Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop

Here's my card for this month's Papertrey Ink blog hop. Even though the inspiration photo provided has a holiday look and feel, I went with a non-holiday design since I don't do Christmas cards. Instead, I used the colors and other elements in the photo for inspiration.

I focused on the greenery draped along the bannister and that led me to using the bird and leafy branch from Little Bitty Bird as my focal image. The bird is die cut from red felt for a nice textured element. It sits on the branch with the "thanks so much" sentiment from one of the Tag Its sets stamped underneath it.

The rest of the card is pretty simple. I arranged a few different length pieces beneath the image panel, offsetting the ends to kind of echo the stairs in the photo. I purposely mixed different widths, textures, patterns, and edges to add interest. A big red button, tied with linen thread, anchors the arrangement.

Materials Used:
Little Bitty Bird and Tag Its #1 stamp sets, Dark Chocolate ink, Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Kraft, and Vintage Cream cardstock, 2009 Bitty Box Basics patterned paper, medium scallop edge and Little Bitty Bird dies, Pure Poppy felt, Pure Poppy button (Papertrey Ink); marker (Copic); linen thread (The Cat's Pajamas); red grosgrain ribbon (Michaels)