hello... friend

Hello!!  Our weather has turned gloomy, but not rainy... so very strange.  But with the change in the weather comes the opportunity for me to play along with some challenges.  I originally just had CASE Study and Color Throwdown in mind for this card, but I think it also works for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  Dots & Spots.

I don't often play along with CASE Study (in fact I think it has been at least two years since I last played), but I really liked the inspiration card and thought I would give it a try.  I CASEd the inspiration card fairly closely up to a point and then tried to put my own spin on it. While I love this style of card (the inspiration card) I have a hard time recreating it to my satisfaction.  I'm not sure why this seems so hard to me.. I love layering stamps, but for whatever reason I always end up feeling like what I have made is too carefully planned out and not so spontaneous as the inspiration card looks.  Something to work on, I guess!  I used two different sets from Clearly Whimsy Stamps:  Happy Everything and Happy Hello.  Both sets are full of fun little images like the starburst that I used, as well as the chevron image.   All the inks are from Stampin Up!.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Inks:  Stampin Up!; Washi Tape:  Stampin Up!

to a wonderful friend...

Hello friends... our fabulous warm, sunny weather continues... YAY!  Yesterday was my kind of perfect summer day:  sunny and not too hot.   Have a card that I made for several challenges:  Dynamic Duos, CAS(E) this Sketch and Case Study. 

The Dynamic Duo's color combo this week is Sahara Sand and Pink Pirouette... a soft and pretty combo absolutely perfect for the sketch this week at CTS.   I pulled out several MFT dies and one of my favorite MFT sets, Pretty Poppies, and got to work.  I inked up the script border image from the set using Hero Art's Wet Cement ink and then lightly stamped it on my cardstock.   The frame die cut was created using two of the smaller Designer Labels 3 Stax.  Because of the way the MFT dies come I had to first cut the large image and then cut out the center of the image.   The fishtail flag was die cut and stamped with a sentiment from Pretty Poppies also using wet cement and then adhered to the frame.  The flower was die cut using the Poppies & Leaves die set and then stamped with the corresponding flower image from Pretty Poppies.  A sparkly pink button and rhinestone embellishment was added to the flower and then the piece was adhered to the frame.  The entire piece was adhered to a Sahara Sand card base.   The similarities between this week's Case Study challenge and the sketch from CTS I decided that I would pop this into Case Study, as well.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Sahara Sand; Inks:  Hero Arts:  Wet Cement & SU! Pink Pirouette; Stamps:  MFT Pretty Poppies; Dies:  MFT Poppies & Leaves, Fishtail Flag Stax & Designer Labels 3 dies; Button:  PTI; Rhinestone:  Want2Scrap

happy fall.....

hello friends!!  hope you are having a nice weekend.  i was hoping that the weather would cooperate so i could take my boys to an annual halloween event at our local zoo, but it is looking more and more like the rain will be making a comeback after disappearing this morning.  i'm kinda bummed.  (eta:  we were able to go to the zoo... it was cold and rained a tiny bit, but the kids had fun and that is all that matters!)  anyway... have a card that i made for several different challenges:  Less is More - autumn; CAS(e) this Sketch - sketch, CASE Study and ColourQ. 

the leaves are from a close to my heart set that i purchased several years ago.  the small leaf was inked using su!'s pear pizzazz ink, then the edges rolled in su! pumpkin pie, stamped and then trimmed out.  the large leaf was inked with memento tangelo, rolled in pear pizzazz, stamped and trimmed out as well.  the black card stock was run through my big shot in the su!/sizzix woodgrain embossing flower and then a circle die cut a plain spellbinders circle die.  the white cardstock piece was also embossed using the woodgrain ef.  the sentiment was stamped using pumpkin pie ink and die cut using my fishtail flag dies.  a bit of bakers twine in orange and green were added to the leaves for a little finishing touch.  i did beef up the sketch from CAS(e) this Sketch by adding the die cut circle... thus making it fit the current CASE Study challenge.  love how the card turned out!

thanks for stopping by....

cardstock:  pti white & black; stamps: close to my heart; ink:  stampin up! and memento; dies:  spellbinders & my favorite things; embossing folder:  stampin up!/sizzix.

thank you....

Hello friends!  The weekend is here and the weather is absolutely fabulous here in Western Washington.  Last night I took the boys to a new wave pool that opened up recently and they had a total blast.   We will definitely be going back and soon!  

Have a card for a couple of challenges:  CASE Study and ColourQ.  CASE Study is celebrating it's 2nd birthday and Chupa has lots of fun things lined up.  The CASE Study challenge this week is to create a card using your signature style.   I don't know exactly what my signature style is other than I do love to make things that are clean and simple (CAS) in style.  The ColourQ colors this week are lime green, poppy red, tangerine orange, pale pink and white.   On Wednesday I made a quick run to my favorite stamp store, Impress, and picked up a few things one of which was a new Memory Box die called Fuschia Sprig.  I used that die, along with another Memory Box die, Piestra Tile on my card.  I die cut the fuschia using lime green and poppy red card stocks.  The fuschia flower was trimmed from the red die cut and then adhered to the green die cut.  The Piestra Tile die was used on a piece of white card stock as you see.   The pale pink was brought in through the card base and the tangerine color was used to stamp the sentiment.   Adhering the fuschia was a bit of a challenge, but I managed to get it done.   And there you have it... my signature style:  clean and simple (or stunning as my friend, Sue, would say!)

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pink Pirouette, Lucky Limeade & Poppy Parade; Stamps:  PTI Signature Greetings; Dies:  Memory Box

Super Duper.....

Hello and happy Friday, friends!! Yesterday I took a little trip to my local Joann's to see if they had anything new and exciting and to get that papercrafting necessity.... adhesive.   As I cruised the aisles I noticed that they had restocked their supply of two lines of BasicGrey that are apparently exclusive to Joanns:  Serendipity and Shine On.  And to make it even better all the items were on sale for 30% off!  So... I scooped up a 6x6 pad from each line and a package of these cute little banners.  When I got home I used my new purchases to make this fun little card using a sketch from the BasicGrey blog.

The card base is PTI's kraft  and the stamp is from the Hero Art/BasicGrey set "Life is Fun".   I finished everything off with some PTI Summer Sunrise ribbon and Rustic Cream twine.  I'm going to pop this into the current CASE Study challenge as I have created a little grouping of items with the banners and bow and there is a teeny tiny bird on one of the banners.  I do admit that this is a very loose CASE of Kristii Lockhart's lovely card!  Oh... and this will be going into the "Sunday Share" at Frilly & Funkie because I purchased that fun little doily border is a recent purchase from Linda's Zibbets store.

Thanks for stopping by.....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft; PP:  BasicGrey Shine On; Banners:  BasicGrey; Ribbon & Twine:  PTI; Doily Border:  The Funkie Junkie

We Cannot Direct the Wind....

Hello, friends!!   Today is a special day... today my little one turned 6!  I can't believe he is now 6 and going to be starting kindergarten this fall!  He is so excited, too.  Every time we drive by the school he will be attending he says "mom... there's my kindergarten"!  Time is just zipping by.... sigh!   Anywhoo... I have a card to share.  This one is for the new CASE Study challenge and CR84FN.    This is one of those cards that started out with what I thought was a great idea, but I wasn't able to make it work the way I wanted to so I had to move to "plan b".   And in retrospect I would not have stamped the floral image on the patterned paper that I used.  The flower is just way too busy for me.  But I think the card is a nice take on Joy's inspiration card.

I decided to use some of my very neglected Penny Black stamps for this card.  I settled on the floral image "cheerful" and the sentiment "the wind".  I stamped the flower on some patterned paper from the Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze 6x6 pad and then trimmed it out.   A piece of white card stock was cut in two as shown and the sentiment was stamped on the larger piece.   The pieces were adhered using foam dimensionals.  I added some rhinestones to the center of the flower and then adhered it to the card using additional foam dimensionals.  Some more rhinestones finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping by..... and thanks to the ladies at CR84FN for picking my card as one of the top 3 cards for CR84FN 55!

Supplies:  Card stock:  PTI white, SU! Basic Grey; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & SU! So Saffron; PP:  T. Collins Carolina Breeze; Stamps:  Penny Black; Rhinestones:  Want2Scrap & SU!

ODBD May Release Blog Hop!!

Hey there!!!  Happy Tuesday and it is indeed a happy one because today ODBD is releasing their new stamps for May... YAY!!!  And I'm getting the chance to join in the release day blog hop with the amazingly talented ODBD design team... double YAY!!!!   ODBD is releasing four fabulous sets that will help you create wonderful faith based cards for the graduates in your life and for anyone you know who is going to be retiring.  Before I get to my card I have a few details to share.   The blog hop runs from 8:00 am EDT May 1st until 8:00 pm EDT May 2nd.  Winners will be announced on May 3rd.   Please make sure you leave a comment on all the blogs participating in the blog hop and on the ODBD blog telling us that you completed the hop and if there were any blogs that you were not able to leave a comment on.   The winners will be randomly selected from everyone who completes the hop and answer the question posted on the ODBD blog.   And what can you win??  There will be three winners of a free set and one winner of the entire May ODBD Bread Basket Bundle!!!

Now... if you got here from the blog of the super talented Suzanne (and wasn't her project simply AMAZING??!!), then you are on the right track.  If not, then you will want to head to the ODBD blog and start from the beginning.   For my card I decided to make a feminine graduation card.  I used the Eleanor Roosevelt quote for the outside of my card and then finished the interior of the card with the sentiment "Congratulations Graduate".  I created the sentiment by using the single words "Congratulations" and "Graduate" that come with the set.  The butterfly was created using the ODBD Two Step Butterflies and matching die.  Papers are from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody 6x6 pad.  The layout for the card is based on the current CASE study challenge.  Your next stop is the blog of the wildly talented Betty and I just know that she is going to knock your socks off !!!  Happy hoping!!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD Dreams & Two Step Butterfly; Inks:  SU! So Saffron & Regal Rose, Hero Arts Punch Chalk Ink; Buttons:  PTI; Twine:  May Arts; clip: SU!; Dies:  MFT Fishtail Flag Stax & ODBD Two Step Butterfly die

warm wishes...

Hey there!!  Here with a card for a couple of challenges:  CASE Study and ColourQ.    I love ColourQ because Arielle sure knows how to pick some fantastic color combos.   But this week's combo sure was a challenge for me.  I think what I finally came up with combines the colors fairly well, but I'm still a bit iffy about it.  Combining it with this week's CASE Study challenge did help me out immensely, though.   I really liked the layout of March muse, Laura's card and so decided to play along.

Today I got happy mail in the form of some Hero Arts stamps!  One of them is the beautiful botanical stamp called Fleurettes.  I wanted that stamp the moment I laid eyes on it and now it is finally mine.  I can't wait to color it up with some Copic markers.  Today I simply inked it up with some pale lavender ink (SU!'s Wisteria Wonder) and stamped it on white cardstock.    The sentiment, also from Hero Arts, was stamped using a dark purplish sort of color (SU!'s Rich Razzleberry), which I was afraid would overwhelm the lavendar, but I think the two work well together given the way I stamped each image.  I finished off the card with a row of scallops in pale aqua and turquoise cardstock and a few turquoise gems.   Another very simple card.   But, you know what... there is nothing wrong with simple!!

Thanks for stopping by and for your lovely comments....

thinking of you....

Hey there!! A quick post with a card for several challenges.  I recently found a new sketch challenge "retrosketches" and decided to give it a try.  The challenge was started by Arielle of ColourQ fame and so I knew right away that it would be a fun one.  This is their second challenge.  I missed the first one cuz I just couldn't find something else to combine it with before the challenge closed.  I'm also putting this into the current CASE Study challenge.  I really liked the inspiration card and thought I would play along.  I used the Hero Arts/Sizzix set Chandeliers & Chairs as it was perfect for the challenge.   I have also popped this into the CAS challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  The challenge this week is to use white and shades of blue.  The inks are from Stampin Up! (Night of Navy & Marina Mist), as is the dark blue cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Night of Navy; Inks:  SU!; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Dies:  Sizzix

I Love You....

Hey there!!!   Gotta card today for a couple of challenges:  CASE Study and the Shabby Tea Room.  The Shabby Tea Room challenge this week is to make a card based off of another beautiful inspiration photo and to incorporate mail or postage elements.   I think I got that aspect of the challenge covered, hee hee!!   With the beginning of a new month, there is a new muse over at CASE Study and this month the muse is an amazingly talented crafter named Karola Witczack.  I stumbled across Karola when I saw on a blog somewhere the most beautiful papers from a company called The Scrap Cake.  Karola was the designer of these gorgeous papers and once I saw them I had to have them!  Thank goodness I found a US based website called the Flying Unicorn that carries them.  I used some of those papers on my card.  Karola's inspiration card is absolutely GORGEOUS!!

For my card I used a Hero Arts/BasicGrey set called Carte Postal and a sentiment from the Year Round Sentiments set.  I stamped the stamp images on a piece of paper from The Scrap Cake 6x6 Cozy Xmas pad and then trimmed them out.  They were then distressed a bit.   Some additional paper from the Cozy Xmas pad was used as a mat for the cream cardstock piece that was stamped with additional postage elements in kraft and red inks.  The edges of this piece were light inked with Old Paper distress ink.  I finished the card off with some crocheted lace, red ribbon and three small pink roses.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & cream; PP:  The Scrap Cake Cozy Xmas; Ink:  Stampin Up! Crumb Cake & Riding Hood Red; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Lace Ribbon:  May Arts; Grosgrain Ribbon:  Stampin Up!; Roses:  Flying Unicorn

Mellow Yellow....

Hey there.... here with a card for two challenges:  CASE Study and a brand spankin' new challenge called Runway Inspired.

The inspiration photo from RIC features a dress from the Versace Spring 2012 line.  I used the PTI set Stitches and Swirls because the images reminded me of the pattern on the dress.  The inspiration card from the December CASE study muse, Amy, featured many, many layers.  I removed quite of few of the layers but kept the elements of the embossing and diecutting.  The image was stamped using Memento's Dandelion ink and the sentiment stamped using London Fog.  The image was diecut using a Spellbinders Small Label die and then matted with Soft Stone cardstock diecut using a Large Label die.  A few rhinestones were added, but in retrospect I think I would have left them off.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, lemon tart & soft stone; Stamps:  PTI Stitches & Swirls, Signature Series Dress Form; Inks:  Memento; Rhinestones:  SU!; Swiss Dot embossing folder; Spellbinders dies

Blessed...

Hey there... Getting back in the swing of things with my cardmaking.  Have a card for the current Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge to use ribbon, a flower and a tag and for the current CASE Study challenge to CASE a card by December's muse, Amy Sheffer.   My card is a super simple version of her gorgeous card.

I used the Flourishes set Paper Whites for my card, as well as some gorgeous Christmas papers from a company called Scrap Cake.  The company is based in Poland, but I was able to find them here in the US through a webstore called The Flying Unicorn.  Man... are these papers gorgeous!  I can't wait to make another card using them! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & kraft; Stamps:  Flourishes; Ink: SU! Riding Hood Red & Pool Party; Ribbon:  PTI Pure Poppy; Rose:  Prima; Dies:   Spellbinders plain circle dies; Sizzix tag die

So Thoughtful...

Hey there... back with another card for the current CASE Study challenge and ColourQ. 

I just love this week's ColourQ combo of Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Delightful Daffodil, Early Espresso and white.  Cherry Cobbler is my absolute favorite red.  I love how deep and rich it is, especially against white.   When I saw November CASE Study muse, Kryssi's card I just had to play along.  I love the super clean and stunning, as my friend Sue would say, design of the card.   I thought I had a large solid flower stamp that I could use, but unfortunately, I didn't.   So instead I got a little dotty with my card, combining PTI's Dot Spot with Polka Dot Basics II.  I stamped the largest circle from Dot Spot in Pumpkin Pie and then used So Saffron to stamp the border using the smallest polka dot border in the set.  The sentiment from Signature Greetins was stamped using Early Espresso.  I decided to add the yellow button to the center for just a bit more interest. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Cherry Cobbler; Ink:  SU! Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron & Early Espresso; Stamps:  PTI; Button:  My Mind's Eye

for you...

Hey there.... another dreary day in Washington state, but a good day to stay inside and make cards!  Have a card for a couple of challenges:  CR84FN (color combo) and CASE Study.   The muse this month at CASE Study is Julie Lacey who has an amazing clean style.  When I saw her card this week I just had to play along.

Because I just really loved the overall design of Julie's card I basically followed it to a "T" and changed just a few little elements.    All stamps are from WPlus9Design (Design Basics:  Backgrounds 1 & Woodgrain Silhouettes). 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & hibiscus burst; Gina K black; Ink:  PTI True Black & Anciet Page Grey; Stamps:  WPlus9Design; Spellbinders circle and rectangle dies; Gems:  Hero Arts; Ribbon:  PTI hibiscus burst

CASEing Myself...

Hey there!! Wow... what a gorgeous day we are having here in Washington state!  Just spent the majority of it at a local beach with my sister and her three girls.  My little one had a blast playing with his cousins and getting all covered with sand!

Got a card today for the current CASE Study challenge, as well as for ColourQ.   This week at CASE Study Chupa is asking us to make a card in our "signature style".   Now I don't know if I have a "signature style" because sometimes I feel like my style is all over the place!  But I do know that I love the Clean and Simple (CAS) style and probably make more cards in that style than any other.  I also know that when I'm confronted with a color combo that I find kind of tricky (like this week's ColourQ combo) I tend to keep things very simple.  So, for my card I CASEd a card I made a month or so ago that really exemplifies my CAS style (you can see the card here).   I used one of my favorite SU! sets, Echoes of Kindness, and a sentiment from a My Favorite Things sentiment set.  The sentiment is one of my favorites and can actually be found in my blog banner:  We do not remember days, we remember moments.   I stamped the floral image using Palette Sunflower ink (it closely matches SU!'s Crushed Curry) and then overstamped the sentiment using Old Olive.  The card base is SU!'s Island Indigo.  The pumpkin colored gems are from Hero Arts. 

And so... there you have it!  My clean and simple card.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Island Indigo; Stamps:  Stampin Up! & My Favorite Things; Ink:  Palette and Stampin Up!; Gems:  Hero Arts

Clematis & Butterfly

Hey there!  Here with a card for this week's CASE Study challenge and Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge.   This week the Timeless Tuesday challenge required us to use pink, ribbon, lace and a button and over at CASE Study the challenge was to CASE a card that CASE Study founder, Chupa, had made.  To make things really easy on myself I decided to CASE Chupa's card that she made for this week's Timeless Tuesday challenge. 

I kept the layout she used, but changed the image, left off a sentiment and added three buttons instead of just one.  The Flourishes set I used is the Clematis & Butterflies set.  The image was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored with the following Copics:  YG00, YG03, YG06, Y21, RV000, RV02, RV04, BG000, BG01 & BG05.  The image was stamped a second time and only the butterfly and one of the flowers was colored and then trimmed out.  I diecut the image using the PTI notebook die and adhered the butterfly and flower.  Finished the card off with the bit of lace, a pink bow and the three buttons.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  BG Green at Heart; Stamps:  Flourishes; Copic Markers; Memento ink; May Arts pink crinkle ribbon & white crocheted lace; PTI die

A Christmas CASE Study

Hi Ya!  Yep... that's right!  I have a Christmas card today.  You see, the current Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge is a Christmas card challenge!  You can never start too early on those Christmas cards, ya know??!!   I'm combining the Flourishes challenge with this week's CASE Study challenge, another beautiful card created by Dawn Woleslagle.  I love the whole white on white look with just a pop of color and so for my card I stamped the Penny Black Christmas Star on white cardstock using hunter green pigment ink, applied clear embossing powder and then heat set it.  The image was trimmed out and adhered over the image that I had stamped on the white cardstock panel that I would be adhere to the card base.  The sentiment is from the Flourishes set Winter Bouquet.  I used a PTI border die, Victorian Lace.  Not sure I really like how the border looks to be honest.

Anywhoo... thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! hunter green; Ink:  SU! hunter green & cherry cobbler; clear embossing powder; Hero Arts red gems; PTI border die; Stamps:  Penny Black & Flourishes

Tree of Blooms

Hi Ya!  A quick post with a card for CASE Study. Take a look at this stunning card from July's muse, Dawn, that we get to CASE: 

The other day I got a chance to make a trip to my very favorite stamp store, Impress Rubber Stamps, to get some things for a little cardmaking party my niece had with some of her friends.  While I was there I had to take a look at the new stamps from Memory Box.  As I looked through the MB stamps I came across this beautiful stamp called Tree of Blooms and knew I had to get it.... so I did!   I knew immediately that I wanted to use it for the challenge.

I stamped the tree using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and then colored the tree with the following Copic markers:  R11, R43, YG11 & YG41.  A bit of Sakura Silver Gelly Roll was added to the center of each little bloom.  The sentiment is from the PTI anniversary set Botantical Blooms.  The card was finished off with some PTI Sweet Blush Saddle Stitch ribbon.

Thanks for taking a peek...

Gerbera Daisies....

Hi Ya!  Finally got a chance this week to take part in a CASE Study challenge!  I have wanted to for the longest time, but by the time I get around to thinking about making something the time to enter is up.   But this week I'm finally getting the chance.  I'm also going to be entering this card in the current Flourishes challenge to use the word "friend" on your card.

The brand new CASE Study muse is Dawn Woleslagle the incredibly talented stamper and the owner/designer of WPlus9Design Stamps.   You can see Dawn's amazing card that we are to CASE here.  For my card I decided to use the Flourishes Gerbera Daisies set.  I colored the flowers with the following Copic markers:  YR02, YR07, YR09, YG93, YG95, Y21, Y17 and Y38.  For the tag I used the Flourishes Country Charm Labels set and matching Spellbinder Grommet Tag dies.  The image was stamped using VersaMagic Pumpkin Spice ink and the sentiment was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black.   To create the ribbon/tag treatment took a bit of doing, but I really love how it turned out.

Thanks for taking a peek...  and if you are interested in some really yummy new stamps Dawn is sneak peaking her new releases right now!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stampin Up! Peach Parfait; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Pumpkin Spice; Copic Markers; Stamps:  Flourishes Gerbera Daisies & Country Charm Labels; Spellbinders Grommet Tag dies; Ribbon:  PTI Ripe Avocado; Buttons:  PTI Orange Zest; Twine:  PTI

A CASE Study @ The Play Date Cafe...

Happy weekend everyone!  In my corner of the world it's a three day weekend for my kids and my older one is very excited about that! 

From my post title I hope you figured out that my card is for the combined CASE Study & Play Date Cafe' challenges.  Yes... this week those two fabulous challenge blogs have joined forces to bring us a fantastic challenge and fantastic prizes.   The amazing sponsor of the challenges is Layers of Color Art stamps... a company located here in my home state of Washington!   With Layers of Color being the sponor I just couldn't pass up the chance to use my somewhat neglected LOC stamps.   

Because I'm a simple cardmaking gal... I well... simplified things a bit while still keeping to the overall design of February CASE study muse Eva's card.  I used two different LOC clear stamp sets (Flutterescent & Nature Walk) and one of their newer cling stamps Victorian Frame.  The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things set Polka Dot Greetings.   I colored the flowers with the Copic markers:  R46, R89, Y17 & Y19.   Because I went very simple with the card I didn't use any patterned paper.  I added some interest by stamping the flourish from Nature Walk on the card base using Versamark ink.   I stamped the flourish on cream cardstock with Memento Bamboo Leaves, trimmed it out and applied some Old Paper distress ink. 

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & vintage cream; Stamps:  LOC Nature Walk, Flutterescent & Victorian Frame; MFT Polka Dot Greetings; Ink:  Memento Bamboo Leaves & Tuxedo Black; PTI True Black;Ranger Old Paper DI,  Copic makers; Spellbinders dies