November Gratitude

Hello, all you eP fans!  It's Broni here and I'm your hostess for today.

I've recently joined the Make ART - Wendy Vecchi fan page on Facebook, of which our very own Kim is the group leader and administrator.

I was excited to see that there are monthly challenges, and for the month of November 2013 the theme is "Be Thankful".  So that's where I started for my project today.

To begin, I pulled out some supplies to see what I wanted to play with.  I definitely knew I'd use some Multi-Media paper and a small branch from Arts Parts Leaves.  I also wanted to try out one of my new Chalkboard Flags.

I pressed some Distress Iced Spruce and Peacock Feathers ink onto my craft sheet and misted it with water.  Then I pressed a couple of pieces of the Multi-Media paper into the inks several times, drying between times so as not to muddy the colors.  I noticed the piece on the left also picked up a little lime color that had been on my craft sheet.  I love when that happens!  I decided to use that piece and save the other one for another time, perhaps for a snowy Christmas card.

I sponged around the edges with the same colors then used my Studio 490 Wildflowers & Bird stencil and the Iced Spruce ink to add a flower.  I also inked up the background stamp from Wendy's Forever Art stamp set and stamped that as well.

I thought the colors were a little bold for how I wanted my card to look, so I lightly misted on some Dylusions White Linen ink spray and then added some Perfect Pearls mist for a little shimmer.

Then I laid all my pieces together in a couple of different formats to determine how I wanted the final product to look.  You can see that I added a Lime enamel dot to pick up the lime color from the inked panel.

I also added a small strip of black chevron washi tape.  Then I called it DONE!

I really love how it turned out!  And I hope you like it too!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Happy crafting!