Mornin' peeps! How's your week going? I am very grateful that I am feeling much better than I was last week. I really really missed yoga for two weeks!
Today I'm sharing another card featuring retiring stamp sets. Three of 'em, in this case.
I started stamping in 2004 or 2005, and Lovely As a Tree was in the catalog then so it predates me. I'm not 100% shocked that it's finally retiring though because we now have Rooted in Nature, which I like to think of as an updated LAAT with sentiments.
Anywha, check out the Global Design Project sketch:
I admit I just couldn't get my sentiment to work how I wanted it to. I really needed one that was shorter, but I also wanted one that would be good for a sympathy card (why do I always think of LAAT for sympathy cards?) so that's how I ended up where I did. I used some probably retired Garden Green ribbon for the accent under the square piece.
I'll also enter this at Retro Rubber:
As I was saying before, Lovely As a Tree is the longest-lived stamp set in the SU! catalog and I've had mine probably since at least 2006, so 13 years is pretty dang retro. Tree Rings is only about a year and a half old and poor little Wishing You Well is one I just got about two months ago, so not retro at all. I thought it was going to carry over to the new catalog but it isn't...which is okay because I own it and I like it.
Hope you have a great day, y'all. In a little bit Ryan and I will be off to the Y so I can take pilates and get my stretch on! Cheers!
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: Lovely As a Tree, Tree Rings, Wishing You Well
Ink: Soft Suede, Garden Green, Balmy Blue, Early Espresso
Paper: Crumb Cake, Thick Whisper White
Accessories: Rectangle Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals, Garden Green ribbon
3 comments:
Yes, it's hard to believe that Lovely As A Tree is finally retiring. She deserves a party! Great use of the tree rings background stamp - it works perfectly with the oak tree. Thanks for joining us again at Retro Rubber Challenge.
Christy... so subtle and so beautiful. Such a great background for your image! Thanks so much for joining us at Retro Rubber this week.
Christy, this is a beautiful card, it has a really gentle feel. I like your sentiment, I think it works really well. Thanks for joining us again at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT
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