It's Not All Black and White

Monday, June 1, 2009

Getting My Verve On

I was SO EXCITED when I saw Verve's latest release. Really, how awesome is this tree? And it's not even the main image in the new Up, Up and Away set. I couldn't resist. I had to squeeze a little time in this morning for a quick card. Now I can't wait to find time to use all those gorgeous hot air balloons too. This card uses Fall-To Layout #44 from Clean & Simple. Definitely my go to place to get started on a quick and easy card. I stamped the trees on water color paper and colored with Stampin' Up! markers and a water brush. I used celery, olive, summer sun, and a bit of bashful blue faded out around the treetops. The pearls on the brad were white, so I added some coordinating color with YR07 Copic marker. For the scalloped trim on top, I cut with scalloped scissors. Marked my spots, and punched with a Crop-o-dile. The sentiment was a freebie with my Verve order.Stamps- Up, Up and Away (Verve)
Paper- celery, olive (SU!), water color (Strathmore), Romani (Basic Grey), white
Ink- VersaFine black, SU! markers
Accessories- Copic marker, K& Co. brad, American Crafts ribbon, water brush, dimensionals, scallop scissors, crop o dile

14 comments:

Cheryl said...

Beautiful!!! Love the design and those trees are fabulous!
xx

Shannan Teubner said...

Love love love this, Bethany! You sure rock the Verve!

Natasha said...

Wow! Love your take on the sketch. I especially love the extra dimensional trees!

veronica said...

love your watercoloring!

Alex said...

This is FABULOUS Bethany!! I love the trees, all the extra dimension ROCKS!!! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Lynnette said...

Awesome card, the popped up trees are such a nice touch. I just love the attention to detail that you put into your cards.

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

ADORABLE card, Bethany! And I LOVE that sentiment!

Rose Ann said...

I love your darling little trees, and your brad is so pretty!!

Dawn Easton said...

Oh I love the popped up trees and that brad is fantastic!!

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Fabulous! I love what you did with the trees! And that new little pic of you in the hat totally makes me smile! :)

Jackie Pedro said...

This is fantastic! I'm in love with that tree, too!!

Stacy Morgan said...

Oh I love this one, those trees look great. Super clean feeling.

Renee said...

I love this....the trees are awesome!

Leslie Miller said...

I just love this! The tree is so darn cute and it's just a darling card. It's so great to see your awesome stamping again. I've always been inspired by you.