Easel Card Swap for Creativie Inspirations.

This is the card that I made for wonderful Wanda Davis for a swap in the Creative Inspiration & Friendships Groups. I have a ton of fun making it. All the paper is Stampin' Up. Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Always Avocado, Old Olive, Ballet Blue, Brocade Blue, Black, and Summer Sun. The The words on the front are from Lyrical Letters Cart, and the words on the inside are letter from that cart. The leaves are from both Lyrical Letters and Pooh & Friends. All the Rest of the cuts are from the Harvest Bear set at My Scrap Chick. I spent the day at art group squealing - "This is too stinkin cute!" I hope she enjoys.

Back to School

So Dear Hubby needed me to make some cards for the Educators in our church. He wanted to give them a note of encouragement as the school year started. I have to admit I got carried away but I LOVE how they came out. In the process I discovered a new technqiue. I'm sure that someone else's has probably already done it but I was excited. I wanted to give the trees and leaves texture. I thew all the tree trunks (15) into my Tim Holtz Distressed Wood folder. Ran it through the Texture Boutique. The debossing/embossing was light and random. I used the Tim Holtz Distressed Brick Wall folder for the leaves. I literally dumped about 30 leaves in the folder and ran it though. If you click on some of the pictures you can see the detail on the leaves.
The files I used for this project were from SVG Cuts and My Scrap Chick. The card base is from a set card September Scenes Stand Up Cards. It's was the Maple Forest Card. I also used the School House & School Bus from School Bears at My Scrap Chick. Who has extended their 60% off sale! Woot!