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Saturday, September 1, 2018

Wreath Builder Cards

Unfortunately, these pictures are rather poor quality, but I wanted to show some of the fun I've been having with the Wreath Builder set from Gina K Designs.  I was given the stamps & templates for my birthday, and here are a couple of cards I made using them.

First up is a Thanksgiving card.  The background is a dark brown glimmer paper embossed with an embossing folder.  The stamped card stock is matted with green card stock.  The design stamps all come from the set, but I used some other stamp sets for the sentiments.  They come from "Autumn Vintage Labels Three" set from JustRite.

The inside shows some more stamping & is matted similarly to the front of the card.

This second card can be used as either a Thanksgiving or Thank You card.  

Tools used: 
  • Wreath Builder template & stamp set (reddish leaves - Gina K Designs)
  • Autumn Vintage Labels Three (wheat - JustRite)
  • HOTP small stamp set called "Leaves" (acorn, "Thanks")
  • Heartfelt Creations "Woodsy Critters" stamp set (squirrel).  
  • "Antique Autumn Tags One" (JustRite - "Miss You" and "You are a Blessing", also small image on the inside of the card).
Background: The card background was created using a rust-colored glimmer paper cut just smaller than the card front and run through an embossing folder.  (M-bossabilities).  

Border: A strip of tan paper as the mat was embossed using the Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" embossing folder.  Strips of gold-edged ribbon run along each side.  The sentiment was stamped using stamping platform so it could stamp clearly over the embossed dots.

Focal: The stamped image was created using a variety of inks and the stamps mentioned above - then fussy cut with a small white border inside & out.  This was mounted on a mat (drawn with "Magic Matter" and the cut by hand) of tan (same paper as border).  The sentiment was stamped in the center of the tan mat and then glued to the background.  The stamped piece was added with foam squares.  The little "Miss you" tag was cut with a Paper Artist die from HOTP (9 Tiny Tags and Little Labels) from white card stock.  The tips of the wheat stamp was used for background foilage before the tag was inked around the edge.  After adding a bit of ribbon, the tag was glued in place.


The inside has a border created with the tan & burgundy papers (both embossed with dots).  Another tag was cut from white card stock and stamped, then colored with markers.  the edge was inked & ribbon added to finish it off.
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