The Old Oak Tree...

I'm showing my age here, but the title of my post has me singing... Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree... and now I can't get it out of my head!

This card is for this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and the challenge at Paper Players.

I haven't looked at the entries for the Paper Players challenge but I'd hazard a guess that I'm not the only one to use Lovely as a Tree for this challenge LOL.

I stamped the oak tree onto watercolor paper and colored with markers and blender pen.  I cut out the image using my circle nesties.  The card base was embossed using the Woodgrain EF, then I used the retired Spiral punch to add a little somethin' somethin' down the left side.  The twill is long retired Old Olive Polytwill ribbon.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated):

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree

Cardstock:  Old Olive; Basic Black; Watercolor Paper; First Edition DSP

Ink:  Black Stazon

Accessories:  Old Olive; Always Artichoke; Early Espresso; Going Grey markers; blender pen; Circle Nestabilities; Woodgrain EF; Old Olive Polytwill Ribbon

Edited to Add:  This card was chosen as a Cut Above card this week at Paper Players and also for a Perfect Princess Award at Freshly Made Sketches.  Yay!

Cheers

Karren