All occasion card featuring a wood grain & embossed leaf background, ribbon and some embossed leaves

 I created this background using a wood grain technique using green and brown inks and then embossed it with a leaf embossing folder.  I highlighted the raised areas with dark green, red and some brown ink.  I added a deep red ribbon and then mounted three leaf punchies over it.  The punchies have been embossed with a portion of an embossing folder.  I like it!!  I mounted my background to a brown card front to finish off my card.  

Therese 

Birthday card featuring a stamped scrapbook paper background, an embossed layer, floral digital image (mine) and an epoxy greeting

For this card I started with a large rust coloured card which I created for a large envelope from my stash.  I trimmed a piece of scrapbook paper with words on it.  Wanting to give it a bit of interest I decided to stamp it with a floral stamp (SU) using generational stamping - inking once and stamping several times.  Stamped a little quote about kindness (SU) on the bottom right corner as well.   I found the scrap of embossed and inked cardstock in my stash.  The floral image is one that I doodled a while back and have sized and laser printed.  I watercoloured it, distressed its edges and then stamped it with a stipple stamp for a bit of texture.  The birthday greeting tag was created using a bit of scrapbook paper on which I stamped the greeting (SU), applied the epoxy tag and then trimmed around neatly.  I tied on some orange fiber.  I adhered all my element to my card once I found a layout I liked.  To finish off my card I added five little butterfly punchies.  Fun!!!!!  

Therese