Rustic Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a simple but fun one: Add a border

And here is the card I created:

I found a sketch I really liked and was perfect for adding borders and I decided I really wanted to use the pine bough border stamp.  So, I went looking for some paper(s) that would go with it and found this rather rustic looking tree paper.  I stamped the image on kraft card stock with a light ink and "colored" (in the very loosest sense of the word) the pinecones in with a dark brown marker.  Then I restamped the image with versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  To add to the gold accents, I placed two very thin strips of gold glitter cardstock along the edges of the border panel and used the same gold card stock to die cut the sentiment and create a mat layer for the kraft snowflake ribbon.  For the sentiment, I die cut it once out of the gold glitter card stock and 3 times out of a scrap of kraft colored card stock.  I adhered them all together for some dimension and to help it stand out for the rather busy background.  In the photo below you can see all the sparkle and shine and the fabulous dimension on the sentiment!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Pinecone Border"

Dies: STAMPlorations "Merry Christmas"

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge--P is for Patterned Paper

Cardz TV #153--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #71--Christmas/winter

Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love to Craft Challenge #64--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #56--'Tis the Season

Creative Inspirations--wonderful winter/feeling festive

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #40--anything goes

Crafty Creations #427--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #169--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #509--anything goes

Creative Moments #226--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #617--Christmas

Krafty Chicks #585--Christmas

Crafty Catz #572--anything goes with the optional twist: sparkle and shine

Creative Fingers #219--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #172--sketch

Sweet Stampers #62--Christmas