Thanks So Very Much

 

The October Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs is "Colorblocking." I got the inspiration for the pattern on my card from this photo I found on Pinterest.

The hardest thing about this card was actually figuring out how to do the masking. I finally cut a piece of scrap cardstock to 6x4-1/2", & marked out where I wanted the bands of color. I used a metal ruler & craft knife to cut along the inner line for the outermost section, leaving me with a panel & an L-shaped piece to use as masks.

I cut another panel of white cardstock to 5-1/4x4". I taped my panel mask in place, and inked the outer band with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. Then I covered that with my L-shaped mask, moved my panel mask 1/2" down and to the left, and inked the next section with Cracked Pistachio Oxide ink. I repeated this process, using Broken China, Evergreen Bough, Mermaid Lagoon, and finally Pine Needles Distress Oxide inks.

I chose a greeting from Gina K's "Autumn Wreath Builder" stamp set. After letting my inked panel dry for several hours, I heat embossed the greeting with Ranger White Super Fine Detail embossing powder. I also heat embossed one of the leaf images on either side of the greeting, just for a bit of decoration & to fill in the space a little more. Finally, I matted my panel with black cardstock, and added it to a white A2-sized card base.

I'm also entering this card in Creative Knockouts Challenge #372: "Embossing Delight."