For Papertrey’s Create Along With Us, I combined two wreath cards – Heather’s and Betsy’s – to make a card to send autumn greetings.
The result is a surprisingly very sweet card. The white
embossing with the soft colors give this card a delicacy that is unexpected for
a fall card. Mine tend to be much bolder. And don’t you just love the font that
Dawn used in her Birthday Classics: September set? It is one of my favorites.
Do you finish the inside of your card? I try to, even if
only to add a strip of coordinating paper. I was at a loss for this card. Since
it is a notecard, I wasn’t adding a sentiment inside, had no patterned paper to
add, and couldn’t manipulate the wreath stamp since it is rubber. What to do? I
finally realized that I could stamp a side of the wreath, overlapping it three
times, to give a twig border. I was happy with how it turned out – understated and
delicate to go with the card front.
Hope you have a magnificent week. The trees are just
beginning to turn here and are complementing the crispness in the air.
nancy
supplies:
stamps: Garden Grace, Birthday Classics: September,
and Birthday Basics (PTI); Bramble Wreath (Memory Box)
ink: fine linen and canyon clay (PTI); VersaMark
paper: stamper’s select white and classic kraft card
stock (PTI)
dies: Inside/Out Stitched Square STAX (MFT Stamps)
extras: white embossing powder (Superior); baker’s
twine (Recollections); enamel dots (Studio Calico; MME)