Hello There!

Hello and welcome!  Today I'm sharing a card that I made for the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and the Color Throwdown. 

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So many options with that sketch but since I ultimately decided to use a large slimline focal point, I had to flip the sketch from a landscape to portrait. 

I love the beautiful Etched Tall Leaf Spray and especially in kraft on black.  The spray was die cut from Neenah Desert Storm, then I used some Copic markers to add a bit of dimension to the leaves.  Once that was complete the rest of the card came together in a snap!

I cut cream cardstock to 8.5" x 7" then scored at 3.5".  Next a separate strip of cream cardstock was die cut with a slimline border die and adhered to a black panel die cut with a slimline rectangle die.  A strip of gray was adhered over the cream edge, then the spray was added to the black side of the panel.  I wrapped it with some linen thread, then attached the sentiment tag.  The entire thing was then mounted on the card base with thin foam tape.  The only thing I would do differently is to stamp the sentiment with a shade darker ink so it shows up better in the photos but IRL it doesn't look that light.

Thanks for taking time to visit!  Take care, stay safe and have a great weekend!

Stef

Stamps:  Circled Sentiments (Altenew)

Paper:  Cream, Black, Slate (Simon Says Stamp), Neenah Desert Storm

Ink:  Sand Dune (Altenew)

Other:  Slimline Nested Rectangles die, Slimline Borders and Edges die and Etched Tall Leaf Spray die (all SSS), Linen Thread (Stampin' Up), Tag die (Trinity Stamps

Copics:  E37, 35, 33, 31