Thankfulness

I am thankful for challenges and those that host them!  I need that jumpstart, otherwise it would take me 5 hours to make a card or scrapbook page.  Any other slow creators out there?  

The challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments was to use this board as inspiration:

At first, I tried to make a card using the top right image but I could not get my frames in a pleasing arrangement, so I moved on to using the bottom right image. 

I have lots of tips and tricks for making this card!

To make the background: I stamped the Hardwood image in Soft Suede ink onto my Soft Suede cardstock base, then lightly swiped my Whisper White ink pad across it.  I wasn't concerned with the exact placement of the ink, just that some got on various places.  I took a sponge and lightly brushed it across my card base to smear and soften the Whisper White ink.  I love this look!

To create the three frames: I used an old set called Frame It to stamp in Versamark and heat emboss with White embossing powder.  I did this three times to get three frames.  I used the brush tip of a Stampin' Blend marker to color each embossed frame.  From left to right, I used Dark Smoky Slate, Light Bermuda Bay, and Dark Soft Sea Foam.  Once I fussy cut them, I used the brush tip to go around the cut edges of each frame.

To create the word die: I die-cut the word three times from Whisper White cardstock.  On one of those die-cuts, I used the same Stampin' Blend markers as above to color it in, making sure to blend where two colors met.  I used Fine-Tip Glue to adhere all three die-cut layers together, then used the brush tip of each Blends to color the white edges of the cardstock.

To glue vellum and the metal ribbon Bird Ballad trinket: I rolled up a glue dot to stick behind the metal ribbon embellishment.  I put dabs of Multipurpose Glue on the back of the vellum where the frames would cover it (so glue the frames to the vellum first).

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