An all occasion card featuring a cute little grapevine wreath, linen and gold ribbon and a burlap bow

Yet another all occasion card!!  For this one I started with a green card front, trimmed out a leafy background to which I added a length of this beautiful linen and gold ribbon which I fishtailed on the bottom.  This ribbon was on a gift I received a few years ago from my daughter  - I just love it!!  I adhered my background to my card.  The little floral grapevine wreath is from Melonheadz and was laser printed on ivory cardstock and trimmed out.  I watercoloured the wreath, ran my pattern tracing wheel on all four sides to create texture and then used my distress tool on the edges as well.  I added a peach layer then adhered this focal element to my card front with 3D foam tape.  I still needed a bit of something so I tied two lengths of burlap threads into a bow and added it to the corner using a glue dot.  It did the trick - just the right colour and lots of texture too.    Therese

SISTER STASH - Christmas card with a paper pieced background, red corrugated paper and a Christmas tree (digital)

This card nicely used up most of the scraps I had left over from making my last two Christmas cards for my sister.  I trimmed them to size and used the corner rounder on opposite corners.  I like that this creates a natural place for my focal element - a cute little tree ( Craft Starters digital).  I laser printed it onto white cardstock, trimmed it out and then watercoloured it to coordinate with my tree paper.  I added a green layer with an even margin and then layered that onto a piece of red corrugated paper which I tore on the top and bottom and cut neatly on the sides.  I mounted this focal element over the intersection of the gaps in my background using 3D foam tape.  This one is finished without a greeting.  Therese