Simply Grateful

I haven’t pulled out my Kitchen Sink Stamps in a while, but I was feeling inspired by Maki’s latest Crew Challenge. I created this vintage looking card for her challenge to use stamped images to make your own background paper.

I stamped one of the leaf images from the Multi Step Big Leaves stamp set randomly in brown inks on a kraft panel to get my patterned paper. I wanted a soft look, so I stamped off before stamping each step. To further soften the look, I sponged some brown ink along the edges of the panel, then rubbed the edges with some cream ink.

I stitched around the panel with my sewing machine before adding it to the card base. I stamped one more leaf image, this time on a cream panel and in slightly bolder colors. I stamped the “grateful” sentiment from the Multi Step Harvest set overlapping the leaf just a bit. The sentiment is attached to the patterned paper panel along with a strip of brown grosgrain ribbon, embellished with a single coppery brad.

Materials Used:
Multi Step Big Leaves and Multi Step Harvest stamp sets (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, and Chocolate Chip Classic inks, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, and Very Vanilla cardstock, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon (Stampin’ Up!); Vintage Cream ink (Papertrey Ink); circle dies (Nestabilities); copper brad (Making Memories); sewing machine