Always Grow Card

I love challenges and this card was specifically made for the M.A.G Challenge #4. The challenge was to use Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge and only the images on page 69. I cut the wheelbarrow at 5.25 in 3 different colors, black, silver, & brown. I think used my Cutter Bee knife to cut out the wheel, and the handle to create the different colors of the barrow.
All the tools are cut at 4 inches & distressed with Tim Holtz black soot, frayed burlap and my white gel pen. The leaves are cut at 4 inches as well. I used a McGill Petite Perfect petals punch to cut out the flowers and then embossed them with my stampin' up embossing tool. The edges were distressed with Tim Holtz Dusty Concord and Victorian Velvet. I used Eucalyptus Stickles in the middle of all the flowers. All the die cuts are adhered to the page using glue dots.
I embossed the mat for the paper with one of companion folders from the preserves line. Then took some whisper lilac ink across the embossed parts. I used a corner rounder on all the edges of mats and the card. The sentiment is a stamp set from Stampology called Ticketed.
On the inside is just a simple mat distressed with Tim Holtz Dusty Concord and a metal tag from Making Memories the Eclectic line.
Hope you guys like this!

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Fall Thank you Card

My husband and I received a nice letter in the mail from his Uncle the other day so I wanted to thank him for all they had done. Here is a card I made to have the kids, my DH and I sign to send to him.
I used an EK Success punch for the leaves on the front. I used my hand embossing tool from Stamping up to put some lines on the leaves to look like the veins. Then I took Tim Holtz Burlap and Victorian velvet to distress them. All the paper for the card base is from the Victorian pack of paper from Joann's. The beige piece of mat was sprayed with Walnut Ink.
I cut the Thanks from Gypsy Wanderings at size 1.70 and ran the top part through my xyron upside down to get the Martha Stewart glitter to stick to it. Then ran it through the xyron again to stick to the shadow of the word. I used the very thin twine behind the Thanks on the card. I adhered it using Stampin' Up's demnsionals. After it was all put together I used Glossy Accents on the Thanks and let it dry to give it a more 3D look.
I lined the inside of the card with the same cardstock as the front however I didn't spray the Walnut Ink as dark so you could write all you wanted on the inside and be able to see it. I have a set of Fiskars Seasonal punches that I used to punch out the leaves for the inside of the card and adhered them to the card using the small glue dots. Those were distressed using the same inks as above.
I hope you like it.
I have something to post tomorrow that I am REALLY excited about, but I have some "homework" to do before I can post it :)

Happy Scrapping ya all!

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