TRULY Grateful

Hi everyone! A very happy Monday to you! I’ve popped in this morning to share my first project as a card team member for Stick It Down! I’m absolutely thrilled! Cheeky Studio is our sponsor this month so come on over and play for the chance to win a prize! The card team is showcasing projects today on the blog and this is our super awesome card sketch this month:

I created a pretty thank you card – I don’t ever seem to have enough of those in my stash. This is a simple design that could be easily be reproduced to create a set to give as a gift. Mandi did a great job designing this sketch!

I created a top fold card base using my curved matting basics die set. I stamped the woodgrain background and added randomly-placed wood planks and acorns for a little interest. I cut the dark layering panel and the background panel with graduating sizes of dies from the set, then stamped the wheat and cut it with a smaller die, and adhered it to the front. I stamped the sentiment on dark cardstock, heat embossed it and trimmed it down. I cut a slightly wider strip which I layered underneath and adhered them across the center of the card front. To finish the design, I added three metal studs on the bottom right.

I cut panels for the inside using the same curved matting basics die set. I stamped the woodgrain, acorns and wood planks randomly down the left side of the panel and then stamped the sentiment.

And here’s one more look… really loving how this turned out!

Proud to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #84 – Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams: Anything Goes
Not Just Cards: January Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #12 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #370/371 – Anything  Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog: #1 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla cardstock, GKD Charcoal Brown cardstock
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Truly Grateful and Love What You Do stamp sets
Ink: Stmapin’ Up Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar and Delightful Dijon ink, Versamark
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders A2 Curved Matting Basics A & B die sets
Accessories:  Sweet Stamps Fine Detail Pearl Embossing Powder, Basic Grey Metal Studs

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us! Feel free to play along with the double page or single page sketch if you’re a scrapbook layout designer, or the card sketch if you’re a card maker! You have until the end of the month to play and we’d love to see what you create! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Cheeky Studio! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,