Twizzle Tree

Oh, how I love a tree stamp!

I've written before about how versatile they can be. And this Twizzle Tree is no exception:

It could be made into any kind of tree, depending on the inks and papers you chose to make it with.

I wanted to use papers from the new Twilight 6 x 6 set for my first card...

I pulled several papers from the pack and stamped the Twizzle Tree numerous times with Versacolor gold ink.

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Then I took the tree stamped on one of the more solid black prints and matted it with a grey-ish print, then adhered those layers to a Jack O' Lantern notecard I trimmed down into a square.

 

Now it was time to start cutting all those fun circles from the prints I'd already stamped the tree onto...

 

I kept adding circles until the tree was full...

When I got to this point, I really didn't like the way the tree seemed to be floating... so I decided to add something to the bottom of the card to ground it.

Enter an old book page...

I really wanted somthing to tie the book page ground to the rest of the design, so I cut a tiny crescent moon and added it to the corner...

 

And there you have the first of what I know will be many Twizzle Tree cards... this is one FUN stamp to play with!

Comments

[Cheryl B.]

Fantastic card! So graphic and elegant. Your sample makes me wnat to get that stamp. If only I had a store that carried Memory Box. I'll have to buy online. Great work!

[tami]

I really like your card. Great design and I too love circles. I want the stamp!! I love this tree!!

[Ruth]

This looks like a fun card to make.

[Beverly]

How cute is that? How did you realize it needed to be tied down? You were right, but I might never have thought of it. Very clever.

[Linda Beeson]

I can tell I am going to NEED to find that tree stamp! CUTE.

[Cate]

Beverly - sometimes a design just doesn't 'sit right' for me. I look at it and know something about it is just wrong... so I'll play with different ideas until I stumble across something that solves the problem. The more I study design and the more I play, the better I get at this, but it's certainly trial and error for me!

[shellybobrowski]

oh i have to go order that stamp now! awesome card!

[Beverly]

So cute I had to rush to my stamp store. I also saw one where the circles were done in some kind of metallic look. Couldn't really figure it out. Do you have any ideas? Thanks.

[Cate]

Beverly - not sure, but I'm guessing the metallics were probably metallic papers... Memory Box has their Soiree line of metallics - it would be beautiful to use this same technique on metallic papers!