Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree - Reflections Technique

Hello Stampers

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Today I am making a card using the "Reflections Technique" and the wonderful Lovely As A Tree Stampin' Up!(SU) stamp set

I started with cutting the cardstock - see below for card recipe. I ran the Marina Mist card through my Bigshot using the "Ruffled" embossing folder, after spritzing the card with a little water. This helps it to emboss better.

Stamp your sentiment and make up the 3 matt layers. Attach them to your card.
To make the reflections, first stamp the image as normal, towards the top of the paper.
Then re-ink and stamp it once again on a piece of 
acetate. This piece was cut off a box, you dont have to buy acetate. Ink will wipe off easily so it is reusable. Before the ink can dry, reverse the acetate, line the trees up carefully so that they reflect the first image and press it onto the paper. The reflection will be fainter

Now you can add some colour to show where the water is and where the grass and sky are. Do this using a sponge dauber and the inks. Use small circular movements and stamp off some of the ink before you begin. Used Pear Pizzaz and Marina Mist.

When you have your picture coloured, trim the corners with a corner punch and glue the matts together.

Prepare the sentiment and then assemble the card

These are the items used to make this card

Card Recipe:

Cardstock Whisper White 1/2 A4 sheet + 3 1/2" x 3" 1/2 and a scrap for the sentiment

Marina Mist Card 5 3/4" x 2"

Old Olive Cardstock 5 3/4" x 2 1/8" + 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"

Early Espresso Cardstock 5 3/4" x 2 1/4" +2 3/4" x 2 3/4"

Stamp set - Lovely As A Tree and Better Together

Ink - Early Espresso, Marina Mist and Pear Pizzaz

Ruffled Embossing Folder

Sponge Daubers

Water Spritzer

Acetate

Adhesive

Dimensionals

Happy Stamping

Jenny x

Product List

Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set [137163] £23.00	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] £7.25	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] £7.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £8.25
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] £6.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] £6.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] £6.50	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] £6.00
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] £6.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] £32.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] £3.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75