I Wood Like To Thank You...

I'm really excited about today's card. I finally pulled out my Wood Sheets and created something fun! My card is for the Off The Wall Craftiness challenge's gorgeous gold and chocolate brown inspiration.


DEEtails:

I've had Stampin' Up!'s Wood Sheets sitting on my shelf for quite some time now... I finally pulled them out, along with my Lattice Die (another one of those shelf sitters...) I took my Chocolate Chip ink pad and "stained" my wood for a rich, choclately color. I adhered it to some Naturals White card stock, then added a Scallop Edge Border in Chocolate Chip. I stamped a sentiment from my Eight Great Greetings set and puched it out with my Decorative Label punch. I created a crumpled, distressed flower with some Summer Sun card stock, punched with my Scallop Circle Punch. I added a pearly button from my stash. Then I tied some Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon around the bottom, to frame the whole thing.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you're having a great weekend! :)

A Bird For You

Today's card is for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge. I adore almost any color combination that includes brown, so of course I loved this one:

The DEEtails:

I had a birdcage leftover from when I made this card and I love to use up my scraps, so I grabbed it for today's card. I cut strips of Stampin' Dimensionals (from the outside excess edge), and adhered my card to some Very Vanilla card stock. I'm trying hard not to mat everything I add to a card, so I didn't mat this one! Instead, I added some Scallop Edge Border, which I ran through my crimper several times to add a little bit of dimension and texture. I layered Early Espresso and Perfect Plum borders and adhered them to my card with some glue dots. I added my Very Vanilla piece with some more Stampin' Dimensionals. I added a little sentiment on the bottom from my A Word For You stamp set with some Early Espresso ink. Then I added a tattered flower. I quickly sewed one edge of a 6" piece of Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, and pulled it to create a ruffled flower, then I made vertical cuts and allowed it to fray a bit. I added a Kraft Corduroy button, then adhered my flower to my card. I guess I like hanging tags on the top of the bird cage with linen thread, because I did it again! The cage just looks too plain without the tags. I used Very Vanilla and Perfect Plum card stocks and stamped images from my Tiny Tags set in Perfect Plum and Early Espresso.

Razzleberry Daisies

Today's card was made for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge.

Here are the DEEtails:

I love the Crumb Cake patterned papers in the Thorougly Modern DSP, so I pulled out a sweet daisy print, cut it down to size and rounded the corners for the background of this card. I added some Striped grosgrain ribbon in Rich Razzleberry, then stamped the Upsy Daisy image in VersaMark ink on Rich Razzleberry card stock and and embossed it. I trimmed the image and rounded the corners and adhered it to my card. I then stamped the sentiment from the Flight of the Butterfly set. I added a Crumb Cake butterfly with a Rich Razzleberry button and a Linen Thread bow. So simple, really!