GDP080, Thank you card.

Happy monday morning.    I'm having fun getting back to challenges again.  This morning the GDP challenge pulled me in. We are CASe'ing Louise Sharp.  I know it's easy to think that CASE means to copy, and while it can, most often a challenge wants to see what you can do with the idea.  I think the GDP really wants you to take away what you want from it.  They do say that in the discription.  I love Louise's layout.   I changed it some but not a lot.  I hope you like it. Here is Louise's card.

Now to explain my card. I used a standard A2 card base, 4 1/4x51/2.  I cut mine long ways, and folded at the top.  My second layer is 4 1/8x5 3/8. 
To get this look on my tag layer, I took the smaller rose from the Rose Garden thinlit set and used copy paper to cut it out.   You want a thin paper or plastic so that you are able to get into all the inside edges.

I took my very large round brush, brushed it gently across my ink pad and then over the top of my cut out rose.  You get color transfer very slowely this way and don't get those hard lines.  I continued, until I had the color built up to where I liked it.

I then cut my piece down to the size I liked, rounded the corners, punched a hole in the top and added the linen thread bow.
For the sentiment I wanted the same rounded look, so after stamping my little sentiment I took my 1/2" hole punch, instead of putting the paper in normally I slid it in from the top to get this look on each end.

I also brushed the brush across my pink layer once I had embossed.

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

$31.00

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

$7.00

Linen Thread

$4.50

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.50

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Stampin Up, Pals Paper arts challenge #308, Best Birds

With all the fabulous stamps, tools and bundles in the Stampin Up annual catalog this year, I'm having a horrible time getting anything but stamping done.   I want to get some table runners quilted for Christmas, but I can't drag myself away from the stamp desk.

This is a sketch Challenge from Ann Schach.  If you didn't come here from the PPA challenge, you will have to go over and check it out. Ann makes the most stunning cards!

This card was made using the Best Birds bundle.  So many great stamps and dies. Then there is the Banner for you Bundle.  These banner shapes are fantastic.   TIP: you can made a photopolymer stamp fit the shape by just bending it onto the block, when done, and you want to original shape back, just give it a toss onto the desktop and it will straighten back out.

Colors: Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Basic black, and Peek a boo peach.
I used Wisteria Wonder ink on the same color paper for my tone on tone look.

I used the new Petals embossing folder in Peekaboo peach for the background.   And don't you just love the new layering framelits?  We can finally, and easily, get what ever sizes we want. I love my sizes really close without that large space most of the time, and this set is great for that as well as being about to use reg edge or scallop edge in as many layers as you want.

For my circle with my bird I used Water color paper, then stamped my bird using a permanet ink, then colored in using my ink pads and Aqua Painter brush.  

Thanks for checking out my card, go here to see the rest of the team's cards, and/or add one of your own. Or simply click on the PPA link in the right hand side bar.

Best Birds Photopolymer Bundle

$43.00

Banners For You Photopolymer Bundle

$48.50

Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

$10.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$35.00

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.50

Aqua Painters

$17.00

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