Trees

Just a quick post for me today :) I recently won the fabulous 'trees 22101' from QKR Stamps. I so love nature and somehow silhouette tree stamps grab me every time, so very versatile for backgrounds or like I have done today, standing proud on their own.

I am just about to return to the UK for my annual visit to see family after being in Saudi for the last 10 months and so this card will be part of a letter I will be sending my Mum, the last letter of this tour.  I know she will be so excited to receive it and also with the news inside of my date of arrival and suggestions of wee outings we can take together :)

I added a sentiment by Ansel Adams to the image and printed it. Next I chalked the background with shades of green and, using black embossing powder picked out some of the main areas so I could get a really dark black textured effect without changing the image.  Normally I do this with rubber stamps and this was the first time trying it with a digital image.  Not easy :) and my poor eyes by the end were totally struggling.
Here is a close up of the sentiment I added

With that done I then set about sorting the mounts for the card.  The base mount is Papermania paper which I then place on black.  For the ribbon I rubber stamped a With Love sentiment and embossed it to with black embossing powder to secure it and stop it smudging.  I have not stamped on ribbon before so this was a bit of fun and something I think will come in handy again.  The ribbon was white organza which I coloured with my green Promarker.
Time to get the sewing machine out, something else new for me, only done this once before.  Yep today is a day of experimentation I think lol.  Using silver thread I sewed the green burlap and the ribbon with the lime green lace underneath.

I added 3 three buttons and a black butterfly cut from Spellbinder - Les Papillions 2. With that all completed I then moved onto the inside of the card, again using the Papermania Paper for the back and a light green mulberry paper for the writing area. Both sections were also mounted on black to match the front of the card.  The final touch was another black butterfly.

All done and time for a coffee hahahaha

Ingredients:-

• image - 'trees 22101' from QKR Stamps
• dp - Papermania
• dies - Spellbinder - Les Papillions 2, Labels 22 and Grand Squares
• from my stash - organza ribbon, buttons, chalks, embossing powder and gems.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

• Allsorts W,3E   diecuts - more than two 
• Kitty Bee Designs - 2W,2E,C10 No.47 (W1 of 2)  - In The Garden
• Polkadoodles - 2W, C10 – No.19 - (W1 of 2) Things with Wings
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 138 - Nature
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards - No. 105  - Always Anything Goes (Cards only)
• Chalk N Stock - M, 2E, F, must use chalk-   Always Anything Goes With Chalk
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #202 Lace
• Sisterhood of Crafters  - 2W, 3E -  Monochromatic  See below  (Week 2 of 2)