Shadowed Branches

Hello and Happy Monday, stampers! Welcome to a special week of Hero Arts - BasicGrey inspiration!

Today I’m kicking things off with a holiday card that uses coordinating stamps and papers from the gorgeous new Aspen Frost collection. It’s never too early to start thinking about your holiday cards and this clean and simple design would be an easy one to mass produce. With the fabulous variety of patterns in the Aspen Frost 6×6 paper pad, you could make each one unique if you wanted to — so fun to mix and match those patterns!

Find out how to make this card — click for complete supplies and instructions.

I just love the branch from the Aspen Happy Holidays clear set, and decided to add a shadow effect to it with some two-step stamping. Simply stamp the branch first with green ink (I used the new Soft Olive Shadow Ink), then stamp it again, just slightly offset, with white pigment ink. Here’s a better look at the dimension it adds…

Thanks for stopping by today! Lisa will be here tomorrow with more Hero Arts - BasicGrey inspiration. I can’t wait to see what she’s cooked up with the Soleil collection!

Have a wonderful day!

This entry was posted on Monday, September 10th, 2012 at 4:00 am and is filed under Motivation Mondays. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

59 Responses to “Shadowed Branches”

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   Linda W. said: September 10th, 2012 at 8:04 pm

   Gorgeous double stamping, Tami, and I love the Basic Grey papers with that fab ornament stamp!

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   Nan said: September 11th, 2012 at 4:44 am

   Love the use of bakers twine on this card.

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   Katarina said: September 11th, 2012 at 4:54 am

   Beautiful Card, Tami! The shadow technique was a great tip, have to try that out.

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   Roberta Wax said: September 11th, 2012 at 3:27 pm

   Fabulous technique, Tami! I am always in awe of your talent!

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   Mary-Anne V. said: September 11th, 2012 at 3:46 pm

   Beautiful card…love the soft green ink.

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   Jen W. said: September 11th, 2012 at 4:07 pm

   Thanks for the offset stamping tip - such a cool effect!

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   Sue McRae said: September 11th, 2012 at 4:09 pm

   Absolutely lovely holiday card, I really like the softness that the white pigment ink adds to the leaves.

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   Alice Wertz said: September 11th, 2012 at 10:39 pm

   Love the depth on the leaves. Such a beautiful card!

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   Caol Gib said: September 12th, 2012 at 5:46 am

   Beautiful card.

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    Karen L K said: September 12th, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    That looks just great!

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