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
