Anyway, I had a couple of gifts that I needed Thank You cards for, so I made two of these:
I remembered to bring the tree die, but guess what I forgot ... my crafty sponge. If the clouds and grass look a bit more, er ... textured it's because I used a paper towel to ink them.
This card took me longer than it should have taken, mostly because I wasn't thinking clearly. First I die-cut the tree from a white panel with the intent of coloring it and putting it back into the white panel. But, to hold the tree parts still, I put it back into the white panel and colored it in place, thus destroying the white panel. I cut the tree out of another white panel, left that tree in place while I sponged (paper toweled) the sky and grass, took the blue tree out, and realized I needed another panel behind it to hold the tree once I put it back in, so I glued the sponged panel to another white panel and then put in the colored tree. Then I replaced all the blue pieces between the tree branches.
The second one was a little easier.
I put them both onto Hero Arts Mocha (I think) card bases, then die-cut the Thanks from another card base that was sacrificed because it matched. I also cut several Thanks from white so I could layer them for some heft, glued them all together, and called it a day.
Well, no, not really. We realized that none of us brought envelopes with us, but never fear! I did bring an envelope maker! I took a piece of Neenah Solar Linen white card stock since it's a little thinner than the regular Neenah Solar White card stock, and played with the Envelope Punch Board that I've used maybe once, and I made envelopes for my cards. Wheee!
Thanks for stopping by!
PS: I was so discombobulated by these antics that I forgot to add in my standard birds! Oops.
That's beautiful. That's the first thing done with that tree that I've liked in a long time.
ReplyDeletewonderful inking...that paper towel trick might be something to keep in the arsenal!
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