Monday, September 5, 2011

My Art Tree

I've seen the quote several times, "Art is the tree of life...." and I decided to make a home decor project based on this quote. I used a Cuttlebug leaf die cut and several different scraps of Basic Grey patterned paper. I also used the Silhouette to cut out the tree trunk. I used one of Kerri Bradford's tree and bird shapes from her Halloween Shapes kit. The digi image was just 1/2 of the tree trunk with the bird on a branch so I used the Silhouette software to copy it, then flipped the image horizontally to make a full tree trunk. I moved the two images around a bit in the software so the 2 sides didn't line up perfectly - so it would look a bit more like a real tree trunk and then welded the image together. After the Silhouette cut out the trunk from kraft paper, I distressed it with TH distress ink to give it a bit of shading. The letters are also from a Basic Grey collection and the the stamped letters are from a Hero Arts clear alpha stamp set. The background cloud paper is from Pebbles. Once it was all done, I framed it and hung it up in my art/craft room.


So, what do you think?  Will you make your own tree of life?  :)

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful project! I love the different patterns & colors for your leaves.

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  2. Wow what a piece of art!! The leaves are beautiful such great choices of pp!!! And the trunk looks soooo real! :> Love it!

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  3. What a work of ART!!! LOVE love this, Kathy!I love the BG paper you chose for this project! Such an awesome idea and design!

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  4. love your home dec project Kathy! Great addition to a craft room. inspires me to make a home dec project!

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  5. This is just fabulous Kathy- love how you explained what you did to make the tree trunk! What a great project to look at forever :)

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  6. So, so pretty, Kathy! What a work of art and so glad you can proudly display this in your home! Thanks for sharing how you created the tree trunk! That Silhouette! One of these days, I may invest in one!

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