An Autumn Themed Thank You

Hello Market Street fans! 

My name is Tami Mayberry. I am a *huge* Market Street Stamps fan; and, I am super excited to have been asked to share one of my projects with you today. 

First off, I have to say that I dearly love Market Street Stamps for so many reasons! Not only is the service top notch, but, the quality is outstanding. Of course, the images and backgrounds are always a joy to play with as well. The only "bad" part is having to decide just which one to use! 

For my card I chose both an image set and a background stamp. For the image I decided to use something from my very first Market Street Stamps set-Gone Campin' Then I decided to combine that with a background from the newest release- Gingham Background.

Together they make a great outdoorsy combination perfect for Autumn.

Below is the thank you card I came up with:

Supplies: Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Gone Campin, Gingham Background); Card stock: Bazzill;  Markers: Touch Twin by Shinan; Dies: Spellbinders; Baker's Twine: The Twinery

I started by making the multicolored gingham background. I stamped the gingham background in brown and then used the fine point of my Touch Twin markers and a ruler to highlight the edges of the lines. It was quite similar to this technique posted here on the blog. The only difference is that I only made one line on each stripe and lined every side rotating between 2 colors. I trimmed that to fit my card base but didn't adhere it until everything was layered on. I typically build everything on a single panel and then adhere it to the base last so that the inside of the card remains clean.

Using the gingham print as my base, I layered on some gold and dark red card stock. I scored the edges of the gold with my Scor-pal to help define the edges and stamped the red with the gingham background stamp and brown ink. I wrapped the panel with some matching twine from The Twinery and secured the ends to the back of the panel with Scor-Tape. 

I stamped the greeting (Gone Campin) on gold card stock and cut it out with an older Spellbinders die. I tied some more twine through the opening so that it would look as if it were part of the pieces I wrapped around the panel. Next I attached the tag with foam tape and added 3 matching pearls. 

For the main image, I stamped the fire and marshmallows from the Gone Campin set on a piece of white card stock with the stick placed at a slight angle. I then stamped the images onto another piece of white card stock, colored them with my Touch Twin markers, cut them out and adhered them to the first image to give it a more raised effect. I cut the whole thing out with a square die and matted it with gold card stock. I used foam tape to attach the panel at a slight angle so that the stick was horizontal and the panel balanced out the tag a the bottom. For my last step, I adhered the completed panel to the card base. 

Super easy! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

Also, a huge thank you to Market Street Stamps for their great products and for letting me share my card!