Gobble Gobble Gratitude

This week's Papertrey Ink Make it Monday video highlighted using dies for masking. My card's not very seasonal, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

I used the maple leaf die from the Leaf Prints die set to make a mask from a piece of scrap paper. After securing it to a Summer Sunrise circle with repositionable adhesive, I sponged Orange Zest ink over it--love the look of the two colors together here! Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the narrow text strip of thank you words from Gobble, Gobble (I told you my card wasn't seasonal--LOL!) repeatedly over the sponged leaf in brown ink.

The rest of the card is pretty simple. I machine stitched a piece of Summer Sunrise Distressed Dots paper to a Dark Chocolate panel, then wrapped a piece of orange grosgrain ribbon around it. After attaching it to a kraft card base, I added the matted image panel. I used my Bow Easy to make a matching bow that I set at the bottom of the image panel. A trio of copper brads along the bottom of the patterned paper panel balances the simple design.

Materials Used:
Gobble Gobble stamp set, Orange Zest and Dark Chocolate inks, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Dark Chocolate, and Kraft cardstock, Distressed Dots patterned paper, Leaf Prints die collection (Papertrey Ink); circle dies (Spellbinders); orange grosgrain ribbon (Michaels); copper brads (Making Memories); Bow Easy; sewing machine