Peace Within Makes Beauty Without

Here are the challenges:

1) Laura's Sketch 50 (I rotated it horizontally)

2) Practical Scrappers: Floss Fibers and Ribbon

3) Little Red Wagon #25: Ruffles

Materials used on this card:

Card Base: Recycled manila file folder

Textured cardstock (DCWV)

Papers: Making Memories

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Through the trees" set

Memento "Sprout" dye ink and Stampabilities brown pigment ink

Ribbon FX black grosgrain ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

Offray white and lime green grosgrain ribbon

Button from Fancy Pants "Little Sprout" collection

Paper flower and white brads from Spare Parts

Butcher's twine (find this at WalMart)

American Crafts White opaque marker

Tools:

X-Acto blade

EK Success corner rounder

Here is some detail of the button flower:

I did not have enough cardstock in my limited travel supply to make a sturdy card base, so I found an old manilla folder that worked quite nicely.

To make the scallops you can take off the outside corner cutting guard from the EK Success punch.

I also used Sharpie markers to give variety to the stamped tree leaves.

I love saddle-stitched grosgrain ribbon for many reasons, but it is also SO EASY to ruffle!  All you have to do is pull gently on the saddle stitches on either one or both sides and... voila! :)

Thank you all for visiting, and have a wonderful weekend!

--Kathryn