create along with us

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)