{TCP Sketch Challenge} Be Grateful

I'm sneaking under the wire this afternoon with a card for the sketch challenge over at The Cat's Pajamas.  I had every intention of making a card with the cute bunny in the bowl of ice cream, but I was drawn instead to the gorgeous Simple Blooms set.  I started by diecutting a notebook sheet, then I sponged the edges with GKD Sweet Corn, Honey Mustard and Warm Cocoa ink.  I stamped a spray of flowers in Warm Cocoa Ink and then I stamped the sentiment in Honey Mustard.  I wanted to highlight the words Be grateful - something I need to remind myself hourly (actually more often than that, but I don't think there is a word like minute-ly...) - so I stamped the sentiment again in Warm Cocoa ink, cut out Be grateful, and then used thin pop dots to attach it over the matching words.  I used an old - OLD - stamp from SU for the speckles.

The background is cut out with Spellbinders Pierced Rectangle Dies, and then embossed with a Paper Studio Woodgrain embossing folder.  I swiped a little ink over it to make the embossing stand out more.  The strip of Warm Cocoa cardstock is stamped with another of the flower stamps in the set.  I added some gold cord and a button to finish it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tricia

SUPPLIES:
Stamps:  Simple Blooms (TCP), speckle stamp (SU)
Cardstock:  Ivory, Honey Mustard, Warm Cocoa (Gina K)
Ink:  Sweet Corn, Honey Mustard, Warm Cocoa (Gina K)
Accessories: Paper Studio Woodgrain Embossing Folder (Hobby Lobby), Spellbinders Pierced Rectangle Dies (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), Gold Cord, Button (Gina K), 3x4 Notebook Die (MFT)