Ginkigo- "my tree"

A Ginkigo tree, also known as Maiden hair tree, was a tree that grew on the front yard of one of the many rental homes my family lived in during my teen years.

I remember being fascinated by this tree.  While the leaves of the other trees around it turned into colours of red, yellow, and orange in the fall, the leaves of this tree turned from a dull green to a golden yellow.  One day I took a leaf to my science teacher hoping he would be able to identify the tree, but to my disappointment he could not . 

One day, when I was researching trees for a school project, I found a picture of "my tree".  I was thrilled to discover that it was a Ginkigo tree, native to China. I also discovered that an investigation is being done on the memory properties found in the yellowish plum 'fruit' of this tree with the hope that it might become a future treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.

Fascinating what one learns.

For the card I made with this stamp, I turned the image upside down because in my mind the tree branch was hanging down, not facing up.

A brayer was used to apply several shades of blue to a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of Whisper White card stock, after which the central portion was die cut using the rectangle die from the Nature's Thoughts die collection.  Before matting it with Basic Black card stock it was embossed with the Scripty embossing folder and then adhered to the cut out frame.  This was also matted with Basic Black card stock before being adhered to the Thick Whisper White card base.

The ginkigo branch was stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White, and coloured with Stampin' Blends in shades of yellow and green. I remember that the branches were dark in colour, almost black.

This was fussy cut and added to the die cut section.

The punched out sentiment, from the same stamp set, is added to the card front with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Beautifully Braided
Inks:  Black Memento, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green,)  Early Espresso marker
Papers:  Whisper White, Thick Whisper White , Basic Black
Accessories: Scripty Embossing Folder,  Nature's Thoughts Die,  Label Me Pretty Punch,   Dimensionals.

Let's Celebrate You- Try Stampin' on Tuesday #415

Challenge #415 is either a sketch challenge or an inspiration challenge, or both.  I selected to do the sketch challenge only.

I've been wanting to make the flower using the new Pressed Petal Washi tape, so that is what I used to make the flower in the card below.

Merry Merlot card stock was used as the card base, with a piece of Very Vanilla card stock embossed with the Scripty 3D embossing folder adhered to it.

On top of that was added two different patterns of different sizes of Pressed Petal DSP.

The Washi flowers were added to a 2 1/2" punched circle.  Each flower was made using 5 petals of the Pressed Petal Washi tape (the roll of tape is actually a roll of flower petals which can be peeled off to make flowers) and a Perennial Essence floral center was added to the middle (not in the picture).  The leaves were cut freehand using Mossy Meadow card stock. Because it is Washi tape, the resultant flower feels a bit sticky.  Just dab the Embossing buddy over it.

Below the flowers I added a sentiment from "Itty Bitty Birthdays.  It was stamped with Merry Merlot ink on Very Vanilla and matted with Mossy Meadow card stock.

This art piece circle was added to the card front overlapping the two pieces of DSP.  A bow made with retired Mossy Meadow Baker's Twine was added above the sentiment on the left, and three (retired) Mossy Meadow enamel dots were added randomly on the right.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Itty Bitty Birthday

Ink:  Merry Merlot

Papers;  Merry Merlot, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Pressed Petal DSP

Accessories:  Scripty 3D Embossing Folder, 1 1/2" circle punch, Pressed Petal Washi Tape, Perennial Essence Floral Centers, Retired Mossy Meadow Baker's twine and enamel dots.