Wendy Johnson and Melissa Phillips have both issued a challenge to create a card using felt. I always think of felt as being warm and snuggly, which is perfect for this week in NW NC... it has been in the 40's the past two mornings (note: if your car battery is on it's last legs, it's a good idea to change it before temps get in the 40's....ugh...).
I wanted to incorporate felt leaves into my card. My poor punches just couldn't handle the thickness of the felt, so I decided to punch the leaves from cardstock (PTI aqua mist) and have the felt popping out from behind. I then stitched the cardstock onto a brown card base. This gives the whole thing a nice poofy feel. I stamped "Happy Autumn" onto a kraft cardstock strip with white ink and embossed with white EP. The "Autumn" stamp is from one of the $1 sets at Target. "Happy" is from PTI's Paper Tray. I adhered the strip to the card front and felt (no pun intended) like it needed one last embellishement on the strip. Scott insisted I must add an acorn. I tried various buttons and brads but he was adamant about the acorn. So I drew an acorn, cut, colored and adhered it with foam tape. I added a little dimensional glaze to make it pop.
Ingredients-
CS: aqua mist (PTI), brown and kraft (paperandmore.com)
Felt: various old scraps from AC Moore or Michaels
Punches: Marvy
Stamps: "Autumn" (Target $1 set), "HAPPY" (PTI Paper Tray)
Ink: White pigment ink from Joann
Dimenional glaze (Ranger)
White embossing powder (Filigree detail)
Tomorrow evening one of my coworkers (and now a good friend) Mary is getting hitched. I made her a card that I'm pretty excited about.
Ingredients-
CS: black and white (paperandmore.com), aqua mist (PTI)
Vellum: (paperandmore.com)
Edge embossing punch (Martha Stewart)
Stamps: "Bring on the honeymoon"(Inkadinkado), "Picture Perfect" (PTI - favor it weddings), Old French Writing (Hero Arts)
Ink: black pigment ink from Joann
4 comments:
Hi Mindy! I love your idea on this card, putting the felt behind the punched leaves, it turned out really great! I did Melissa's challenge also, that is how I found your blog. I live in Asheboro, NC, not far from you! I just met some other cardmaking girls last weekend at a TAC rubber stamp party they invited me to, they all live near Winston-Salem also.
Your card is just adorable. I love the warmth the felt brings behind your leaves. You did such a great job with the challenge...thanks for playing along! Wendy Johnson
Hi Mindy, congratulations on winning the lovely prize from Melissa's challenge.
Your card is gorgeous & I love the little acorn :)
Congratulations Mindy on winning Melissa and Wendy's challenge! I love the card! Such a great idea!! Have fun with your new goodies!!
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