Thanks for Everything

Today I have a clean and simple fall themed card using the new Fall Foliage stamp set from My Favorite Things.

The layout is thanks to the fun sketch #3 over at Seize the Sketch and the fall theme is PP161 at the Paper Players.

I started with a card base of Kraft and built the card right on the base. I stamped the sentiment from Fall Foliage with Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink then heat embossed it with white powder. Next I stamped the leaf elements with Kraft Premium Dye Ink. Then I cut two strips of Orange Fizz and Tangy Orange card stock and adhered them below the sentiment.

The card needed a little something though so I used the Fall Foliage Die-namics to cut out the acorn from Natural card stock then I stamped the coordinating image with Hot Fudge Premium Dye Ink. I tied a small Hemp Cord bow and mounted the acorn on foam tape.

Here are the supplies I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Happy Holidays

Today I'm sharing a quick and easy holiday card. This is card #16 for Project Christmas 2013.

I started out with a Sweet Tooth card base then added a layer of Fuse Green and Kraft. My colour choices were actually taken from a new pad of patterned paper that I intended on using, Authentique Tradition collection, but then I decided to create my own patterned paper using the Plaid Builder Background...love it!! I stamped the plaid directly onto the Kraft layer using Kraft Premium Dye Ink, Fuse Green Premium Dye Ink, and Sweet Tooth Pigment Ink. The layout is STS#2 from the Seize the Sketch blog, but I made a vertical layout instead of horizontal.

Along the bottom of the card I used the Accent It - Celebrate Die-namics to cut out the Electric Red piece then I stamped the "holidays" from Clearly Sentimental about Christmas with Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink. I could have left the card alone at this point...it would have been a gorgeous clean and simple design and super easy for mass production, but I decided to follow the sketch.

I used the Christmas Ornaments Die-namics to cut out the Steel Blue ornament and Fuse Green holly leaves, then I added three clear rhinestones and coloured them with my R46 copic marker. I stamped the hanging string using an image from Christmas Ornaments and Black Licorice Premium Dye Ink. Then I used a black copic multiliner to add the string mark on the ornament hanger to give it the illusion of being properly hung, instead of merely floating in mid air.

On the inside I stamped another sentiment from Clearly Sentimental about Christmas using Electric Red Premium Dye Ink.

Here are the supplies I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen