Thinkin' About Ya

Here’s my card for this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge. The sketch left lots of room for interpretation and I came up with a simple card that incorporates three different WMS sets.

I made rolling hills for the bottom of the card by stamping one of the images from Gingham & Co. on celery strips in matching ink, then cutting the tops of the strips in a wavy line. The strips are layered and attached at the bottom of a blue panel. I sponged on a little ink and machine stitched along the wavy edges to give them a little more definition. My wavy sewing—not so good, not that my straight sewing is much better!

To go with my hills, I stamped a tree from the Teeny Trees set. The tree top was stamped on a scrap of celery cardstock using celery ink for the solid image and darker olive for the outline to add some contrast. I cut the top out and used foam tape to attach it to the panel. A felt flat-bottomed cloud and a button sun finish off the simple scene. The “thinkin’ about ya” sentiment from the Frame-It set is stamped on a yellow strip and machine stitched to the panel. I meant to stamp the words in brown, but I wasn’t paying enough attention and grabbed the wrong (gray) ink pad instead. A little softer look, but I think it still works.

Materials Used:
Gingham & Co, Teeny Trees, and Frame-It stamp sets (Waltzingmouse Stamps); Certainly Celery and Old Olive Classic inks, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, and Barely Banana cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Memento Rich Cocoa and London Fog inks (Tsukineko); flat bottom cloud die (My Favorite Things); Lemon Tart button (Papertrey Ink); yellow baker’s twine (Divine Twine); white felt; sewing machine; foam tape