A new technique

First of all, thank for the well wishes regarding my grandma. Your comments warm my heart!


I've been working on this card all week. No particular reason, it just came together as it did. The OCC challenge this week is to try a new technique and after seeing the tutorial on Diana Gibb's blog about faux tin tiles and knew I had to try it! Check out that link to see the video.


I also got my order in from i{heart}papers. I won a gift certificate from Tracy Shultz and took forever trying to decide how to spend it!! I ended up choosing one of Tracy's stamps, some burlap ribbon and some Basic Grey brads. Here's the card...



Here's a close up of the faux tiles. Something I discovered...they became a little brittle. I actually broke a couple right along the texture lines.

Thanks for stopping by!

ETA: I decided to add this to Sparkle's challenge even though I don't think sleigh riding is a winter sport....well maybe if done properly... wink) See her link on my sidebar.

Details: all CTMH unless noted

Paper: kraft card base (HL), grey wool cs, twilight cs, colonial white cs

Ink: black, versamark, olive marker, sweet leaf marker

Stamps: Sleigh Ride (The Petal Press)

Other: plaid ribbon (HL), silver ep (HL), watercolor pencils, water brush, silver pen (Pentel) cuttlebug embossing folder