Happy Monday Stampers, Its Alternate Monday time!

What is Alternate Monday???  This means I am sharing a card taken from the blog hop that I participate in each Thursday. I am taking either the sketch or color challenge and making a second card that is close to or similar to the posted card from the hop.  I want to inspire you to get different looks for your card by mixing it up a bit by color and design.  Today I used the same layout, with a twist and changed the colors to give the card an “Alternate” look.

Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Prints Card:

The Recipe:

Card base: Gray Granite 4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2

Mat: Starry Sky 4 x 5-1/4

Art Piece: Basic White 3-7/8 x 5-1/8

Thin banner: Sun Prints 1-1/4 x 3-7/8

Thin banner mat: 1-3/8 x 3-7/8

The Details:

• The art piece is stamped using the leaf images from the Natures Prints stamp set as follows:
• Gingo leaves: Starry Sky
• Fern: Starry Sky and 2nd generation Starry Sky
• Wheat image: Gray Granite
• After you stamp the images onto the art piece, emboss the panel with the 3D Fern Embossing Folder

More Details:

• Stamp the wheat image onto Basic White card stock in Gray Granite and die cut with the Natures Prints Die
• Die cut 3 long leaves from the Natures Prints Die (2 in Starry Sky and 1 in Gray Granite)
• Die cut one shore Gray Granite leaf image from the Natures Prints Die

The Sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment from the Nature’s Prints stamp set onto Basic White card stock in Starry Sky Ink
• Die cut the sentiment out using the die from the Nature’s Die set

Putting the card together:

• Adhere the art piece to the Starry Sky mat
• Attach the Sun Prints DSP thin banner to the Starry Sky thin banner mat
• Attach this to the front of the art piece
• Wrap a piece of Starry Sky Bakers Twine, twice around the card
• Adhere this matted panel to the front of the card with Dimensionals
• Adhere your sentiment to the thin banner with Dimensional
• Attach the Wheat die cuts along with the long leaf die cuts to the left of the sentiment

Finishing Touches:

• Attach a Starry Sky Bakers Twine bow to the left of the sentiment and on top of the leaf cluster with a glue dot
• Attach a new Night of Navy Solid Faceted Gems to the front of the card and you are done

Card Inspiration:

Here is the card from the Thursday blog hop that inspired todays “Alternate” look

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