Hey friends!  Have you seen the new dies and stamps released over at Elizabeth Craft Designs?  Well, today I thought I would play with another new die, the Tree die set.  I thought it actually would be fun to create a sunset silhouette to create these two striking, yet simple designs.

Step One:  Die cut two trees and two patches of grass from the Tree die set using Rich Black Soft Finish Cardstock.

Step Two:  Trim two piece of 90lb White Soft Finish Cardstock to 5×5 inches.

Step Three:  Using Distress Oxides, create a ombre sunset background on one of the piece of cardstock.  I used Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany to create this back drop.  Sprayed the bottom forth of the paper with clean water to create a water effect.  I added a little Black Soot Distress Oxide to the bottom corners of the cardstock to help the water effect look more realistic.

Step Four:  Trim the bottom of one of the piece of grass die cut so it curves and looks like the edge of a body of water.

Step Five:  Using Kids Choice Glue, adhere the tree silhouette and grass silhouette to the card.  Trim the bits that hang over the cardstock.

Step Six:  Trim a piece of Rust Soft Finish Cardstock to 12×6 inches and score and fold at the 6 inch mark to create a 6×6 card frame.  Trim another piece of 6×6 inches rust cardstock and die cut it with the largest Frame It/Stitched Square die.

Step Seven:  Adhere the sunset to the card frame using 10mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive and the rust frame over the sunset with 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive.

Step Eight:  Stamp the sentiment from the Little Words that Mean a Lot stamp set in brown ink.  I used Archival Tree Branch.

Step Nine:  Repeat step three on the second piece of 5×5 white cardstock.  This time use Distress Oxides in purple tones.  I used Milled Lavender, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves, and Wilt Violet.  Adhere the tree and the grass silhouette to the bottom of the page using the kids choice glue.

Step Ten:  Trim a piece of Dusky Sky Soft Finish Cardstock to 12×6 inches and score and fold at the 6 inch mark to make a 6×6 card frame.  Trim a piece of Perfect Purple Soft Finish Cardstock to 6×6 inches and die cut with the largest Frame It/Stitched Square die.

Step Eleven:  Adhere the purple sunset to the card frame using 10mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive.  Add the purple frame over the sunset using 6mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive.

Step Twelve:  Add the sentiment from the Little Words Mean a Lot stamp set in purple ink.  I used ScrapBerry Stains in Purple.

Thanks for peeking in today.  Make sure you pop over to Elizabeth Craft Designs to see the entire new release!  Until then, Happy Crafting.