You Are Wonderful

I joined the challenge again this week over at Freshly Made Sketches! Here is the link so you can check out all the other designers.



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I decided this time to go with a nature themed card. There are so many "Wonderful" people in my life so this card will definitely be used!!

I first embossed the Very Vanilla panel using the Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder, then I cut out a "window" using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Then I cut out 2 more windows in Basic Black, and I used the leftover frame to create the shadow in the window. I think it makes the window pop and stand out more!

On another piece of Very Vanilla C/S I stamped the trees from Rooted In Nature in Garden Green, some are full strength and some are stamped off once to give depth. The frame is pop up onto the tree panel using dimensionals then mounted onto a Basic Black panel. The card base is Shaded Spruce. I stamped "You Are Wonderful" onto a Very Vanilla scrap using Early Espresso and cut around the words. I added a piece of Braided Burlap Trim and a skinny strip of Basic Black Card Stock to the front, then using glue dots attached the sentiment and a small Basic Black Bakers Twine bow. 

Below is a complete list of Stampin' Up! supplies I used to create this card. Just click on any of the supply photos and it will take you directly to my On-line store. 

Happy Stamping and Creating!
Arlene






Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle [148353] $99.00	Nature's Roots Dies [146341] $53.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $44.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143708] $14.00
5/16" (8 Mm) Braided Burlap Trim [151254] $11.00	Basic Black Baker's Twine [134576] $4.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973] $8.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $12.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Paper Trimmer [152392] $34.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50

 Fall Leaves

We just returned home from an amazing vacation to Cape Breton Island and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The colours of the trees were amazing and so stunning!!! Words can not describe the beauty of that part of Canada!! 
  So....what does a stamper do when she returns home from a vacation there, she makes a card!!! It is no where near in comparison but it is my take on the changing of the leaves, Cape Breton style!!

I used the "Thumping" technique for this card. I first inked up my tree from Rooted In Nature in Crushed Curry Ink, then I added Soft Suede to the trunk with my Stampin' Write Marker, then I used the "Thumping" technique, (using darker coloured markers, start tapping or thumping directly onto the stamp, use the side of the marker so you don't damage or flatten the tip). The markers I used were: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Real Red. After I had added all the colour I wanted I very lightly spritz the stamp with water. It gives it a softer more water coloured look. Cut out using the largest circle from the Stitched Shapes Dies.

The Real Red card base was embossed with the Woodland Embossing Folder. I made my own "DSP" by using a Whisper White piece of card stock, 5 1/2" X 2" and stamping the small and medium sized leaf in Real Red, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie, then I splattered the panel with Cajun Craze ink. Attached behind it is a small strip of Copper Foil. I embossed this panel using the Layered Leaves 3D Folder. It is finished off with a copper Leaf Trinket, a triple Linen Thread bow and a wee bit of Wink of Stella Splatter! 

Here is a close-up of the beautiful fall tree. You can also see the Woodland Embossing Folder on the card base and the tree panel is embossed with the Layered Leaves 3D Embossing Folder.

Happy Fall and Happy Stamping and Creating!!

Arlene