There were a number of birthdays for guys on my birthday calendar this month. I made a few multiples but have three different cards to share. Two of them are a variation on the same theme.
When Papertrey Ink released the Leaf Prints stamp set, I passed on it. After a year or so, I decided it would be a good addition to my collection, and I'm happy I changed my mind. I stamped the leaf on watercolor paper after rolling the edges in a slightly different ink color. Then I took a water brush and blended the colors some more, adding a third color with one of my Clear Color markers. Then I embossed the veins with gold embossing powder. I die cut and stamped the birthday sentiment from the "Swoosh" set.
Then I tried a slightly different version which I think I like even better. This time I trimmed the main part of the card and mounted it on a Classic Kraft card.
The last card has a totally different vibe.
I used the same die cut and sentiment set, but layered some of the papers from the Black and White collection. It's a riff on one of the cards Maile Belles created when she released the paper collection.
Now I have a pile of tags to make for our annual gift exchange drawing on Thanksgiving, and a project I promised to create for Sarah that needs to be in Chicago by the first of the month. There just hasn't been much studio time this week.
