All occasion card featuring a wood grain & embossed background, ribbon and a little bird

 Another background I created which has green wood grain technique and an embossed leaf design which I highlighted with dark green ink.  I added a length of ribbon across the bottom portion and tied on a shorter piece using a single knot to create a bow.  I stamped my little bird and punched him out (SU), added some detail to his beak and a tiny brad for his eye.  Punched a dark brown wing and embossed it with a swirl before adding it with double sided tape.  I used double sided tape to mount my little bird just tucked a bit under the ribbon.  

Therese

All occasion card featuring a drapery fold, silk flower and ribbon

I have often looked at the cards on the Splitcoast Stampers gallery that feature the drapery fold and thought I would very much like to give it a go but I have very little double sided paper!!  So I did!!  This technique works better with double sided paper but in the end I sponged the back folds to coordinate with my paper which worked just as well.  Beccy has a tutorial on her blog if you would like to know how make this fold.  I started with a black card, added a background of yellow decorative paper and then cut the piece I needed for the fold from a coordinating paper.  I scored and then folded my paper and trimmed just a little bit off the end so it would fit on my background.  I identified the areas of my folded piece that showed on the front, turned over the whole piece and added several layers of colour until I was happy with how it looked.  I glued my folds at the top and then adhered it over my background.  I added a length of black ribbon securing the ends to the inside with double sided tape.  I found some silk flowers that I combined to create this one and sponged the layers with yellow to get it to coordinate more closely.  I layered the flower pieces, added a black sequin and secured them all together using a yellow brad.  I used 3D foam tape to adhere my silk flower to my card front.  Very happy with how this one turned out!!         Therese