Hey Friend

I have mixed two of the stamps that carried over to the new Annual Catalog. Since these tend to get left out when new stamps arrive on the scene, I decided to show them some love.

Do you recognize these two stamp sets? The tree is from Rooted In Nature, and the bunnies are from Wildly Happy. I think they work very well together.

I stamped the bunnies first with Gray Granite Ink and over to the left of my Whisper White layer. I stamped again on some scrap white and cut right on the lines to give me a mask. As it turned out, I didn’t really need the mask because the tree fit perfectly in the open space. Oh well, I have a mask for next time! The bunnies are colored using Stampin’ Blends. I used both Smoky Slate Blends on the body and Petal Pink for the nose and ear.

I stamped the tree using Stampin’ Write Markers to give the tree it’s two colors. I love markers for coloring on the red rubber and being able to have multiple colors. I always comment that I wish they were available individually, but sadly they are not. They are available as a color family though. I colored the canopy all over with Just Jade and then the trunk with Soft Suede. I then went back to the canopy and very lightly went over some of the branches with the softest of touch using the tip of the Soft Suede brush. It is actually very easy, as the ink from the Just Jade highlighted all of the definition of the stamp. The finished look of the tree makes that last step very worthwhile.

The gorgeous background of Just Jade card stock is embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. I really like the texture it gives. It is a great masculine touch and looks just like the weave on heavy fabric.

Thank you for stopping in today. I will have another project to share with you tomorrow.

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