Work Hard and Dream Big!

Happy Wednesday!  It has been a busy few days with extended weekend company.  Fun times!  I finally had a chance to get crafty!  

I am playing along with Fusion Card Challenge 

and 

Try Stampin on Tuesday.  

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I created a masculine graduation card.  It could be used for any male getting a job or promotion, though.

I started with some Papertrey Ink fresh snow linen cardstock.  I die cut with some post it tape the sentiment frame from Forest Floor:  Spring die.  I centered it onto the linen cardstock and made sure the edges were adhered well using a bone folder.  Next, I ink blended ocean tide, saffron spice, and prairie grass inks to mimic some of the tones in the inspiration photo. 

 I added water splashes and blotted to get a more distressed feel and to add texture.  Then, I used the perfect plaid stencil collection and fresh snow pigment ink to create the white striped plaid overlay to mimic the lines in the sidewalk from the inspiration photo. I added some black splatters using my black Gonsai Tambi watercolors. I waited for it to dry.  

I carefully pulled off the masking.  I stamped the sentiment frame from Forest Floor:  Spring stamp set using Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I die cut the Words to Live By:  Work die directly into the frame.  I layered the back with some clear acetate so I could add the centers to the front and have somewhere to put the glue. I cut strips of ocean tide and saffron spice card stocks to add behind the panel.  to show through the acetate.  I used some foam tape to add the panel to a true black cardstock base. 

 I die cut and stamped a few leaves from Meadow Greens stamp set and Meadow Greens die collection again using a mixture of ocean tide, saffron spice, and prairie grass inks.  I stamped the images using the Tim Holtz Stamping Platform. I stamped with versamark and white embossed a sentiment from Words to Live By: Work Mini stamp set.  I used some foam tape to pop that up.  I finished the card with some wink of stella on the leaves and a tiny twine bow.

As always thanks so much for stopping by!