love the background that you created and the colors are beautiful. Great job on both.
Both cards are fabulous, Leslie! I am so very taken with the sympathy card because I love inking and you achieved such a dramatic and soothing look. Love that I can see the moon through the trees. Your gold embossed sentiment and brads are the perfect accents. Your Christmas card is stunning with the white black gold and embossing.
Lastly, thanks for your comment on my blog assuring you don't tire of my buying new stuff. That thought made me smile for sure! But I feel the same way about your selections. It's all part of the process, isn't it? And the fun!
These are beautiful tree cards, Leslie! Seriously beautiful. I would have never thought to use the plum ink on a sympathy card, but may have to give it a go in the future. Stunning colors, and those trees work perfectly here. Your sentiment expresses sympathy in a lovely way, too. And what a sweet Christmas card! There's something special about white on black embossing, and the touch of gold with the tree frame adds just the right finishing touch. Gorgeous card!! Love them both. Take care and stay safe! Thanks for joining us at The Twofer Challenge my friend. xo Bev
Two beautiful and elegant cards using your Tall Pines, Leslie! LOVING the cloudy plum sky ... so pretty! I see the moon! :) And your CAS design with the trees on black with gold framing is lovely! Such a great idea to dry emboss just the bottom of the card! xx
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