The challenges I chose to play are Pink Elephant's sketch and autumn colors from SUO Challenges. Looking through my stamp sets, I decided to use Choose Happiness. The leaves in Mossy Meadow and the elegant frame in Early Espresso both come from that set. I liked the idea of a wood grain inside the frame, but the stamp in Choose Happiness is already in a banner shape, so I used the wood chevron background from Truly Grateful (stamped off once with Crumb Cake). To bring in a bit more fall color, I punched and glued teeny tiny dots from the ribbon border punch in Tangelo Twist. I love how it looks but it's not something I would have my club members do! The sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts.
The background is Mossy Meadow card stock with a faux suede look. To achieve this I ran the card stock back and forth over the edge of a table, in all directions, to loosen the grain of the paper. Then I was able to peel one layer off to leave this thinner textured piece. A burlap banner anchors the bottom of the card, and then to balance the orange berries I added thin strips of Tangelo Twist card stock. I think that's it for this card - I'm happy to have this finished with some time to spare!
5 comments:
Ithink it's just perfect! I'm sure your husband loved it. Thanks for sharing this special card with the SUO Challenges Team!
I love how you have created the frame out of the border design - great idea!! And the little dots on the leaf are great! Thanks for joing the challenge at SUO
Great masculine card. It's not too girlie. Great take on our sketch too! Thanks for sharing it at The Pink Elephant Challenge! Nance, DT
I agree with the others- love the border on the main panel as well as the woodgrain for the interior! I am sure your hubby loved it and I also agree tat it is not too "girly" :-) Thanks for playing along with us at SUO Challenges!
Oh what a wonderful masculine card! I love all the green/tan with just the touch of orange in there. Thanks for joining the SUO challenge!
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