A Year In The Life Of A Tree

Hi everyone,

Today I want to share with you a
wonderful stamp from the 
Art-Cure, line of stamps.

I just love this tree stamp!!!

You can make the tree into what

you need for your project.

This is the front of the card.

Just a simple die cut tree from

Memory box inc. called Arboscello tree, layered on red and black card stock

over a white base.

For the base I used a 17 by 5

piece of card stock folded in half,

then in half again, to make an M shape.

This is so I have room to

place four trees.

I stamped out 4 trees and using spellbinders dies, cut them out and embellished them

with flower soft, Spectrum-Noir Markers,

and pearls to look like apples.

The tree started out plain. I added

some color in the background

for the sky, and then a little

 color in the tree. Then used the flower soft.

I did this with all four trees.

Coloring first, then adding the

embellishments.

 Placed them on the card, over a

piece of red card stock, layered

over the white.

I started out with winter.

You can see how beautiful this stamp is!

Then in the spring, when the tree

has all the blossoms, adding 

a little light green.

For summer, I added darker greens,

and the apples.

(yes those are apples LOL)

Then I used fall colors, orange

and yellow. Adding a little pile of leaves

on the ground.

( I know an apple tree doesn't

normally turn these colors, but  I

wanted to show how you can change

the colors to make the tree different)

It's all in fun :)

This is what the card looks like open.

 

All these trees from one stamp.

To see this stamp and all the wonderful

new stamps from the Art Cure Line.

Go to Crafter's Companion.com

and check them out.

Also don't forget to check out the

 Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog

This month the theme is sunshine

or yellow. The prize this month is

30.00 in gift certificates.

Just use a Crafter's Companion

stamp, make a project and enter.

That's it, so easy.

I hope you enjoyed the project today.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

And have a scrappy day.