More Apples!

The card below features one of my favorites from Poppystamps, the An Apple a Day die, which I think is so versatile. 

I used the Memory Box Texture Splatter stencil for the background on the tag, which I cut from one of the smaller dies in the Open Studio Rectangle Layers set, and used a corner punch at the top. I then sponged Scattered Straw distress ink through the Texture Mesh stencil for the backround, and also sponged the edges.  I cut white and green apples from the An Apple a Day die, and chose three of the larger ones.  I sponged Dried Marigold on the white ones, and shaded them with Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick.  On the green apple, I sponged Shabby Shutters ink and shaded it with Peeled Paint.  To give that little shaded dent at the top of the apple, I lightly sponged Frayed Burlap just below the stem, and also on the stem itself.  I added Peeled Paint ink to the leaves and adhered them to the stems.  I then highlighted the applies with a glitter brush.  

I adhered the apples with foam tape as shown. The “Thanks” is a word sticker from my stash.  I punched a hole at the top of the tag for the lime green ribbon, and adhered the assembled piece with foam tape to the front.  I scattered sequence and some green gem stones to finish it off, and there you have it!

Below is a slightly different version of the card. 

Thanks again for stopping by!

Tulip Bouquet Thanks

Good Morning everyone, and happy April 1^st!  I’m not fooling, this was a fun card to make! This is posted today on the Memory Box Outside the Box blog as well.

I started off my cutting a piece of card stock slightly smaller than an A2 base card and sponged Frayed Burlap ink through the Scraped Paint stencil.  I cut two of the Tulip die, one in red and the other in green.  I placed the pieces of each tulip back into the die cut and taped it on the back to secure them, then glued the flowers directly over the green die cut.  

For dimension, I added a little Frayed Burlap ink at the very bottoms of the flowers and then a little Wink of Stella glitter brush to highlight. 

I cut one Tall Bamboo and curled each of the leaves to add to the bouquet, and adhered them with the flowers to the stenciled card stock.  I die cut the word “Thanks” from “A Little Thanks” die, and also covered that with Wink of Stella before adding it to the layer.  Once assembled, I used mounting tape to adhere this to the card front.  I found some tan-ish pearl embellishments in my stash, and added those to the card front to finish it.  

Hope everyone makes it through the day without being pranked!  Thanks for stopping by.