This is a happy day indeed when a card I'd pictured in my mind turned out even better when I executed it!!! Today's challenge was to use brown bags in our cards. Since we home school I don't keep lunch bags about, but I had a bag from the bagel store. I thought about a woodgrain bg using the bag. First I really distressed my piece of bag by running it through my crimper several times in different directions and using my bone folder to smooth it out afterwards. I then inked up my Distressed Texturz plate with Crumb Cake and ran the piece through the Big Shot...I crumpled it, tore it and sponged the edges.....man, I really put a hurtin' on this poor brown bag!!! After mounting on a frame of Early Espresso that I also distressed I added some hemp that I also distressed and sponged. For the tree image I inked up the tree in More Mustard then used my markers to add more color. I added a leaf pile by inking just the top of the tree again using the same process and repeated a couple of times.
I LOVE this tree...why did I wait so long to buy this set??? So blessed to have a husband who supports my stamping. He just OK'ed a HUGE order that I put in before resigning as a demonstrator and I'm glad I put this set on my big list!
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 GMT Views: 2794
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