Wednesday, May 28, 2014

a sympathy tree (SSS, ABNH, Friday Mashup, MIM)

Squeakin' in here with a card that has been in my brain for a couple days but just now came to life. It started when I saw this tree card of Shirley B.'s.

When I saw these challenges I had to give it a try:
A Blog Named Hero #44 - (em)Boss
Make it Monday #166 - deboss stamped images
The Friday Mashup - a tree or embossing or both
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes


Debossed the Mighty Oak from Papertrey onto watercolor paper.  Die cut a mask from vellum and put it over the tree trunk using temporary adhesive.  Splattered the heck out of it with greens and a blue Distress Inks. Mopped up excess ink with scrap paper and used a strip of it behind the focal image.

Tried to get a good photo and failed. Here is a close-up which shows the debossing.


Off to hook up.  Thanks for looking.


Supplies for with sympathy:
Paper:  CS Bringmann, watercolor paper
Stamps: PTI
Ink : various Distress, Versafine
Tools: die PTI
Other: 













31 comments:

Kathryn A said...

I love the debossing along with the splatters! Great card!

Nancy Penir said...

Wow! Such an artsy feel to this. Great fun! And beautiful tree!

Terri Trotter Earley said...

This is one of my favorite card! Super creative!!!

Deepti said...

Your ideas are just stunning, I don't know from which part of ur brain do u get these ;) but I sure wish I had that part in my brain LOL

Diana K said...

Seriously? Stunning.

Cris said...

This card is genius! Love all the splatters, it's stunning! Thanks for playing along at A Blog Named Hero!

Simply Sara Stampin' said...

Maria, your card is stunning! Love that it's so clean and simple, but explodes with color too (I love green!). Thanks for playing with us this week at the Friday Mashup.
Sara

Anonymous said...

Woah! I super love your artsy tree, Maria! It's seriously stunning -- you ought to splatter the heck more out of your Distress inks because the result is gorgeous :o)

~Shery

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Wow - that's some wild splatter - just saw a similar card recently and now absolutely have to try that too!
http://keepintouchcards.blogspot.com/2014/05/watercolor-class-day-9-splatter-tree.html

Happy Dance said...

Love this, Maria. The debossed oak is amazing, and your spattery leaves are very cool. Love the teeny bits of blue in the splatters - it's like the sky peeking through. Just awesome. Bev

Irish Cherokee said...

An interesting concept for tree leaves. Have to admit they are cool. I like it.

Tracey McNeely said...

Beautiful sympathy card Maria, the subtle embossing is fabulous!

Avery Murphy said...

I love how you created the leaves for your tree, so creative and artsy!

Thank you for playing along with us at The Friday Mashup!

Unknown said...

Wow, eine grandiose Karte.
I love it

Leslie Hanna said...

This is stunning! Love the debossed tree and the splatters! Thanks for playing along at A Blog Named Hero!

Heidi Baks said...

I want to try one of these splatter trees myself. Very fun! Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

Jingle said...

What a cool way to create a leafy tree! Very fun! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

cm said...

Such a beautiful piece of art with the debossing and splattered leaves; perfect for a sympathy card. I tried the debossing with butterflies - and yikes! My placement went all wonky, but I'll give 'er a go again at some point. Yours is amazing inspiration...
c

Sarah G said...

So cool, Maria! Love the debossed tree and splattered foliage - must try this :) thanks for sharing at A Blog Named Hero!

shirley-bee said...

Love your debossed version! I like how you masked off the trunk, and I love that swipe of colour on the base card too.

hollybeary creations said...

This is gorgeous.. I love it! Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup.

Helene said...

Wow ! Your card is so amazing ! I love the watercolor effect !

Deepti said...

wow such a stunner, when ever I come to ur blog, I always learn something new :) this color splatter tree is amazing :)

jjcreations said...

This is absolutely fabulous!!!!!!! I love it!

Jackie Rockwell said...

Oh how COOL is this! The subtle debossed tree is wonderful!!!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Love that you went grunge.

Lisa said...

PRETTY pretty card. LOVE it. Thanks for playing along with A Blog Named Hero!

Patti said...

Exquisite!! your coloring is over the top amazing : )

Patti

Anonymous said...

MARIA!! I love this card! What a great idea--you have quite a few of those!! :) The card is comforting and uplifting-- I just want to keep looking at it! xo Kate

SemSee said...

WOW! What a fabulous card! I love, love, love what you did with debossing the tree and then adding the paint splats! So inspirational! xx

Cris G. said...

Hmmm... love love this tree, just fabulous!

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