Monday, August 17, 2009

VLVAug03


This weeks Viva La Verve sketch challenge with a twist is to add a tag. I stamped the white cardstock base with various leaf images in caramel, beige and close to cocoa, all stamped off once. The leaf is a Nestabilities die cut (a Christmas gift from my DDIL) done on Kraft. I rubbed several colored inkpads all over it, and spritzed it with water. After it dried, I still wasn't happy with it, so I got out 3 tiny pots of H20's and painted here and there. After it was dry, I curled the portions around my cutting knife to give it dimension, and popped it up on foam tape. The acorns were also a diecut, and I rubbed them with a brown inkpad to add some color. The dsp is by PTI, the panel is Chocolate chip, punched with an EK small scallop border punch and the orange ribbon and brown twill are from my stash. The sentiment tag was hand cut and stamped with a Paper Store stamp (thanks Heidi). I added some brown yarn and fibers with an eyelet. If you click the picture, you might see the tiny topaz colored bling on the chocolate chip panel too!
Speaking of Heidi, has anyone seen her lately? Helloooooooo??? echo.........echo.......echo..........
Carol

6 comments:

Denise Marzec said...

Love EVERYTHING about this, Carol!....the dimensional leaf, the colors, the tag...awesome!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful, Carol! I love how shiny the leaf looks & all that gorgeous ribbon you used on this! Breathtaking! :)

LeAnne said...

Gorgeous! What a beautiful creation!!! And yes, we miss Heidi, too! What is that woman up to?

The Rubber Maid said...

Love your leaf, I thought it was a leaf from outside. Very real looking and it made for an awesome focal point on your card. Where is Heidi? Pat

Deanna said...

This is really lovely. I love what you did with the leaf. It just pops off the page.

JD/ Jill said...

Lovely card, and I hope you hear from Heidi, I miss her wonderful card making too...