It's Your Day

My next door neighbor Bob loves to take walks in the woodsy area in which we live, so I like to use nature themes for his cards. 

While taking an excellent class from Stacy of Stacy Stamps, I learned a quick and easy new way to work with bleach. She had us dab the bleach onto a rag and then swipe it randomly across a cardstock layer that had been cut to size.   The streaky results turned out to be just right for the two background stamps I used on this card.

After drying it with a heat gun, I stamped and embossed the tree name background and finished the rest of the card . . .

Cardstock:   Generic Rust, Generic Black                          

Stamps:       Stacy Lines and Dots, Tree Name Background, Love

                     You to Bits Dotted Mist,

                     Stampin' Up "Its Your Day"  

Inks:             ColorBox Black, Just Glitter Silver

Emb Pwdr:   Judikins Detail Black

Dies:            Family Treasures Scalloped Rectangle, Tree, Tag                           

Doo Dads:    Bleach, Black satin ribbon, Rust Clipiola