White Elephant~

Jay and I are going to a holiday party tonight with a few of his co-workers and friends.  Part of the festivities is a white elephant or "real" gift exchange.  One of the gals said to him, "Val's cards would be loved by the women".....well, I couldn't very well bring anything else, could I?  He's bringing a white elephant gift to even things out. ;)

I still had the flowers out on my counter so I put them to use again and made a set of 6 blank cards that may be used for any occasion.  They are all markered and spritzed with water before stamping onto ivory cardstock. A few spatters and edge distressing combined with 3 different ribbon (one with a clip, the other through an eyelet) or linen thread treatments completed the image panel. A smudge of Star Dust Stickles on the flower heads provide a little sparkle.

Image panels were die cut before stamping and layered onto a green apple die cut before adhering to the card base.  Base is a Memory Box premade card in Robin's Egg Blue.  Patterned paper by Basic Grey.

When finished they are simply put into a clear box and tied off with a ribbon and knot before putting into an anonymous Christmas bag.  I may add a tag to the knot before the end of the day, we'll see.

  

And the rules are unlimited trading....wonder what we will come home with before the exchange is over?

V.~

Supplies: 

Flowers by Hero Arts

Ink: Memento Desert Sand for edge distressing

Paper: Robins Egg Blue premade card base by Memory Box, Ivory and Green Apple by Gina K Designs

Other: Nestabilites Labels 14, Assorted Memento markers, water bottle, Star Dust Stickles, Linen thread by Normandy Linen and available at StarlitStudio, Seam binding ribbon, Dauber, Dimensional foam, Distressing tool, Clear Box