TCC179 Give Thanks

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to The Card Concept #179 {Change of Season} Challenge!  I am so thrilled that we are back for our fall/winter session and I hope you will have time to check out our new Design Team and all of their beautiful inspiration!

I love butterflies and felt inspired by the color dots as well as the butterfly to create a Clean and Layered/ Mixed Media card. 

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have a personal goal to create cards using stamps and supplies that I already own (and have not inked up in a while) and I love this older retired stamp from Stampin’ Up! (Wonderful Wings from 2001) and paired it with a verse sentiment from the Give Thanks stamp set (currently available at Stamp Simply).

I enjoy participating with online challenges and will be playing along with the Simon Says Monday “Stamp It” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #559-#560 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit us at The Card Concept or the other challenge sites, I hope you will find time to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the swallowtail butterfly image with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, color the image with water-based markers. 

Create a mask with a sticky note, apply distress oxide ink with a stencil brush over the flourish stencil.

Trim the panel, add the grosgrain ribbon and wrap the ends behind the panel.

Mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim again and mount onto white cardstock, trim again and mount onto black cardstock before mounting onto a white card base.

De-static another piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the verse sentiment with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, die cut with a stitched square die, mount onto black cardstock trimming close to the edge.

Use the stencil brush with distress oxide ink to add a bit of stenciling over the sentiment.

Mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

Finish off the card using a clear glitter pen.

Stamp Sets:  Wonderful Wings (retired Stampin’ Up! from 2001), Give Thanks (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums:  Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stormy Sky Distress Oxide, Stampin’ Write Markers- Flirty Flamingo, Wisteria Wonder, Smoky Slate; Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., My Favorite Things Stitched Square STAX Dies, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Memory Box

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- again, I hope you will be able to join us at The Card Concept! We would love to see your cards in our gallery.