Blogger Challenge: Week 202

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This week’s blogger challenge is to create a nature themed project. I combined the theme with this week’s Our Craft Lounge’s challenge to use paper piecing.

The trees from the Tree-ific Trees set are just perfect for paper piecing! Here, I stamped the tree image in brown ink and used pieces of dotted papers from a My Mind’s Eye paper pad to fill in the treetop. The smaller circles are attached with dimensional dots for a layered look.

In keeping with the nature theme, I used earth tones for the rest of the card. I embossed a kraft panel with a dotted pattern and set that on the left side of the card. A piece of brown twill hangs over the top of the panel, dressed up with a button tied with matching green baker’s twine. An avocado green panel is slipped under the right side of the kraft panel. I machine stitched around the panel’s edges before attaching the image panel over it. I curved the set’s “wishing you . . .” sentiment on my clear block and stamped it just above the image panel, then stamped the rest of the sentiment alongside the tree image.

For more ideas using this color combination, check out the links below. And, if you join in the challenge, feel free to add your link to the list.


Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Our Craft Lounge Tree-ific Trees stamp set, Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa ink, X-Press white Copic blending cardstock, My Mind’s Eye Stella & Rose-Gertie 6 x 6 paper pad, Spellbinders circle die, May Arts brown twill, QuicKutz Polka Dots embossing folder, Divine Twine Apple Green baker’s twine, Zva Creative dimensional dots

other: Spring Moss and Ripe Avocado cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); green button (Michaels); sewing machine